Baniyas Football Club welcomed the mass resignations of the Football Association, which started with the President of the Federation Board of Directors Marwan bin Ghalita, and reached until five members yesterday, and the club considered that the resignations came "a lot late", compared to what he described as "disasters and failures that affected Football in the UAE, foremost among which are the results achieved by the national team, the latest of which is the early exit from the Arab Gulf Cup "Khaleeji 24".
The club said in a press statement sent to «Emirates Today» yesterday evening: «Certainly, the resignation of the Football Association was delayed a lot, compared to what was left by this council of disasters and failures on Emirates football in relation to the teams, and the bad results achieved at various international and continental levels And the Gulf ».
The statement, which is the first reaction of the clubs to the resignations, added: “We believe that the failures did not stop at the borders of the teams, but also affected the local competitions, especially the League and the Arab Gulf Cup, where this season and the seasons in which this council ruled witnessed disasters that did not happen before. , Specifically in relation to the arbitration file, as well as the administrative ».
He continued: «strange and exciting that the UAE Professional Association claims that it is immune to this failure, and we believe that this talk is incorrect and illogical, it is more a failure than the other entity, even if it claimed independence, and the biggest proof of this is that clubs - to this moment - have not obtained The financial rights to television broadcasting, which is strange and strange, especially if we take into account that the Arab Gulf League was launched three months ago, is it reasonable to not pay the clubs' dues?
And the press release added: “What is more strange is the lack of a specific response from the association to the clubs’ inquiries about broadcasting rights, so there is no specific date or even an announced reason for the delay, and this confirms that the professionalism claimed by the association is nothing but talk and ink on paper, and the association’s delay in The disbursement of club dues entails the clubs ’inability to arrange their securities, especially since broadcasting rights are a part calculated within the budget of the year, from here we demand the need to expedite the disbursement of club dues, or at least set a date for disbursement, especially since the lack of response by the association’s officials compounds the problem ».
The statement concluded by saying: «We also want to know what punishment should be imposed on this delay, since the clubs are subject to penalties if they are late in paying players’ dues, and the example is very similar in both cases, we have a team made up of a group of players that we are supposed to commit to with them In the disbursement of financial dues, as well as the association has a team consisting of 14 clubs and is obligated to all the dues imposed on them without delay or procrastination.
Baniyas Statement:
"We believe that the failures did not stop at the borders of the teams, but also affected local competitions."