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Football / CONCACAF create two new Caribbean competitions
« on: September 05, 2017, 09:14:00 AM »



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Football / Re: New competition: CONCACAF Nations League
« on: April 07, 2017, 10:42:19 AM »
Some more details:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-americas-league-idUSKBN1791QA

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"There has been overwhelming acceptance that it is a great idea and the way we need to go. There are a few formats that we have looked at and we have had various members coming back with ideas. We have a format that we have landed on and we will show it to our members first,

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"What people need to realize is that the world of friendlies is going to change, with Europe changing to the Nations League, it is going to get harder to get friendlies," said Montagliani who believes that will be no great loss.

"The truth of the matter is that a lot of the friendlies our nations play, including the bigger nations, are a waste of time, let’s be honest, a lot of them are not quality. You are better off playing a game that actually means something (even) against an opponent, that on paper anyway, may not be as good," he said.

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"We need to develop our own competition in our region to make everybody better and then you need to do it at club level as well to raise the standards of our professional leagues and the clubs in them. This is the only way that our countries will get better -- it’s not about playing friendlies against England," he said.

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http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thegoalkeeper/Telemundo-lawsuit-shakedown-Trinidad-Tobago-World-Cup-TV.html

Telemundo lawsuit claims 'shakedown' over Trinidad World Cup qualifier TV rights.
By Jonathan Tannenwald (Staff Writer).


Telemundo, a subsidiary of Philadelphia-based Comcast, has sued two marketing firms which it alleges are assisting the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association in a "shakedown" of the U.S. television network over World Cup qualifying rights fees.

The rights in question were acquired by Telemundo back in February of 2015, when the network announced that it had acquired Spanish-language broadcast rights in the United States for all CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers played outside of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

This happened because the Caribbean Football Union, an overarching body for all national associations in that part of CONCACAF, agreed to collectively sell rights to qualifiers played in those nations to Traffic Sports and Media World, which in turn struck a deal with Telemundo.

(Thanks to this case, by the way, we now know that Telemundo paid a rights fee of "over $30 million" in the deal.)

Traffic Sports and Media World were nailed by the U.S. government's investigation into corruption in soccer rights deals across the Americas. But Telemundo's deal remained in place, as did other deals struck before the government's hammer came down. Indeed, none of the indictments invalidated any existing deals. (beiN Sports' deal for English-language rights is one example).

Everything proceeded without any problems through the first set of "Hexagonal" final-round qualifiers in November. That included Trinidad & Tobago's home game against Costa Rica, a 2-0 Ticos win.

Sometime between then and early February, the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association tried to back out of the Caribbean Football Union's deal with Telemundo, claiming that it could do so because of Traffic's collapse. On February 7, the the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association put out a series of announcements which said:

The Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TTFA) is confirming to all broadcasters that due to the significant irregularities in the process of the previous sale of the World Cup Qualifying TV Rights by The Caribbean Football Union to TRAFFIC and TRAFFIC's subsequently sale of same to broadcasters: The TTFA has decided to license the rights to ELITE SOCCER AGENCY LLC and therefore all previous arrangements and/or alleged agreements are not valid. ELITE SOCCER AGENCY LLC will have the sole and exclusive transmission rights, any deal signage rights and any placement of cameras at all games being granted to the licensee herein.

[...]

The Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has licensed Elite Soccer Agency the exclusive rights for the transmission of the following World Cup Qualifying Matches to be held in Trinidad and Tobago:

• March 24, 2017: Trinidad & Tobago vs Panama
• March 28, 2017: Trinidad & Tobago vs Mexico
• September 1, 2017: Trinidad & Tobago vs Honduras
• October 10, 2017: Trinidad & Tobago vs USA

[...]

This is to confirm that the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TIFA) shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Licensee, its directors, officers, partners, members, employees, agents, owners, parents, Licensees, subsidiaries, successors and assigns of each (collectively, the "The TTFA Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all claims, liabilities costs and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' and experts' fees and court cost) arising out of the Traffic claim that it owns or has owned the Transmission Rights and the Field Signage Rights subject of this agreement.


The statements were signed by the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association president David John-Williams, and backed up with the signature of a notary in San Fernando, Trinidad. The last one was an attempt to cover Elite against potential lawsuits from Traffic and Telemundo.

Among the listed games are two cash cows: Mexico's visit on March 28, and the United States' visit on October 10. So it's likely not a coincidence that the the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association tried to pull this move right now.

On February 9, Telemundo Sports executive vice president Eli Velasquez received an email from Ylan Singer, CEO of Elite Soccer Agency, which said:

Hope everything is excellent, please let me introduce myself am Ylan Singer CEO of ELITE SOCCER AGENCY LLC, we would like to inform you that we have acquired from TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO the following TV RIGHTS OF WORLD CUP CONCACAF 2018 qualifying soccer matches, for worldwide including second party rights TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO vs PANAMA on march 24, 2017, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO vs MEXICO on March 28 2017, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO vs HONDURAS September 2017 and TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO vs USA on October 2017, we understand you could be surprised by this notification due that previously those rights were distributed and sold by TRAFICC, we attached all necessary documentation so you can understand better this situation, all previous contract are not valid anymore.

We respect that you are the broadcaster that had acquired those rights but at the moment those games will need to be re negotiated with our company, we are open to reach a new agreement in order for you to show the games you previously had.


In a court affidavit, Velasquez said he "was not acquainted with Mr. Singer before I received his email," and added that he was "puzzled" by the note.

On February 15, Velasquez received an email from Santiago Martinez, owner of broadcast production firm Nexus Sports. It said (in Spanish, translated here by the court):

I know that Ylan Singer already contacted you re. the Trinidad matches in the qualifying matches for the 2018 WC

I have instructions to start contacting today our friend Rodríguez and Nasser but since you had these rights from the FIFA Gate delinquents I want to know whether you are interested.


Nothing more is said about "Rodriguez and Nasser," so we don't know for sure who they are. I've heard, though, that they are Juan Carlos Rodríguez and Nasser Al-Khelaifi, the respective heads of Univision Deportes and beIN Sports. (Which doesn't surprise me, and probably doesn't surprise you either.)

