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Post by berniekosar on Jul 15, 2014 22:14:53 GMT 8
the ones in Tarlac, Leyte, Mindoro, and Davao have so much potential
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Post by johnmarki on Jul 16, 2014 13:02:27 GMT 8
the ones in Tarlac, Leyte, Mindoro, and Davao have so much potential Yup I can also see the potential. But one thing they should do first. They should refurbished those stadiums, Like installing artificial pitches in them. So that players will not have difficulty in playing.
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Post by cjeagle on Dec 11, 2014 23:24:51 GMT 8
Actually I am a bit worried about the upcoming planned national league. The UFL has been doing a good job of running our top tier professional league so far(it is the first time we have had any modicum of success in starting a pro league). Who is going to run the future national league? Not only is it more logistically challenging to run a national league, there will be political considerations in play plus the fact that the PFF doesn't have a good history of starting pro leagues in the past. All previous attempts failed. Whoever they chose to run it, if they want it to succeed, must have marketing and management expertise like those they have in the UFL and not just a political appointtee. My suggestion is to let the guys running the UFL, to run the future planned national league as well, but that might be politically impossible.
The Advisory committee of FIFA recommended that the current pro league(UFL) be given a voice in the executive committee of the PFF, like they do in the rest of the developed world. This was never promulgated as this would require a change in the constitution and would diminish somewhat the powers of the regional FA's. This might affect whatever decisions they might make, when the planned national pro league is finally established, as the UFL might have no say in the matter.
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Post by elytista on Jan 19, 2015 22:11:06 GMT 8
up! i read somewhere in internet that "National League" will be start early 2017.
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Post by chizcake on Jan 19, 2015 22:35:08 GMT 8
Actually I am a bit worried about the upcoming planned national league. The UFL has been doing a good job of running our top tier professional league so far(it is the first time we have had any modicum of success in starting a pro league). Who is going to run the future national league? Not only is it more logistically challenging to run a national league, there will be political considerations in play plus the fact that the PFF doesn't have a good history of starting pro leagues in the past. All previous attempts failed. Whoever they choose to run it, if they want it to succeed, must have marketing and management expertise like those they have in the UFL and not just a political appointtee. My suggestion is to let the guys running the UFL, to run the future planned national league as well, but that might be politically impossible. The Advisory committee of FIFA recommended that the current pro league(UFL) be given a voice in the executive committee of the PFF, like they do in the rest of the developed world. This was never promulgated as this would require a change in the constitution and would diminish somewhat the powers of the regional FA's. This might affect whatever decisions they might make, when the planned national pro league is finally established, as the UFL might have no say in the matter. i can still remember MPFL (manila premiere football league)
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 25, 2015 2:13:22 GMT 8
up! i read somewhere in internet that "National League" will be start early 2017. Yes I have been reading the same(perhaps even as early as 2016) with the PFF negotiating with the FA's, but if that is the case, the lack of any marketing worries me. It is going to be a more logistically challenging league than the UFL. I think it would be best to make sure they are ready and wait another year.
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Post by kuo24 on Apr 18, 2015 2:03:57 GMT 8
A lot of that will also hinge on the success of the Azkals for this year's World Cup Qualifying. If we do well, the clamor for a local pro league will mushroom.
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Post by cjeagle on Jun 25, 2015 18:51:23 GMT 8
www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/97422-wishlist-national-football-leagueAs you may or may not know, we are set to have a national football league that will be truly nationwide in scope, unlike the Manila-based United Football League. In all likelihood the national league will kick off around 2017. There will be teams based all over the country playing home and away, just like they do in other countries. I don't think the competition has a name yet. A task force is still undergoing feasibility studies on it, I'm told.
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Post by dingodile5 on Jul 21, 2015 0:12:58 GMT 8
I think the national league is feasible specially fans in Visayas and Mindanao are eager to see their players in action. We need LGU and corporate sponsors. By the way, some provinces in Luzon are now showing interest in football. Now as a motivation for this. Basketball (our most popular sport) is having a new league here in 2016 which compose of players who didn't made in the professional league and most games will be played in provinces, defying logistics concerns. www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/07/20/15/new-basketball-league-unfold-2016Aside from the PFF's planned national league, I hope PFF will also plan with this kind of league to give way to graduated students to showcase their football talents despite didn't making the cut in UFL league.
