A new kick-off date for the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season is being worked out by the League Management Company (LMC). Chairman of LMC, Hon. Nduka Irabor said a definitive date for the new season kick-off will be announced by Wednesday, October 30 and explained that the intervening period will be used to "address the more urgent task" of meeting CAF club licensing criteria.
"In order to meet the CAF deadline and ensure that our clubs participate in the 2014 CAF club competitions, we have had to set in motion the process for the implementation of the mandatory Club Licensing and this process will start on Wednesday in Abuja with a consultative meeting of the LMC and the clubs.
"While we work at re-jigging the schedules for the next season to finish before the World Cup, we will also look at options that will at least ensure that our calendar is in tandem with the global football leagues' calendar," stated Irabor. The League calendar was distorted by disruptions in the 2011/12 season which culminated in the delayed kick-off of the 2012/13 season and to normalise the calendar, the LMC had to run a very tasking schedule that ensured that the season was concluded only last Sunday, October 20.
"The LMC recognizes the challenges the tight fixtures we ran in the just ended season imposed on the clubs but we must also admit that it was mitigated by the unfortunate early exit of our clubs from continental championships, hence we didn't suffer backlog of games when the season was to end.
This time, we may not have that luxury of time especially if our clubs do well and given the various international engagements such as CAF Nations Cup Championship beginning next January 11 which will be dominated by players from premier league clubs, " the LMC Chairman added.
The LMC disclosed that all pre-season activities, including the prestigious round robin tournament for the top four Glo Premier League club (Super 4) and a planned medical and ethics orientation for club managers will be implemented in full.
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