A day after Martinez sent the above email, he wrote to Velasquez again:

I want to let you know that I began offering the rights today
And there is a great deal of interest on the part of your competitors
I advise you to call Ylan


On February 22, Singer sent another email, stating (in Spanish, translated here by the court):

I hope everything all right, I did not hear anything from you following our last conversation about what we discussed, I am attaching letters signed and sealed before a notary about who can sell said matches, I hope that now we will be able to reach an agreement or else sell it to another network.

I await your comments


Eventually, according to the affidavit, Velasquez did call Singer. Velasquez said Singer "did not provide any evidence to support his position that Telemundo's exclusive license to the Trinidad games was no longer valid."

On February 24, Velasquez got an email from another marketing firm, Publicidades USA. Its president, Francisco Salcedo, said:

My firm has been retained by the TTFA for the marketing of the remaining home games of the Trinidad & Tobago men national team, qualifiers to the World Cup Russia 2018.

The President of the TTFA, Mr. David John-Williams would like to have a meeting with you early next week in Miami,

Please advise of your availability so Mr. John-Williams can finalize his travel plans accordingly.

Velasquez replied:

Telemundo rejects any suggestion that U.S. Spanish-language rights to World Cup qualifier home games of the Trinidad & Tobago men's national team are somehow still on the market. As I'm sure you know, Telemundo acquired those rights, along with the rights to other CONCACAF qualifier matches, in a transaction with Traffic Group and Media World in December 2014.

For more than two years after we acquired those rights, we never heard a word from TTFA that called into question the legitimacy of Traffic's sale of the rights to Telemundo. The dates of two of the Trinidad & Tobago games are swiftly approaching on March 24 and 28. Any attempt by TTFA to market the rights to the games, or to hinder Telemundo's ability to broadcast the games, would be an interference with Telemundo's contract rights.


That "to hinder Telemundo's ability to broadcast the games" wasn't just an idle threat. According to the lawsuit, the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association was already causing trouble behind the scenes:

On information and belief, under Defendants' agreements with the TTFA Agreement, also have caused the TTFA to threaten to prevent a third-party production company from conducting work at the stadium in Trinidad that will be needed for Telemundo to broadcast the games. Thus, not only do Elite's actions threaten to rob Telemundo of the exclusive right to broadcast the games, Elite (through the TTFA) is actively interfering with and attempting to prevent Traffic from producing the games in order to prevent Telemundo from broadcasting them at all.

Velaszquez also said this in his affidavit:

Around the time that I heard from Mr. Salcedo, I learned that the TTFA had told the production company that was producing the broadcast of the Trinidad and Tobago home games on March 24 and 28, 2017 that TTFA intended to deny the production company access to the stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

On March 3, Velasquez wrote to John-Williams:

The TTFA, Elite and Publicidades are well aware that Telemundo acquired those rights exclusively, in good faith, and for valuable consideration - in a transaction with Traffic Sports and Media World in December 2014. Until the very recent communications from Ylan and Francisco, no one representing the TTFA (or anyone else) ever questioned the legitimacy of Telemundo's acquisition of the rights. In fact, just last November, we broadcast on the NBC Universo network the Costa Rica vs. Trinidad qualifying game played in Trinidad - and no one said a word to us to indicate that Telemundo's rights were in question.

We now understand that TTFA is asserting that there was some impropriety in the transaction between the Caribbean Football Union and Traffic Sports. We are obviously not in a position to speak to matters concerning that transaction other than to say that we purchased the rights for valuable consideration and without notice of any such alleged impropriety, and have been enjoying those rights with the TTFA's full knowledge and without any objection from the TTFA until now. Whatever defect that the TTFA claims might exist in any transfer of the rights that occurred upstream from Telemundo, please know that Telemundo owns, and will vigorously assert, the exclusive U.S. Spanish broadcast license to the games in question - including the games scheduled for March 24 and March 28, 2017.


On the same day, John-Williams wrote a reply that included the following statement:

Please be advised that the TTFA does not have any contract with your company as it relates to television rights

The next letter to John-Williams came the  following day, and it came from Telemundo's lawyers in Trinidad:

It is not clear from your response whether you are taking a supremely technical position and pretending that there is not a chain of contracts through which our client obtained (ultimately from the TTFA) the broadcast rights in question or whether there is some other basis for the TTFA contending that our client does not own these broadcast rights.

That letter then cited the relevant Caribbean Football Union statutes, and asserted:

It is therefore patently clear as a matter of contract law that the TTF A has divested its interest in the rights in question, and that these rights are now owned by our client. That the initial divestment was to another party earlier in the chain of title is of no moment. Furthermore, that our client is the owner of these rights was well known to the TTFA, especially since our client broadcast the last qualifier that was hosted by the TTFA in November 2016.

On March 10, Velasquez received an email from Linus Sanchez, who identified himself as "a member of the TTFA Congress." Sanchez wrote:

I would like to confirm that at last November TTFA AGM it was unanimous among all members present that President David John Williams maximize the full potential of our current TV rights contract exploring all existing facets based on the history of how it was awarded to the relevant party.

That sentiment began with John-Williams himself - and it began well before last November. A few hours before this story was published, well-known Trinidadian journalist Lasana Liburd of Wired868.com sent me a letter John-Williams wrote to the Caribbean Football Union in February of 2016 which asserted that the Trinidad & Tobago Football Association should be able to get out of the CFU's deal with Traffic.

(Liburd also confirmed Sanchez's identity to me. He's the president of a regional association in Trinidad that oversees a lower-division league.)

John-Williams' letter said, in part (all emphasis his):

And why, considering the circumstances and evidence, has the CFU not withdrawn, terminated or repudiated the TV rights contract it signed with Traffic Sports USA on the 28th August 2012? I ask that you also take note that this said contract was executed by Traffic's Aaron Davidson in his capacity of President of the organization - he has also been indicted in that very matter and is facing criminal charges for his role in the procurement of that contract.

