They confirmed that the clubs are still spending huge sums on deals in light of "Corona"

Athletes: The demands of the Football Association canceling the collection of 2% of player contracts are illogical

• In 2017, the Football Association adopted a mechanism to collect 2% of the value of professional players' contracts.

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Athletes confirmed that the demand of some clubs, especially in the Arab Gulf League, for the Football Association to cancel the 2% obtained from the value of professional players ’contracts, due to the current circumstances, is illogical, since these clubs are spending fictional sums of money on players’ deals in light of a pandemic. Corona », stressing the importance that these clubs stop what they described as lavish spending on players’ deals before the Football Association’s request to cancel the percentage it receives from the value of players ’contracts, noting that the previous Football Association had rejected more than once a proposal in this regard to cancel this percentage .

They told Emirates Today: “If these clubs demanding the cancellation of the percentage that the Football Association obtains from player contracts depend on themselves and their own resources, or that their sponsorship contracts have been damaged by the (Corona) pandemic, their request would have been logical. But she still deals with players with huge sums of money, as if the situation is normal for her.

It is noteworthy that the Football Association had adopted in 2017, with the approval of the General Assembly of the Football Association, a mechanism to collect 2% of the value of professional players' contracts for the development of the game through the proceeds of this decision.

For his part, the former international player and legal advisor Salem Hadid confirmed that there are clubs that spend lavishly sums of money without any reference, stressing that he would have stood in the side of the clubs demanding the cancellation of the 2% that the Football Association obtains from the value of the players' contracts, if these were Clubs reasonably spend the money they receive as financial support.

Salem Hadid added: "These clubs must first stop the excessive disbursement of players' contracts, whether they are citizens or foreigners."

Salem Hadid stressed that on the other hand, although the Football Association receives 2% of the value of the players' contracts, they have not seen any effect of these sums throughout the past period, and they have not invested in the development of the game in general, whether at the level of the first team or the age stages, Pointing out that the Football Association must reconsider the issue of how to spend the money it gets from the value of players' contracts in order for it to be reflected positively on the development of the game.

For his part, a former member of the Football Association Board of Directors, Dr. Salim Al Shamsi, confirmed that he opposes the idea of ​​canceling this amount, as it helps the Football Association to prevent a deficit in its budget. Clubs explain the current conditions that they are going through because of "Corona" is illogical, given the fact that these clubs receive government financial support, and their previous budgets that they obtain remain the same.

The former director of the football team at Al-Nasr Club, Khaled Obaid, considered that the Football Association's demand to cancel the collection of the 2% of the value of contracts concluded by the clubs with the players, citing their material conditions due to the Corona pandemic, is illogical, given that these clubs conclude deals With players with fantastic amounts of money, despite the current circumstances related to the Corona virus, indicating that there are clubs that deal with matters as if the situation is normal for them.

Khaled Obeid added: "If these clubs depend on their own resources and do not receive government support, its request from the Football Association to cancel this percentage obtained would be logical, but they receive government support, and their sponsorship contracts are not affected."

Khaled Obaid indicated that there are clubs that want to use the Corona pandemic to gain sympathy with it, pointing out that “despite the (Corona) pandemic, the spending of some clubs on players' deals has not changed, so the exchange, if not more, has not retreated.”

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