professional license; A tool for transformation or a barrier to competition? "Iran": Obtaining a professional license for the Premier League clubs should no longer be an "annual administrative competition" to move dates. If a club only thinks about amending contracts or correcting deficiencies on the eve of the evaluations, it indicates that "professionalization" has not yet entered its management culture. One of the main challenges of our football is the disproportion between the excessive costs (player contracts) and the real ability to generate income. The lack of financial fairplay and reliance on uncertain government resources threaten the financial stability of the clubs and have made their structure vulnerable. To overcome this situation, we need to change the way we look at the concept of club ownership; When financial transparency, development of academies and standard infrastructures are not an administrative requirement for obtaining a license, but the main pillars in the daily activities of the clubs. Read the full text here.

professional license; A tool for transformation or a barrier to competition? "Iran": Obtaining a professional license for the Premier League clubs should no longer be an "annual administrative competition" to move dates. If a club only thinks about amending contracts or correcting deficiencies on the eve of the evaluations, it indicates that "professionalization" has not yet entered its management culture. One of the main challenges of our football is the disproportion between the excessive costs (player contracts) and the real ability to generate income. The lack of financial fairplay and reliance on uncertain government resources threaten the financial stability of the clubs and have made their structure vulnerable. To overcome this situation, we need to change the way we look at the concept of club ownership; When financial transparency, development of academies and standard infrastructures are not an administrative requirement for obtaining a license, but the main pillars in the daily activities of the clubs. Read the full text here.