Without prejudice to our stated position regarding the legality of the actual contract on its own, the TTFA is of the opinion that there are sufficient ground s for the CFU also, to terminate or repudiate the contract with Traffic.

This situation further conciliates the TTFA's adopted position that it has no alternative but to treat the purported agreement with the CFU as null and void even if the CFU decides not to cancel its agreement with Traffic.


Telemundo filed a federal lawsuit on March 14 in the Southern District of Florida, home of both defendants and the network's Miami studios.  The case is Telemundo Network Group LLC v. Elite Sports Agency et al., 1:17-cv-20952, if you'd like to follow it yourself.

Telemundo requested an expedited hearing, since the March games are coming soon. It also requested oral arguments, which would potentially put people in the case on the witness stand. A judge granted the request for a hearing, and set March 20 as the date for it to happen.

From here on, you can read excerpts of various filings in the case. The language is pretty straightforward as court cases go.

Excerpts from Telemundo's initial complaint

2. Telemundo purchased these rights to broadcast the 2018 and 2022 CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers for tens of millions of dollars in December 2014, in an arms-length, well- publicized transaction with non-parties Traffic Sports USA, Inc. ("Traffic") and Media World, LLC ("Media World"). Telemundo plans to broadcast these games as part of its comprehensive coverage of the World Cup qualifying rounds to its millions of viewers in the U.S., and has already invested heavily in the preparation for and promotion of these broadcasts.

3. Just last month, Telemundo was contacted by Defendant Elite Soccer Agency, LLC ("Elite"). Elite purported to be authorized to re-sell the broadcast rights to certain CONCACAF qualifying matches to take place in Trinidad & Tobago ("Trinidad"), which Telemundo already had bought and paid for as part of its transaction in December 2014. Telemundo also learned that Elite reached out to Telemundo's competitors to offer to sell them the rights belonging to Telemundo.

4. As Telemundo also learned very recently, Elite and Defendant Publicidades USA Inc. ("Publicidades") claim to have obtained the right to license these matches in Trinidad from non-party the Trinidad & Tobago Soccer Association (the "TTFA"), and they have been working through the TTFA to hinder necessary pre-production work at the soccer stadium in Trinidad, thereby threatening to prevent Telemundo from exercising its rights to broadcast important upcoming matches in Trinidad on March 24 and March 28, 2017.

5. Defendants' conduct is a brazen attempt to interfere with Telemundo's rights and to coerce Telemundo into paying more for a license that - as Defendants are well aware – Telemundo already purchased in a legitimate, good faith transaction for valuable consideration years ago. Defendants seek to justify their unlawful conduct with allegations made by the TTFA that there were deficiencies in a contract in 2012 whereby TTFA sold the rights that later were acquired by Telemundo in December 2014, multiple links down the contractual chain. Defendants' position is nonsense. Even if a contract upstream from Telemundo's purchase of the rights were deficient in some way, Telemundo is a good-faith, innocent purchaser for value and its exclusive license must be honored. Indeed, until last month, neither Defendants nor anyone else questioned the legitimacy of Telemundo's license – even when Telemundo, via an affiliated network, broadcast the most recent CONCACAF qualifying match in Trinidad last November. Defendants are engaged in nothing more than a cynical, unlawful shakedown of Telemundo.

[...]

12. Telemundo owns the exclusive Spanish-language rights to broadcast CONCACAF qualifying soccer games leading to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups in the United States via television and digital media (the "Content Rights") pursuant to a Soccer License Agreement (the "Telemundo Agreement") between Telemundo, as the Licensee, and non-parties, Traffic and Media World, which together are the Licensor under the Telemundo Agreement. A redacted copy of the Telemundo Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.

13. For both the 2018 and 2022 CONCACAF qualifying Tournaments, Telemundo's rights extend to:

a. All Mexican National Team away qualifiers (other than those played in the United States).
b. All U.S.A. National Team away qualifiers (other than those played in Mexico).
c. All other CONCACAF countries' home qualifiers, except Mexico and the United States.

[...]

21. The CFU Statute governs the relationship between the CFU and its member associations, including the TTFA, with respect to the broadcast rights over soccer games. Section 8.2 states:

The CFU and the Member Associations shall have the exclusive rights to broadcast and use, as well as authorize for broadcast and use, by picture, sound or other data carriers of any kind (including data carriers which have yet to be developed), matches which come within their jurisdiction, either live or recorded, in whole or as excerpts.

And Section 8.1 states:

The CFU shall exploit all rights which it owns or shares with third parties, such as property rights of any type, intellectual property rights and rights for audio-visual and sound-broadcasting transmissions by picture or data carrier of any kind (including all means of transmitting computer images, with or without sound, such as Internet, on-line services or the like, whether existing already or not). This includes the production, duplication, dissemination and broadcasting of pictures, sound or data carriers of any kind by the CFU alone or with third parties.

22. Thus, pursuant to these provisions, the CFU had the right to exploit the rights to broadcast games of the CFU and its Member Associations, pursuant to the CFU Statute.

23. In addition, on or about August 29, 2012, the TTFA (then known as the TTFF) entered into a written Transfer of Broadcast Rights Agreement with the CFU (the "CFU-TTFA Agreement"), pursuant to which the TTFA irrevocably transferred to the CFU the exclusive right to broadcast the home games to be played by the national soccer team of Trinidad and Tobago (the "Trinidad National Team") in the 2018 and 2022 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying games. A true and correct copy of the CFU-TTFA Agreement is attached as Exhibit 3.

24. In the CFU-TTFA Agreement, the TTFA acknowledged and represented that:

d. The TTFA is "a full member" of the CFU and it "owns the Rights (as defined below) associated with the home matches for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches." Exhibit 3, CFU-TTFA Agreement at ¶ 2.

e. The TTFA "was present and duly represented on 22 May 2012 at the XCXXV CFU Ordinary Congress (the "Congress") in Budapest, Hungary at which the majority of the membership of the CFU agreed that the CFU should enter into negotiations," to commercialize the rights to broadcast said home games by negotiating to sell them to Traffic. Id. at ¶¶ 3, 4.

f. The TTFA "entered into this Agreement without coercion and are in possession of all our faculties and with the full knowledge that the CFU will in turn be transferring the Broadcasting Rights to Traffic." Id. at ¶ 8.

