thegaffersview Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 https://thegaffersview.com/2016/07/22/an-open-letter-to-the-safa/ I am sure some Junior clubs will be affected by this too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 8 hours ago, thegaffersview said: https://thegaffersview.com/2016/07/22/an-open-letter-to-the-safa/ I am sure some Junior clubs will be affected by this too. "Other unsavoury incentives?" I'm listening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 What you outline Gaffer is in stark contrast to my local team who pay £400 pa to play. Guys who genuinely love to play on a saturday and pay well for the priviledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beenzon-Toste Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 No chance of ever making this go away as long as a 'Greed is Good' culture exists. Players will always take the 'Brown Envelope' as long as unscrupulous clubs are prepared to fill them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegaffersview Posted July 23, 2016 Author Share Posted July 23, 2016 The majority of the amateur players pay a tenner a week to play because it is their hobby. The playing field is so uneven now though because of a large number of clubs taking the monopoly of the good players because the can offer them money or Class A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLad Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The sentiment is excellent but there is no way that the governing body will have the resources available to conduct investigations into clubs' financial affairs or man whistleblowing hotlines.Something does need to be done however Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Mate is an experienced coach and has been helping out an amateur side in preseason and was astounded with the money the "owner" was pumping into the team. Reckons that they are spending more than many junior sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 It's been an open secret for years that a fair proportion - though not all - of the top end of the amateur game in Scotland has been amateur in name only. I've never really understood the motivation behind those that enable it - it's not like it's a hugely high-profile grade of football, and they must know in their heart of hearts that titles etc. won contrary to the spirit of the amateurs carry as much real glory and kudos as a steroid-fuelled Russian Olympic medal. How to tackle it is the issue rather than the question of whether it exists or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior_Arab Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 There is no way to effectively police this. The only way to tackle it that I can see is by introducing a pyramid system and by basically removing the incentive to plough money in. Have 2 levels of contracts for all clubs, amateur (which a player can tear up with a couple of weeks notice) and professional (which is binding until expired or a transfer fee is agreed). Clubs will find their level, which will more often than not reflect how much money they're putting in, resulting in an even playing field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnie_man Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Do what the English FA did 42 years ago and abolish the distinction between Professional and Amateur status, everyone is just a football player, a club is just a football club. Of course, that would effectively mean the end of the SAFA, but there you go, its another Scottish football anachronism the same as the SJFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 1 hour ago, Junior_Arab said: There is no way to effectively police this. The only way to tackle it that I can see is by introducing a pyramid system and by basically removing the incentive to plough money in. Have 2 levels of contracts for all clubs, amateur (which a player can tear up with a couple of weeks notice) and professional (which is binding until expired or a transfer fee is agreed). Clubs will find their level, which will more often than not reflect how much money they're putting in, resulting in an even playing field. We already have that with registrations / contracts, bar the ability to tear up amateur ones with no cause to protect the likes of QP from poaching. If a player doesn't play for 28 days though I think he can request release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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