Glo League: Club Owners Kick Against New Date

Club owners in the
Globacom Premier League have described the League Management Company (LMC) choice of November  21 as the new kick-off date for the 2013/2014 league season as a distraction.
The body’s Acting Secretary, Alloy Chukwuemeka, told newsmen that there were still pressing issues to be sorted out before the new season could kick off.
The LMC had on Wednesday announced that the current season would end on October 20 while the 2013/2014 season would commence on November  22.
Chukwuemeka, however, said that the club owners were aware of an arrangement to transfer the control of the LMC to a substantive board.
“I must tell you that every club is concentrating on the remaining three games of the season, and I don’t think this is the best time to discuss a new date for the new season,” Chukwuemeka said.
The acting secretary, who is also the General Manager of Abubakar Bukola Saraki FC of Ilorin, added that club owners had not been officially informed on the decisions of the LMC.
“What we really need to concentrate on now is how to conclude the current season, how to identify flaws in the on-going season and to correct them through seminars,” he said.
He said the Nigeria Football Association (NFA) gave the LMC a term of reference which expires at the end of the season.
Chukwuemeka stressed what was now left was for the NFA to come out openly and define a new direction for the body.
“You are aware that the NFA Annual General Meeting (AGM) is yet to hold where certain decisions and ratifications will be made.
“So rushing into a new season is like forcing the NFA into it and on the part of the club owners, we will not support such decisions,” Chukwuemeka added.