25. In addition, the TTFA specifically agreed as follows:

The parties agree that any agreement or arrangement negotiated by the CFU with Traffic or any other third party with respect to such Rights will be binding upon the members and no member may unilaterally opt out of the provisions thereof.

Id. at ¶ 4 (emphasis added).

26. Both the CFU Statute and the CFU-TTFA Agreement were intended by the TTFA and the CFU to allow the CFU to package the Trinidad National Team home games together with the home games of the other 31 CFU Member Associations' national teams for resale to one or more commercial entities, such as Traffic, who would, in turn, commercialize the rights by licensing them to broadcasters, like Telemundo.

27. In this case, the CFU sold the rights to broadcast the home games of its 31 Member Associations' national teams to Traffic in or around August 2012 pursuant to a written agreement between the CFU and Traffic (the "Traffic-CFU Agreement"). A true and correct copy of the Traffic-CFU Agreement is attached as Exhibit 4. Traffic partnered with Media World to commercialize the rights through licenses to broadcasters.

28. Traffic and Media World, in turn, licensed the Content Rights at issue here to Telemundo on an exclusive basis pursuant to the Telemundo Agreement, which was signed in December 2014.

29. In exchange for these exclusive Content Rights, Telemundo became obligated to pay Traffic and Media World a total of more than $30 million for qualifying CONCACAF games for the 2018 World Cup, of which almost three-quarters has already been paid. The next installment in the amount of several million dollars is due no later than March 31, 2017.

[...]

34. On or about February 7, 2017, the TTFA purported to enter into an agreement with Elite to allow Elite to market and sell the broadcast rights to the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to broadcasters (the "Elite-TTFA Agreement").

35. At the time that Elite and the TTFA entered into the purported Elite-TTFA Agreement, Elite was already aware that the TTFA had previously sold the very same rights to the CFU, which in turn had sold the rights to Traffic, which in turn had sold the Content Rights to Telemundo pursuant to the Telemundo Agreement.

37. Importantly, through the Elite Letters, the TTFA (and by adoption Elite) admitted that they were both aware at the time of the Elite-TTFA Agreement that (a) the TTFA had previously sold the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to the CFU; (b) the CFU sold rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to Traffic; and (c) Traffic sold the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to broadcasters, like Telemundo, who purchased them in good faith and for value.

38. Telemundo assumes that the reference to "irregularities" in the Elite Letter is a reference to the fact that some former officials of Traffic, Media World and the CFU and were among the more than 40 individuals and entities who were indicted in the highly publicized criminal case that U.S. federal prosecutors brought in 2015 over FIFA-related corruption. No one associated with Telemundo was charged or even mentioned in the indictment or superseding indictment filed by federal prosecutors. At the time it purchased the Content Rights in good faith and for tens of millions of dollars in value, Telemundo was not aware of any allegations of wrongdoing by anyone at Traffic, Media World or the CFU. Telemundo negotiated the Telemundo Agreement with Traffic and Media World in good faith and at arms' length. Neither the Defendants in this case nor anyone else has brought to Telemundo's attention any evidence that any court has invalidated any of the contracts among the TTFA, the CFU and Traffic.

39. As a part of the Elite-TTFA Agreement, the TTFA agreed to indemnify Elite from expected claims by Traffic and its licensees, including Telemundo (the "Elite Indemnity").

[...]

40. The Elite Indemnity is a further admission by the TTFA and Elite that at the time of the Elite-TTFA Agreement they were both aware that (a) the TTFA sold the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to the CFU; (b) the CFU sold rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to Traffic; and (c) Traffic sold the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games to broadcasters, like Telemundo, who purchased them in good faith and for value.

41. The TTFA's attempt to resell the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games constitutes a breach of the CFU-TTFA Agreement. Similarly, the TTFA's attempt to resell the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games also causes CFU to be in breach of the Traffic-CFU Agreement. Finally, the TTFA's attempt to resell the rights to broadcast the Trinidad National Team's 2018 and 2022 World Cup CONCACAF qualifying home games causes Traffic and Media World to be in breach of the Telemundo Agreement.

[...]

46. Elite's interference with the Telemundo Agreement is not legally justified. As Elite and Publicidades were informed, Telemundo acquired the exclusive U.S. Spanish-language broadcast rights to the games in Trinidad in good faith and for valuable consideration. Further, Telemundo is not aware of any court ruling in any jurisdiction that invalidated the grant of rights from the TTFA to the CFU, from the CFU to Traffic, or from Traffic to Telemundo. Moreover, on information and belief, the TTFA has never returned the money it was paid in exchange for the rights.

Excerpts from Eli Velasquez's affidavit

10. In May 2015, five months after Telemundo signed the Telemundo Agreement, a former high-level executive of Traffic, and the former president of the CFU, along with 25 other individuals, were indicted by U.S. federal prosecutors in connection with alleged corruption by officials of FIFA, including CONCACAF, in various transactions involving soccer tournaments and sales of rights to games. Also in May 2015, federal prosecutors announced that Traffic had pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the FIFA investigation. I am informed and believe that Traffic has cooperated with the Government's continuing investigation into FIFA-related corruption.

11. In December 2015, federal prosecutors released a superseding indictment that charged additional individuals in corruption related to FIFA. Prosecutors also announced that the former executive of both Traffic and Media World, and the former president of the CFU, as well as the CEO of Media World, each had pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the Government's FIFA investigation.

12. No one associated with Telemundo was charged or even mentioned in the
indictment or superseding indictment filed by federal prosecutors. At the time it purchased the Content Rights in good faith and for tens of millions of dollars in value, Telemundo was not aware of any allegations of wrongdoing by anyone at Traffic, Media World or CFU. Telemundo negotiated the Telemundo Agreement with Traffic and Media World at arms' length.

