The League Management Company (LMC) has said in an unmistakable term that Heartland risk a ban from NPFL in event of failing to honour contractual agreement with the players.
The LMC equally advised the players to follow due processes enshrined in relevant sections of the league regulations in declaring industrial dispute.
The LMC issued the two-pronged caution at the end of its meeting in Abuja as it condemned the club's management that cannot keep to contractual obligations with the players.
"The LMC takes the issue of players welfare very serious and we’re appealing to relevant authorities concerned in the reported Heartland case to act appropriately as reports such as strike by the players undermines the values we’re building for the league,” said the LMC chief operating officer, Salihu Abubakar.
The LMC said that should the players strike lead to the abortion of the Week 36 fixture between Heartland and El-Kanemi Warriors and the Week 37 match against Enugu Rangers, the club will be expelled from the league in line with Article 4.2(3).
"We’ll apply the full weight of the sanctions stated in Article 4.2(3) and will go a step further to enlist the support of the Nigeria Football Federation to extend the sanction to a prohibition of teams from the state participating in any national football competitions at all levels,” said Abubakar.
Abubakar however admonished the players to comply with the relevant rules dealing with steps to be taken by players who are owed salaries and other entitlement by their managements.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the LMC is not at this moment in receipt of any formal notification by Heartland players to their management as is required in the rules and we’ll therefore view the reported strike action as contravening our rules.
“Players who embark on strike contrary to the rules will be punished in line with the rules which are suspension from the league for two seasons and no club in the league or in any other league in the country will be permitted to hire them,” the LMC chief said.
However, supersport.com can confirm that the striking players have temporarily agreed to sheath their swords to allow the club management time to meet their demands.
“The chairman assured us we’ll get our money, we’ve decided to give him the benefit of doubt and have agreed to call off the strike albeit temporarily.
“We’ve given him days up to the week to the encounter against Enugu Rangers to pay up or we resume a full scale strike.
“We’ve resumed training for the Week 37 match against El-Kanemi Warriors on Saturday in Owerri.
“We’ll fight hard to ensure we grab the three points at stake and shore up our position on the log,” said one of the players who pleaded not to be named to supersport.com.
Heartland are 15th on the 20-team elite league log on 46 points.
No comments:
Post a Comment
drop your comment about your football hero, their fashion style, like who dresses most, who drink most ,who hang out most like going to club , who plays with woman most and so on