League rules out
THE FUFA competitions committee has drafted tougher rules, with even heavier punishments aimed at turning the Super League professional effective this season. The kick-off is due November 2 with SC Villa hosting Express at Namboole.
By Norman Katende
Draft rules’ Highlights
- Spy cameras at matches
- Clubs entitled to 7 student-players + 15 others
- Jerseys to bear name & numbers.
- Suspensions: Red Card — 3 matches; 2 yellows — 2
- Only registered medical personnel to access field.
- Relegation: Five
- Promotion: Five
- Random drug tests
- Clubs to get sponsors
THE FUFA competitions committee has drafted tougher rules, with even heavier punishments aimed at turning the Super League professional effective this season. The kick-off is due November 2 with SC Villa hosting Express at Namboole.
committee’s secretary Moses Magogo said the move is aimed at attracting more sponsors and fans into football.
“The new rules are based on past experiences. It is with such tough rules that fans will feel secure to come back into the stadia,†said Magogo yesterday.
The federation will be hiring spy cameras, both still and video to monitor cases of hooliganism as part of the new regulations.
Jerseys shall also have players’ names and numbers.
Another introduction is for players to undergo random tests for banned substances.
Accumulated yellow cards will carry a two match ban and a red card, three matches unlike two for both cases in the past.
The guidelines also target clubs, that confirm but fail to participate in international competitions, to pay the fines to the organisers. The clubs will also be suspended three times from the next such tournaments whenever they qualify for them.
The increase to 18 clubs in the league stopped last season as five will be promoted and five demoted at the end of the season.
* Pay television GTV has guaranteed Uganda Sports Press Association unrestricted news coverage of the Super League, adds Swalley Kenyi.
GTV announced their new stand in a press conference at Lugogo yesterday after a meeting with the USPA executive.
FUFA legal counsel Fred Muwema and marketing boss Dennis Mbidde attended the meeting.
A recent GTV and FUFA agreement that saw the federation sell media and commercial rights to the pay television had restricted the Super League coverage including the clubs’ training sessions to their accredited journalists. This caused concern in USPA.
But GTV general manager Daniel Kagwe and consultant Neil Mackenzie said that radio and print sports journalists were free to cover the league.
Draft rules’ Highlights
- Spy cameras at matches
- Clubs entitled to 7 student-players + 15 others
- Jerseys to bear name & numbers.
- Suspensions: Red Card — 3 matches; 2 yellows — 2
- Only registered medical personnel to access field.
- Relegation: Five
- Promotion: Five
- Random drug tests
- Clubs to get sponsors
THE FUFA competitions committee has drafted tougher rules, with even heavier punishments aimed at turning the Super League professional effective this season. The kick-off is due November 2 with SC Villa hosting Express at Namboole.
committee’s secretary Moses Magogo said the move is aimed at attracting more sponsors and fans into football.
“The new rules are based on past experiences. It is with such tough rules that fans will feel secure to come back into the stadia,†said Magogo yesterday.
The federation will be hiring spy cameras, both still and video to monitor cases of hooliganism as part of the new regulations.
Jerseys shall also have players’ names and numbers.
Another introduction is for players to undergo random tests for banned substances.
Accumulated yellow cards will carry a two match ban and a red card, three matches unlike two for both cases in the past.
The guidelines also target clubs, that confirm but fail to participate in international competitions, to pay the fines to the organisers. The clubs will also be suspended three times from the next such tournaments whenever they qualify for them.
The increase to 18 clubs in the league stopped last season as five will be promoted and five demoted at the end of the season.
* Pay television GTV has guaranteed Uganda Sports Press Association unrestricted news coverage of the Super League, adds Swalley Kenyi.
GTV announced their new stand in a press conference at Lugogo yesterday after a meeting with the USPA executive.
FUFA legal counsel Fred Muwema and marketing boss Dennis Mbidde attended the meeting.
A recent GTV and FUFA agreement that saw the federation sell media and commercial rights to the pay television had restricted the Super League coverage including the clubs’ training sessions to their accredited journalists. This caused concern in USPA.
But GTV general manager Daniel Kagwe and consultant Neil Mackenzie said that radio and print sports journalists were free to cover the league.