13. To the best of my knowledge, the FIFA-related proceedings did not result in any determination by a court or U.S. authorities that would render invalid Telemundo's license to broadcast the CONCACAF qualifying games in Trinidad. As far as I know, no court in any jurisdiction has ruled that any contract that licensed or transferred broadcast rights for any Trinidad home games is invalid or unenforceable for any reason. Neither the defendants in this case nor anyone else has brought to Telemundo's attention any evidence that such a court ruling
exists.

14. The charges brought against the former CFU president, Traffic, and the Traffic and Media World executives were widely publicized throughout the world after being announced by U.S. authorities in 2015. But until February 9, 2017, neither the defendants in this case nor anyone else suggested to Telemundo that its license to broadcast CONCACAF qualifying games, including the Trinidad home games, was invalid or unenforceable in any respect. Nor did anyone tell Telemundo about any alleged defect in the chain of title whereby Traffic or Media World acquired the rights they sold to Telemundo in the Telemundo Agreement.

[...]

18. Although the TTFA referred in its document to "significant irregularities" in the sale of broadcast rights for the Trinidad CONCACAF qualifying games, the TTFA has never, to Telemundo's knowledge, challenged in court the enforceability of any contract for the sale of those rights, nor has the TTFA returned the consideration it received for those rights or legally rescinded any contract for the sale of those rights.

19. Naturally, I was puzzled by Mr. Singer's email, since Telemundo had bought and paid for the exclusive rights to these qualifying games pursuant to the Telemundo Agreement that we signed in December 2014. Until I received Mr. Singer's email, no one had suggested to Telemundo that its rights were invalid - even when Telemundo broadcast the Trinidad vs. Costa Rica game in November 2016. I called Mr. Singer. On that call, Mr. Singer did not provide any evidence to support his position that Telemundo's exclusive license to the Trinidad games was no longer valid. I told Mr. Singer that I needed to review his claims with my organization since it was new information and because, as he could imagine, it was my understanding that the rights to the matches in question already belonged to Telemundo.

20. In addition, two in-house lawyers at NBCUniversal, Telemundo's parent
company, named Brett Goodman and Erik Bierbauer reached out to a lawyer named Josh Markus who represents Traffic, one of the two parties that Telemundo had contracted with in the Telemundo Agreement in 2014. Traffic's lawyer explained that the TTFA was in a dispute with Traffic, Media World and the CFU, to which the TTFA had transferred the broadcast rights to the Trinidad qualifying games in 2012. Traffic's lawyer said that TTFA was asking CFU for more money for the rights that the TTFA already had transferred in 2012, he expected the dispute to be resolved shortly, and Telemundo still owned the license to broadcast the games to be played in Trinidad.

21. On February 15 and 16, 2017, I received two emails from Santiago Martinez of Nexus Sports, whom I knew from past contacts in the sports television business. Mr. Martinez urged me to contact Mr. Singer about the rights to the Trinidad games, because Mr. Martinez had begun shopping those rights to broadcasters on Mr. Singer's behalf and there was a lot of interest in them. A copy of Mr. Mai1inez's February 15 & 16, 2017 emails, along with a translation of them from Spanish to English, is attached as Exhibit F.

22. NBCUniversal's in-house counsel also communicated agam with Traffic's
lawyer, who confirmed that Traffic had sent letters to other broadcasters, including Telemundo's chief competitor, Univision, to inform them that the rights for the qualifying games in Trinidad were not properly up for sale.

Excerpts from Telemundo's contract with Traffic Sports and Media World

(You've read this far, so you deserve a little easter egg.)

5.2. Licensor will produce (a) all fourth (4th) and fifth (5th) round Games and (b) any first (1st), second (2nd), and third (3rd) round Games between a Caribbean National Team or Canada and a National Team from Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, or Jamaica. If Licensee desires that any other first (1st), second (2nd), and third (3rd) round Game be produced, then, upon reasonable advance written notice from Licensee to Licensor, Licensor shall produce such Games and Licensee will promptly reimburse Licensor for its direct out of pocket costs related thereto upon receipt of invoice; provided that if Licensor is producing such Games otherwise, it will provide such Games to Licensee free of cost. For clarity, Licensee shall not have the right to produce any such Games.

5.3. All Mexico National Team ("MNT") Games licensed under this Agreement must be scheduled so that the kickoff occurs no earlier than 7:00 p.m. and no later than 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday-Friday, or at any time on Saturdays and Sundays. If the kickoff of an MNT Game is scheduled outside of these times, Licensee will be entitled to deduct [redacted] from the License Fee for each MNT Game so scheduled, as its sole remedy for Licensor's failure to comply with this Section and Licensee covenants not to make any contention to the contrary or claim breach of this Agreement for such reason.

5.4. In the 4th round of each qualifying round, Licensor will assure that at least two (2) Games per day do not overlap (i.e. Games are not being played simultaneously during any part of the Games), provided that in no event may any MNT, U.S. National Team ("USA") or top rated Central America team Games overlap. Licensee will provide Licensor with prior written notice of which games in the 4th round it does not want to have overlap. If any overlap occurs contrary to this provision, Licensee will be entitled to deduct [redacted] from the License Fee for each Game that overlaps, as its sole remedy for Licensor's failure to comply with this Section and Licensee covenants not to make any contention to the contrary or claim breach of this Agreement for such reason.

5.5. In the 5th (final) round of each qualifying round, Licensor will assure that there is no overlap between any MNT Game and any Game involving the USA, unless CONCACAF decrees that all Games must start at the same times. If any overlap occurs contrary to this provision, Licensee will be entitled to deduct [redacted] from the License Fee for each Game that overlaps, as its sole remedy for Licensor's failure to comply with this Section and Licensee covenants not to make any contention to the contrary or claim breach of this Agreement for such
reason.

5.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the License Fee deductions specified in the foregoing Sections 5.4 and 5.5 shall apply in the case where a scheduling conflict is mandated by FIFA or CONCACAF.


