The Nigeria Premier Soccer League membership homeowners affiliation says “there aren’t any complaints or issues” following stories that golf equipment have been set for a showdown with the NPFL board over monetary variations, The PUNCH stories.
The membership homeowners have been stated to have deliberate a boycott of match-day 30 video games billed for this weekend, over the non-disclosure of broadcast offers the NPFL signed with StarTimes and Propel Sports activities, in addition to the success of economic commitments made in the beginning of the season.
Secretary of the physique and Chairman, Sporting Lagos, Godwin Enakhena, knowledgeable The PUNCH that they have been negotiating with the board and in addition coping with different points reminiscent of collected excellent matches with the intention to guarantee a profitable marketing campaign, with simply 9 video games to the tip of the season.
“We’re having negotiations, we’re speaking, however there aren’t any complaints or issues,” Enakhena advised The PUNCH.
“We’ve points we wish to cope with; a few of them embrace excellent matches that haven’t been performed.
“The financial system is a giant issue, everyone knows that it’s affecting quite a lot of issues however we’re dedicated to ending the league as deliberate. And that is the tail finish of the league. So we have to evaluation sure issues earlier than we proceed, so there isn’t any combat wherever.”
In response to the league calendar, the 2023/24 season is scheduled to finish June 9.
Whereas the league is at the moment going into match-day 30, Rivers United, who simply obtained eradicated from the CAF Confederation Cup, have six excellent matches to finish inside the time-frame as effectively.
At first of the season final September, strategic companions of the NPFL, GTI, introduced the rise within the prize cash of the league from N100m to N150m, in addition to N10m take off grant for the 20 golf equipment.
The NPFL additionally signed a $5m streaming cope with Propel Sports activities and one other N5.9bn deal over 5 seasons with StarTimes to broadcast the league on its cable channel.
