The former head of the Sports Arbitration Board at the Football Association, Dr. Yusef Al-Sharif, confirmed that the developments and changes that the sports arena has gone through in the past period due to the pandemic of "Corona", whether that related to the decision of the Football Association to temporarily reduce the salaries of players, or the decision of the Professional League not to complete the season The athlete and the Arab Gulf League, and the repercussions that accompanied it, including the youth’s submission of a complaint against Al-Ahly against the League of Professionals and the Football Association, against the background of the decision not to complete the league, before he withdraws it later, calling on the Football Association to reactivate the role of the legal committee in the federation, as it is concerned with setting Legislative texts, to suit events and developments, considering that the Legal Committee of the Football Association must fill all legal loopholes that may have accompanied the recent developments in the sports arena during the Corona pandemic, stressing that there is an urgent need to put legal texts to face any emergency situation facing The game, considering that the issue of "force majeure" needs more details in the text of the law, rather than a matter of diligence, and that the issue of reducing salaries and rewards for players must be stipulated Here in the regulations, because the law will be the final ruling in the event of any crisis or dispute.
Regarding the season issue regarding Al-Ahly youth’s complaint against the Professional League and the Football Association, against the background of the association’s decision to cancel the Arab Gulf League, before he withdrew his complaint submitted to the Disciplinary Committee, Al-Sharif stressed that Al-Ahly’s youth’s withdrawal of the complaint is a very elegant step that is calculated for him, stressing That there is no confiscation of the right of any party or person resorting to the law, as it is a legitimate right. Al-Sharif told «Emirates Today»: “Although the crisis that the sporting scene witnessed in the past period passed peacefully, some regulations of the Football Association and the Professional League need to be re-read, and it is not a condition that they change every time, but we are talking here about developments Things, and what may happen from emergency crises, need to be decided by the text of the law without diligence ».
He added, "The issue of decreasing the salaries and rewards of club players passed in peace, and he also made the crisis go through in peace, because he was not accompanied by complaints formally submitted by the players against their clubs, and there were no direct damages to the players." Dealing with all data, describing the decision to cut salaries at that time as wise and sound, as it has made the affairs of clubs, especially financial, stable, without facing any problems, and this is the right thing, even though this crisis affected the entire world, stressing that such crises Confronted with laws, and good administrative dealings with matters.