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Football / CONCACAF Nations League Thread
« on: March 15, 2017, 04:13:15 PM »
New competition: CONCACAF Nations League. A new tournament is to be introduced next month.

http://www.concacaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/XXXII-CONCACAF-Ordinary-Congress-Agenda-English-3.6.17.pdf

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15. Other matters for which due notice has been given
  • CONCACAF Nations League

Not much is known about it. It's to replace some friendlies according to Gordon Derrick.


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Football / 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Colombia
« on: March 03, 2017, 05:24:00 AM »
It would appear that Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago have qualified for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia as the best performing Caribbean teams at the 2017 CONCACAF U-20 Championship.

According to the Central American and Caribbean Games rule book, the federations have until March 2018 to confirm their participation.

Players in the teams must be born in January 1997 or later.

The teams that have qualified so far, are:

  • Haiti
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Colombia
  • Mexico
  • Venezuela

The Central American teams will be decided at the Central American Games in December this year.

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Football / Re: 2016 Caribbean Cup
« on: October 14, 2016, 06:13:34 AM »
Has there been any announcement about the scheduling of the competition?

The Hex and Fifth Round playoff are both currently scheduled for the same dates...

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Football / Americas Champions League
« on: September 22, 2015, 07:42:11 PM »
Silva dreams big with soccer tourney concept
By Ian Thomas, Staff Writer


With the return of the UEFA Champions League group stage last week, capturing the attention of not only European soccer fans but also the entire globe, MP & Silva co-founder and President Riccardo Silva was once again left wondering: Why aren’t we doing this in the Americas?

That question has provided the impetus for an ambitious project from the international media rights company: a new soccer club tournament that would cover all of North America, South America and the Caribbean.

Currently, the two confederations covering teams from these regions — CONCACAF, which covers North and Central America and the Caribbean, and CONMEBOL, which covers South America — each host their own separate competitions among club teams in their nations. Silva hopes they can unite the two, not only pushing the level of competition higher in the Western Hemisphere but also creating a large business opportunity.

“The possibility of having U.S. teams compete against some of the best teams in Brazil and Argentina could help to raise the overall quality of football at an elevated rate,” Silva said. “The Americas also have a combined population that is 30 percent higher than that of Europe, which shows the commercial potential of this idea.”

According to Silva, a tournament of this scale could be worth more than $500 million in television and marketing rights, a number vastly larger than what is earned for the rights to tournaments hosted by CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, roughly $100 million combined.

At its most basic, the idea calls for a 64-club tournament, divided into an initial group stage followed by a knockout round, akin to the Champions League. While teams would be chosen for the tournament based upon league finishes and cup victories, the format would ensure that 16 teams from the U.S. and Canada, as well as Brazil, participated.

To best avoid conflicts with other leagues or international games, the seven- to nine-month competition would likely start in February and would feature mid-week matches.

There would be a substantial prize pool, even at the tournament’s launch. Each team would earn a minimum of $5 million in prize money just for competing, with the payout scaling as teams advanced, with $30 million going to the winner. Silva estimates $440 million would be distributed to the clubs.

But while Silva says it’s “unbelievable that this has not existed yet,” he also understands the challenges of getting two confederations and multiple leagues and clubs all on the same page. Ongoing investigations into bribery and fraud also taint the actions of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, which could provide another resistance to such an idea.

However, Silva is steadfast in his belief. “If teams want to play in a competition, and broadcasters want to broadcast it, I don’t see a reason for anyone to block it. Of course, everything must be in place, and everything must work for everyone, but if you look at the opportunities this could create for all parties involved, it makes too much sense.”

While there is no set timetable for the launch of such a tournament, Silva says work already has started. MP & Silva has consulted and met with many of the largest clubs in South America and has received pledges of support, including from Corinthians and Flamengo, as well as many of the other top-tier clubs in Brazil and Uruguay. The firm also has met with South American broadcasters about the idea.

They plan on pursuing North America next, planning outreach to U.S. Soccer, MLS and Liga MX.

To that end, they have brought on former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue as a senior adviser to the project.

“The concept of top North American soccer clubs competing against top South American clubs comes in the right moment for soccer’s continuing strong development in the U.S. market,” Tagliabue said. “The Americas’ international football traditions, legacies and extraordinary supporter base rank with the best in the world, but a solid league platform to globally showcase Americas’ great soccer hasn’t existed until now.”

MP & Silva has begun staffing up the project. Aside from Silva and partner Carlo Pozzali, there are a number of other key executives. Daniel Cohen, former senior vice president of Bloomberg Sports, will serve as senior vice president and managing partner of the Americas and oversee all sales, acquisition and development strategy. Andrew Nestor, owner and consigliere of Serie A club Bologna, will serve as vice president of business development. Alfonso Alanis-Cue, previously senior director of partnership marketing for MLS and SUM, will serve as vice president of business strategy and will be responsible for all strategic planning.

“When you look at the money that could be involved and what will be provided to clubs, we believe this can be a turning point for soccer across the two continents,” Silva said.



http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2015/09/21/Events-and-Attractions/Americas-Champions-League.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/ACLFutbol


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Football / Re: 2015 Under-20 FIFA World Cup Thread.
« on: January 11, 2015, 06:34:46 PM »
I was about to say the same thing. USA dont look as mighty as they used to.

USA have surprisingly never won a CONCACAF U20 competition !

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Football / Re: 2015 Under-20 FIFA World Cup Thread.
« on: January 11, 2015, 06:27:00 PM »
You might need to re-evaluate that statement. Panama have just beaten USA.

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This is embarrassing.

The coach is on Twitter asking for donations of food and equipment from those in Dallas as TTFA only sent $500.

https://twitter.com/CoachWaldrum

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Football / Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« on: May 31, 2014, 04:30:53 PM »
Tomorrow's Sunday Times (UK):

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Other suspicious payments to [World Cup bid] voters include two payments totalling $450,000 to [Jack] Warner in the two years before the vote. Correspondence in the month after Qatar won the vote also shows Warner referred to Bin Hammam as “the only brother I have in football” and went on to send his bank details.

