posted Dec 29, 2010 5:47 PM by Tyler Durden
Specifically;
You are hereby accused of a
breech of the ASA By-Laws, Article 32 and ASA Rules and Regulations 9
section C subsection (d) and are required to attend an ASA Discipline
Committee Hearing to review these allegations.
For those not familiar
Article 32:
A member's affiliates,
registrants, leagues, clubs, players, referees or officials shall not
refer disputes with the Association or any other soccer association to
a court of law but shall be required to submit any disagreements to the
jurisdiction of the Association.
The particular action before the courts that CASA participated in is
1003-11792. In this action the Applicants sought an injunction against
the current ASA Board to:
- Allow EDSA members to participate in all Provincial
ASA major (Adult) soccer league games
- that member players of CASA and Sunny South be
permitted to participate in minor (youth) soccer Provincial competitions
- to return to the host districts all Provincial
competitions
- prohibit both boards from threatening referees
- require that all registered referees be permitted to
officiate at all games under the authority of the ASA
- that all members who had contributed association fees
to a trust account be declared in good standing.
- prohibit either board from preventing teams from
qualifying for National Competitions
At the time the above action was filed the question of who was the
rightful ASA board was under question. How can Article 32 be applied
when the action was initiated against 'both' boards.
Rule 9 C(d)
Committed any act or made any
statement either verbally or in writing, or been responsible for
conduct, continuing misconduct or any other matter which, in the
opinion of the Association, is considered to be ungentlemanly,
insulting or improper behaviour or likely to bring the game into
disrepute.
'Bring the game into disrepute' ... this is so subjective as to be
meaningless. Who decides 'proper' behaviour?
Does standing up for your own membership bring the game into disrepute?
Does standing up for referees constitute an act of disrepute?
The timing of these hearings is a little suspicious as well, is the
current ASA Board attempting to intimidate the rest of the membership?
Are they trying to suspend or sanction members so that they cannot vote
at an upcoming Special General Meeting?
Added 2010.12.28
- ASA Notice of Disciplinary Hearing
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