HELP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JamBoy]

Can any one tell me what the policy is with national player call up. seems that things have changed since I was playing, what makes sense to me is when your nation needs you theyshould have priority over club level teams.

When did that change, what is FIFA policy now? what is JFF policy? We have a real talent on deck, the only way we can compete is by utilizing these oversees players when we need them. <U>How could a team have</U> <U>priority over a national need and that be accepted?</U> <U>DO YOU ALL</U> <U>ACCEPT THAT?</U> I am having a real problem with that. love and respect.

[Balla]

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Jamboy reminds me of a certain poster

FIFA allows a National team to call on a player 5 times per season and a club is obliged to let them go - FIFA has even introduced an international calender to deal with this

in the changing face of football with the G14 et al club have increasingly become more important than National associations

Clubs have contracts with players - National association dont have

Clubs pay excessively high salaries to players - countries pay a stipend

Players often get injured on International duty and then the club lose their services for long periods sometimes - check what Wenger had to say about this

I am in agreement with this , I want my National Association to have this headache than not to have it

[Balla]

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The FIFA policy which the JFF has to abide by

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=750 bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR><TD borderColor=#ffffff borderColorLight=#ffffff width="100%" borderColorDark=#ffffff height=50><H2 align=center>Last Revised 8 January 2002</H2></TD></TR><TR><TD borderColor=#ffffff borderColorLight=#ffffff width="100%" borderColorDark=#ffffff><H2 align=center>FIFA Regulations Regarding the Eligibility and Release of International Players</H2><BLOCKQUOTE><P class=MsoNormal>Regulations Governing the Application of Statutes<P class=MsoNormal>Chapter VIII. Nationality of Players<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O:P> </O:P><P class=MsoNormal>Art. 18<P class=MsoNormal>1. Any player who is a naturalised citizen of a country in virtue of that country's laws shall be eligible to play for a national or representative team of that country.<P class=MsoNormal>2. If a player has been included in a national or representative team of a country for which he is eligible to play pursuant to §1, he shall not be permitted to take part in an international match for another country. Accordingly, any player who is qualified to play for more than one national association (i.e. who has dual nationality) will be deemed to have committed himself to one association only when he plays his first international match in an official competition (at any level) for that association.<P class=MsoNormal>3. The only players exempt from this provision are those whose nationality has been changed not voluntarily but as the <SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: Times New Roman; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-font-family: Times New Roman">result of an international decree either granting independence to a region or ceding part of one country to another.</SPAN><P class=MsoNormal>FIFA Regulations for the Status and Transfer of Players [5 July 2001]<O:P> </O:P><P class=MsoNormal>Chapter XIII. Release of players for national association representative matches<O:P> </O:P><P class=MsoNormal>Art. 36<P class=MsoNormal>1 Any club which has concluded a contract with a player who is ineligible to play for the national association of which the club is a member is obliged to release him to the national association of which he is a national, if he is selected for one of its representative teams, irrespective of his age. The same provision applies to a club of a national association for any of its players who are nationals of the same national association, if they are summoned to play in a representative match.<P class=MsoNormal>[N.B.: FIFA has said that Paragraph 2, which immediately follows, will be modified so that it coincides with the more recent regulations, reproduced below, entitled <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Release of players for national association representative matches in accordance with the Coordinated International Match Calendar.]</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><O:P> </O:P></SPAN><P class=MsoNormal>2 This provision is binding for the following matches:<P class=MsoNormal>[B](a) a total of five international matches per calendar year. If during the course of the same calendar year and after five matches have been played, a national association is still required to play matches in the FIFA W

[T.K.]

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Balla you and I know exactly who this poster is....JB..er.....I mean JamBoy not fooling nobody! - T.K.

[Karl]

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It is a 2-way street! Nothing drives love of football more than success at international matches.

Nothing drives PR and add value to football more than FIFA championships.

Many are the players taken by the football rich countries from the football poor countries...after exposure of the players in international matches!

International exposure drives players prices in the club marketplace.

Footbal...the football pipeline depends on the 'babes' to national team pipeline remaining healthy. The clubs need that pipeline to survive and grow. The national associations need their players to keep the pipeline healthy...as the successful players provide inspirationthat keeps the fire burning in the 'newset of players' that perpetually burst on the scene...and, keep the current stars fire burning brightly for longer periods...

Clubs need the National Associations! National Associations need the clubs! The players need both!

[Balla]

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The only FIFA championship that pulls any power is the World Cup - it happens every 4 years and the qualifying takes awhile after the last championship to begin

Its the Clubs that pulls the power Karl - why is FIFA afraid of the G14?

[Sickko]

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You mean country pays stipends right? While clubs pays exhorbitants salaries...I noticed in arecent article that Germany had raised their fees to players who are called up for national duties.

[Sickko]

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Players who have not retired from international play are still required to make them sleves available for their national teams.



A T&T player, not sure which one right now but could be Shaka Hislop was recently banned from playing for his club for 10 days after refusing a national call up. He will not be paid for that period as well.

[Sickko]

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JamBoy is JB so isnt he also a'mi? What does he mean by in his playing days..what does FIFA have to do with corner league and pickup ball????

[Balla]

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thanks siccko

[JamBoy]

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But there is a player (<U>Roger Mila</U>) for Cameroon who has no club team that comes off the bench for his country. I think he 47 years old this year. whats up with that?:w00t:

[Sickko]

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anytime comrade..he he he....hear de one Lazy now, that's all him waan hear

[Sickko]

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JB are you caught in a time warp? Roger Mila is about 86 year-old now with about two teeth left

[JamBoy]

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Wrong Roger Mila he played 2 years ago

[Tilla]

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I thought Roger Milla's last World Cup was in 1994 in the USA WC and at the time he was 42 years old. He went into retirement after that. He was the star of the Cameroon side in the previous WC in Italy however.