The email trail and bank documents also reveal the true story of a further $1.2m payment from Bin Hammam to Warner almost eight months after the bid when the two men had been suspended by Fifa for paying bribes to voters in Bin Hammam’s campaign to unseat Blatter as the president of Fifa.


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It stands to reason that it'll be Canada or Mexico. The other nations (excluding U.S.) have already begun their qualifying campaign.

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He's said this already in 2012.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-soccer-concacaf-webb-idUSBRE86B1G820120712

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"We have to look at other options and opportunities. We have to look at Canada ... we must look at Mexico and some of the other countries as well," said Webb.

"We have to. We are not going to approach it saying that it has to, it must, continue in the United States. I think we have a responsibility to all 40 countries to look at what is best for CONCACAF."

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Football / Re: Why don't the West Indies have one football team?
« on: April 27, 2014, 08:45:55 AM »
BBL, I really don't see JA in that grouping. That is just my thinking. I would add Suriname and Guyana in that group.

I only listed the nations that were involved in the area where the West Indies Federation once operated. I didn't give any thought to who would or wouldn't benefit on the field from combining talents. :)

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Football / Re: Football Manager 2015
« on: April 26, 2014, 08:52:56 AM »
Things I'd love to know if possible :) (Will be updated when I think of something)

Info on Malabar FC; Founded? President/Chairman/Owner? Where they play (I have UTT O'Meera pitch as their "home" ground)?

Larry Gomes Stadium, Arima according to this: http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,190414.html

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Football / Re: Why don't the West Indies have one football team?
« on: April 21, 2014, 09:40:08 AM »
Nowadays, I think it's more to do with money.

Each nation affiliated to FIFA gets $250k a year funding from them.

  • Anguilla
  • Antigua   
  • Barbados   
  • Cayman Islands
  • Dominica   
  • Grenada   
  • Jamaica   
  • Montserrat   
  • Saint Lucia   
  • St Vincent and the Grenadines   
  • St. Kitts and Nevis
  • Trinidad and Tobago   
  • Turks and Caicos Islands

For the teams to merge and compete in FIFA competitions, those national associations would have to vote to do so and by doing so reduce their income from FIFA by 92%. Who in their right mind would do that?

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Football / Re: 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: April 15, 2014, 08:10:41 AM »
Why have Martinique not been seeded to the second round? Their performance in 2012 (fourth place) should've been enough to put them in the second round instead of Guadeloupe.

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Football / Re: European Nations League from 2018
« on: March 27, 2014, 11:10:16 AM »
In other words, the chances for Trinidad and Tobago to play European teams has just halved.The friendly slots will be used for the new competition.

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Football / Re: 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: March 26, 2014, 05:38:11 PM »
The Antigua Observer claim that Antigua are hosting Group 5

Group 5 will consist of:

  • Antigua
  • Dominican Republic
  • St Vincent & the Grenadines
  • Anguilla

http://www.antiguaobserver.com/antigua-to-host-caribbean-cup/

Why don't CFU release the whole draw instead of drip feeding us like this?

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Football / Re: 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: March 19, 2014, 07:17:29 PM »
The foreign based boys will have games on the weekend of the 8th Nov.

The way it's arranged at the moment isn't ideal, but it's better than nothing.

There are problems as it stands as FIFA's international calendar only allows for 2 match dates between 10 and 18 November. Perhaps this means that the 'big guns' as it were can only play in 2 games of the final tournament, unless the player's club says it's ok.

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Football / Re: 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: March 18, 2014, 07:38:40 PM »

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Football / Re: The Jack Warner Thread.
« on: March 17, 2014, 03:52:46 PM »
He's front page news of the UK newspaper The Telegraph tomorrow.

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>A senior Fifa official and his family were paid almost $2?million from a Qatari firm linked to the country’s successful bid for the 2022 World Cup, The Telegraph discloses.

Jack Warner, the former vice-president of Fifa, appears to have been personally paid $1.2?million (£720,000) from a company controlled by a former Qatari football official shortly after the decision to award the country the tournament.

Payments totalling almost $750,000 were made to Mr Warner’s sons, documents show. A further $400,000 was paid to one of his employees.

It is understood that the FBI is now investigating Trinidad-based Mr Warner and his alleged links to the Qatari bid, and that the former Fifa official’s eldest son, who lives in Miami, has been helping the inquiry as a co-operating witness.

The awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was one of the most controversial decisions in sporting history. The intense summer heat in the desert nation has raised the prospect of the tournament being moved to the winter for the first time.

Although Qatar has repeatedly denied wrongdoing during the bidding process, it has long been suspected that the decision was flawed, and several members of the Fifa committee have faced corruption allegations.

Today it can be disclosed that a company owned by Mohamed Bin Hammam, the Fifa executive member for Qatar, appeared to pay $1.2?million to Mr Warner in 2011.

A note from one of Mr Warner’s companies, Jamad, to Mr Bin Hammam’s firm, Kemco, requested $1.2?million in payment for work carried out between 2005 and 2010.

The document is dated December 15, 2010, two weeks after Qatar won the right to host the tournament, and states that the money is “payable to Jack Warner”.

Mr Warner’s two sons and an employee were paid a further $1?million by the same Qatari company.

One document states that payments are to “offset legal and other expenses”, but a separate letter claims that more than $1?million cover “professional services provided over the period 2005-2010”.

At least one bank in the Cayman Islands initially refused to process the payment amid fears over the legality of the money transfer. The money was eventually processed via a bank in New York – a transaction that is understood to have come to the attention of the FBI. A well-placed source said: “These payments need to be properly investigated. The World Cup is the most important event in football and we need to be confident that decisions have been made for the right reasons. There are lots of questions that still need to be answered.”

Mr Warner was one of the most experienced members of the executive committee until he stood down in 2011 and served as vice-president of the organisation for 14 years. He was one of the 22 people who decided to award Russia the 2018 World Cup and Qatar the 2022 tournament. It is understood that the FBI is investigating payments to Mr Warner and that one of his family members has been acting as a “co-operating witness”.