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Post by cjeagle on Mar 14, 2016 2:12:52 GMT 8
PH national league possible – PFF With the increasing popularity of the sport in the country, a national football league is now economically possible, according to Philippine Football Federation (PFF) president Mariano Araneta. “Actually, we made a study. We conducted a study and it was done by Nielsen because we need a study to give us what football is all about in the whole country if we start a national league. And they said, football is number three,” Araneta explain in an interview with The Manila Times. He stressed that the federation is happy with the positive outcome of their study especially with the findings that some provinces can actually support their own teams in the future national league. “It’s very encouraging that there are cities that can support a professional team, according to the study by Nielsen. Cebu was one of the top provinces named,” he stated. “In Mindanao there are actually three; Davao, Cagayan De Oro and Zamboanga. In the Visayas, there is also Bacolod and Iloilo. Here in Metro Manila, Quezon City is the number one here in terms football support. Laguna was also mentioned.” The sport, which experienced an increase to its popularity in 2010 when the Azkals managed to put the country back to the football map, is slowly catching to its more popular counterparts in the country. “We are happy that everyone is now involved. The more people involved in football, the better. Football is a game that we can excel in,” he said. In the recent years, the country’s de-facto premier football league, the United Football League (UFL), has also been facing the influx of fans coming in to watch the games. According to Araneta, this comes as a result of the recent success of the Azkals in the international scene and the growing number of big names coming in to play in the country. “The popularity of the game in the country comes with the success of the Azkals. Perhaps in the last games of the UFL, there were more than 500 people watching now because the presence of the top players,” he said. The head of the country’s football governing body declared that with the rise in the amount of fans of the sport, they are more inspired to strengthen their bid to host a national professional league in the coming years. “The fans are there. So it is just a matter of doing fan-based development so that they will be loyal to the team. We are very encouraged with the study, actually, and we have started already planning for the professional league.” “It is not what we call flooded with support or something like that but its good enough to make the league feasible and economically viable that what we are after for,” Araneta concluded. JAELLE NEVIN REYES www.manilatimes.net/ph-national-league-possible-pff/250182/
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Post by FromSulu on Sept 6, 2016 20:22:33 GMT 8
PFF officials led by president Nonong Araneta brief prospective clubs and owners on the club licensing regulations of the premier league, set to be known as the Philippines Football League. Karlo Sacamos PFF lays groundwork for national football leagueMANILA, Philippines –The Philippine Football Federation has set the wheels in motion for the setting up of the Philippines Football League by issuing the PFF Club Licensing Regulations to prospective clubs and owners. PFF president Nonong Araneta and general secretary Ed Gastanes said the Club Licensing Regulations contain the criteria by which a club will be licensed and be eligible for participation in the planned national professional league. “This is the first time in Philippine football history that Club Licensing Regulations have been crafted through the help of the Fifa and the AFC and approved by the PFF board of governors,” Gastanes said after conducting a briefing with officials and representatives of UFL clubs and other potential team owners at Marco Polo Ortigas. The PFF targets a March 2017 kickoff for the truly national, fully professional league. It envisions a minimum of six clubs from different regions playing a home-and-away double-round robin format. The cities of Manila, Makati, Quezon City, Marikina, Sta. Maria or Bocaue, Pampanga, and Laguna in Luzon; Bacolod, Cebu and Iloilo in Visayas; and Davao Cagayan de Oro and Zamboanga in Mindanao have been identified as potential club homebase, as revealed by the PFF’s nationwide market research. Araneta said more briefings and road shows in Cebu and Davao are in the pipeline. By Olmin Leyba www.philstar.com/sports/2016/09/06/1621047/pff-lays-groundwork-national-football-league PFF gets ball rolling on national football league, starts accepting applicantsFrom: Karlo Sacamos Read more at www.spin.ph/football/news/plan-to-form-national-football-league-now-rolling-as-pff-starts-accepting-applicants#h7Q4dMl8hgLl0Hl1.99
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Post by FromSulu on Sept 6, 2016 20:31:28 GMT 8
pff.org.ph/2016/09/06/pfl-club-licensing-regulations/pff.org.ph/2016/09/06/pff-to-brief-interested-clubs-on-philippines-football-league/PFF TO BRIEF INTERESTED CLUBS ON PHILIPPINES FOOTBALL LEAGUE September 6, 2016 The Philippine Football Federation is conducting a series of briefing beginning in Metro Manila about the start of the Philippines Football League in early 2017. A minimum of six (6) participating clubs from different regions of the country is envisioned. PFF has issued today the PFF Club Licensing Regulations which will be the reference of clubs who wish to be qualified as a possible participant in the league. The league will be played in a home-and-away, double round-robin format. An exciting modification is the Finals Series which comes after the round-robin. The top four teams go into a play-off series to determine the champion.
