The Premier League clubs continued to boycott the nominations of the Professional Clubs Association, after the Football Association sent letters to the clubs requesting to send the names of their candidates to represent them in the Clubs League, as only Zamalek Club nominated Nasr Azzam, his legal advisor, for membership in the League, while Al-Ahly and the rest of the clubs continued to boycott the nominations so far.
The General Assembly approved the formation of professional club associations for all departments in the new season, with the conditions for candidacy after their amendment, and at the head of which the candidate must have obtained a collective certificate and that he has performed military service or exempted from it according to the text of the Egyptian constitution.
According to Article 60 (First Division League), the league consists of clubs that participate in the first division championship and are independent, provided that its board members are formed annually..
According to the article, 5 members of the board of directors are chosen by election from among the persons nominated by the clubs of the first section who are not members of the clubs’ board of directors or its employees.
The Football Association nominates two members to be in the association, provided that they are not members of the federation’s board of directors at the time of nomination or from the association’s employees.
The links to specific bank accounts through which clubs’ rights are distributed, and they are entitled to form a committee to manage the first section championship with marketing the competition and conducting commercial and sponsorship deals..
As for Article 60 of the regulations, it stipulates the independence of the committees while always working to support the interests of the Football Association in accordance with its laws and regulations, while preventing the heads of the committees, representatives and any of their immediate family members from exercising any executive position in the Football Association or having a working relationship with the Federation or one of its members or links. Or the clubs and their companies and institutions.
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