The investigators are thought to be focusing on Mr Warner’s American and Grand Cayman accounts.

Michael Garcia, the joint chief investigator of Fifa’s ethics committee, is also investigating irregularities surrounding the bidding process. He is expected to deliver his report to the committee later this year.

Today’s disclosures will add to concerns that some Fifa executive committee members were not impartial when they cast their votes in December 2010. England suffered a humiliating defeat when it secured only two votes to host the 2018 World Cup and was eliminated after the first round.

Even before the decision was made, there were persistent allegations of corruption. Six weeks before the vote in Zurich, a World Cup official was caught in an undercover investigation agreeing to sell his vote to one of England’s rivals. A second member of the same committee was recorded asking for £1.5?million for a sports academy. Both officials were suspended, meaning that 22 people voted instead of the usual 24.

A whistleblower also claimed that one of the bidders had bought the votes of three African executive committee members. The former Fifa employee later withdrew the allegations.

Following England’s defeat, a parliamentary committee held an inquiry into the failed bid. Lord Triesman, the bid’s former chairman, gave evidence stating that four Fifa executive committee members had asked for business deals and favours when negotiating their support. One of those he named was Mr Warner.

The Labour peer said that the then Fifa vice-president had asked for money to build an education centre in Trinidad, with the cash to be channelled through him, and £500,000 to buy World Cup television rights for Haiti.

In June 2011, Mr Warner resigned from all football posts after he was accused of facilitating bribes to members of the Caribbean football union on behalf of Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was standing against Sepp Blatter to be Fifa president. A report by the Fifa ethics committee found that there was “compelling” evidence that Mr Warner was “an accessory to corruption”.

Mr Warner was caught on tape apparently urging fellow Fifa officials to accept cash gifts from Mr Bin Hammam, the disgraced former presidential candidate.

The documents seen by The Daily Telegraph raise further questions about Mr Warner’s activities. One email, which appears to have been sent by one of Mr Warner’s employees, shows that the staff member personally received $412,000 from the Qatari company and that Mr Warner’s son, Daryll, was paid $432,000. Daryan, his other son, was paid $316,000 via a company called We Buy Houses.

Regarding the payments to Daryan, the email states that he was “contracted … based on his understanding, contacts and history with the regional players who make up an integral part of the defence team … pursuant to Fifa bribery allegations. As stated in our letter of June 11, 2011, the value of US $316,000, and this is an initial deposit to offset legal and other expenses related to the matter.”

In July, a different email shows that “monies in the amount of $1.2?million” were wire transferred to J&D International, another of Mr Warner’s companies, by the same Qatari firm. It states that this is to “offset legal and other related expenses associated with regard to an ongoing matter”.

Mr Warner and his family declined to comment. A spokesman for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup organising committee said: “The 2022 bid committee strictly adhered to Fifa’s bidding regulations in compliance with their code of ethics.

“The supreme committee for delivery and legacy and the individuals involved in the 2022 bid committee are unaware of any allegations surrounding business dealings between private individuals.”

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Football / Re: Kevon Carter, national footballer, has passed.
« on: February 28, 2014, 08:23:47 PM »
Very sad news.

Rest in peace, KC.

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Football / Re: What about a: CARIBBEAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE?
« on: February 02, 2014, 09:57:13 AM »
This was tried before and lasted 2 years. The lack of money was always the issue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Professional_Football_League

It's hard to disagree, I just can't see it working.

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Football / Re: What about a: CARIBBEAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE?
« on: January 27, 2014, 07:15:52 AM »
Damien Hughes of CFU asks the companies involved to contact him.

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CFU general secretary Damien Hughes, issued the note of caution after two companies, earlier this week, announced plans to start a professional league in September next year.
“For franchises to be set up in countries they have to go through national associations who have to get sanctioning from CFU, CONCACAF and FIFA,” said Hughes.
“And we have not engaged any company anywhere in the world to commence or even explore the commencement of a professional league.”
The Caribbean Football Trust Limited, with offices in Florida and Canada, and Concorde Sports Agency, headquartered in Beverly Hills, say the proposed league, dubbed Major League Futbol (MLF), is expected to attract 20 teams from across the region vying for over US$3 million in prize money.
“Anything that is attempted independently is not going to be sustainable and I don’t think it is going to be possible,” the CFU general secretary stated.
“The constitution of all the member organisations speaks to the processes and the steps and where permission and sanctioning and so on need to come from.”
The organisers say prize monies are expected to grow to US$5M after the first three years of MLF.
Last year, CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb announced that a task force is to be established to look at the development of a professional league in the Caribbean.
“A professional league in the region is something that CONCACAF and the CFU entities have said is worth pursuing and exploring,” Hughes added.
“So any entity that is desirous of partnering with CFU or CONCACAF in a developmental initiative, the best approach would then be to present such a case to the respective bodies.”

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Football / Re: 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: January 26, 2014, 07:09:52 PM »
Cayman Islands are hosting one round.

Guyana are considering not entering due to financial problems.


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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) says that they are unsure whether the national football team known as the Golden Jaguars will participate in the upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Caribbean Cup qualification tournament in May in the Cayman Islands.

http://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/sports/01/15/gff-uncertain-caribbean-cup-participation/

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Football / 2014 Caribbean Cup Thread
« on: December 21, 2013, 07:12:47 PM »
The dates are on the CFU calendar.

http://www.cfufootball.org/index.php/latest-news/9296-caribbean-football-union-calendar-of-events-2014

Sep 1-9   CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Qualification Round 1(24 Teams)   Various Locations
Oct 6-14   CFU Men's Caribbean Cup Qualification Round 2(16 Teams)   Various Locations
Nov 10-18   CFU Caribbean Cup Final Round (8 Teams)   TBD


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Football / Re: Spoke To Dennis Lawrence Yesterday
« on: December 15, 2013, 12:19:27 PM »
Here he is in Everton's staff Christmas video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPj8Xm1fSA&#t=98

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