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 6, 2016 20:41:19 GMT 8
The Philippine Football Federation (PFF) has unveiled plans for a national football league that is slated to kick-off in March 2017. The national league, aptly named the Philippines Football League, will be composed of at least six club teams, each representing a city or a region. According to the PFF, the tournament is envisioned to have a home-and-away, double round robin format. The top four sides will proceed into a play-off to determine the champion. To qualify for the league, interested clubs will have to comply with the PFF's Club Licensing Regulations to be qualified to participate in the league. UFL still hoping to play a role The establishment of the Philippines Football League means that the United Football League (UFL) will be stepping down as the country's premier competition. But UFL President Randy Roxas says that he hopes that the Metro Manila-based league will still have a role to play in developing the sport in the country. "If there is a role for us to play for us still be involved in helping football in a second division format or in the youth, we leave that to the federation to work on," Roxas said. The UFL currently hosts the country's biggest football clubs, which currently employs Philippine national team standouts such as the Younghusband brothers and Stephan Schrock. There are no hard feelings for Roxas, who reminded the media that the UFL's authority comes from the PFF itself. "You have to take note that our sanction comes from the federation," Roxas said. "Everything we do in the future will come from the sanction of the federation." Research backed venture According to the PFF, the decision to start the league is supported by a nationwide market research conducted in 2015. After interviewing 5,000 participants nationwide, a study by the Nielsens Company has identified key cities and reigions that could serve as an ideal starting home base for the clubs. According to PFF General Secretary Atty. Edwin Gastanes some of the factors considered include infrastructure, access, capacity of fans to pay, the existence of sponsors, and fan appreciation of the sport. Here are locations identified by the research: Luzon Manila Makati Quezon City Marikina Bocaue Pampanga Laguna Visayas Bacolod Cebu Iloilo Mindanao Davao Cagayan de Oro Zamboanga City Apart from identifying the locations, the PFF also divulged that the study showed that 30 percent of the Philippine population followed sports in general, with five percent following football. Interested groups have until December to submit their PFF Club Licensing Regulations for the upcoming national league. cnnphilippines.com/sports/2016/09/06/PFF-bares-plans-philippines-national-football-league.html
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Post by cjeagle on Sept 7, 2016 2:26:58 GMT 8
The name. Gastanes said the league will be called the Philippines Football League (PFL). This was supposedly the most preferred name in a survey conducted by the Nielsen research firm last year. The PFL will replace the UFL as the country's top tier of football. The kickoff & the format. The league begins play in mid-March 2017 and must have at least 6 clubs who will represent communities. It will be double round robin with home and away matches, plus a playoff phase afterwards involving the top 4 teams. No details were given on the format of the playoffs. Gastanes added that there will be a knockout Cup competition with matches "interspersed" within the league schedule. Basically, it will follow the European model. Initially there will be only one division, but as the league expands, it is hoped that two tiers can form with promotion and relegation between them. There is talk that the UFL, sans teams that will go to the PFL, will carry on as a second-tier competition. The teams. Representatives from Loyola, Kaya, Ceres, Green Archers United, Agila-MSA, and Stallion were at the briefing. Global was not there but it's understood that they will take part. Each team was given a copy of the club licensing regulations. The requirements will likely include a home stadium, a licensed head coach, one or two youth teams, and a guarantee of continued financial support from sponsors. These are based on club licensing norms of FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The clubs have until the end of the year to study the licensing documents and apply. Gastanes also said the PFL will be a fully professional league with both a salary cap and a salary floor, or minimum wage. Only 4 foreign players will be allowed in the roster and at least one must be from an AFC country. If the PFF cannot muster at least 6 teams then Gastanes said they may still have a league, but it cannot be considered a national league by the AFC. The cities. The participating clubs will be representing communities and the league will follow a home-and-away format. Ceres La Salle will be the team in Bacolod. That's about all that is sure as of the moment. Teams must attach themselves to a city or area and include the name of the area in their name, which would mean some teams might need to tweak their articles of incorporation. Araneta said the PFF will do a roadshow to pitch the league to cities in the Visayas and Mindanao. These areas could then either form a new side, enter an existing team, or adopt a current team from the UFL. One thing is very likely, though: most of the teams will probably be representing communities in and around Metro Manila, at least for the meantime. The Nielsen survey identified 14 areas in the Philippines that could support a pro football team. Aside from the expected places like Metro Manila, Iloilo, and Cebu, Pampanga and Zamboanga City were also surprisingly on the list. There is some speculation that Davao could also field a team. Finances. Each team will have to pay a franchise fee to the corporation that will be created to manage the league. Gastanes would not divulge the amount at the press conference and he said the teams will be the first to know. The franchise fee, which will likely be substantial, may be paid in installments. It's widely believed that teams require tens of millions of pesos to run a competitive squad in the UFL. The travel to provincial areas for away games that this league would entail will likely increase expenses significantly. Broadcast partners. ABS-CBN has been involved with the national league task force since its inception a couple of years ago. That is no guarantee, however, that they will be the main broadcast partner. Gastanes said the league will offer a tender on the broadcast rights and any network is welcome to make an offer. No possible corporate sponsors were mentioned in the meeting. www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/145395-pff-one-step-closer-launching-nationwide-pro-football-league
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Post by leoisiah on Sept 7, 2016 9:24:13 GMT 8
Will Rizal Memorial be the home of the Green Archers? Can teams share fields?
I think I'll have no choice but support Loyola, because the Loyola area is nearest to us. I hope they use Ateneo's fields.
They might need to get Cebu Pac (or any airline) as a sponsor.
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