Public Relations For Soccer Teams

EASY AND SIMPLE:One the Public Relations sho-
wing some soccer skills to the future soccerstars.
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Public relations for professional and amateur soccer teams at the higher level is not is easy as it might seem. The sports channels are filled with baseball, basketball, football and other popular sports. Even a golf tournament will take priority in the time slot on a major sports news network. Public relations for soccer teams in the United States of America is a lot different than it might be in other countries where soccer is the most popular sport and where football (our type), basketball and baseball are somewhat nonexistent.

Public relations for a soccer team should include community goodwill, autograph signing and promotion of the game of soccer itself. It is important to have constant communication with all major media outlets and promote the soccer players as the epitome of sportsmen with good sportsmanship, no drugs and good old family values. Luckily for soccer teams this is not too difficult because most all the soccer players are dedicated athletes and are not taking steroids.

Things needs to be consider as PR in soccer:

• Preparation is key
• Never underestimate an opponent(or a reporter)
• Hone the fundamentals
• It's all about the team.

DEDICATION:Public Relations Professionals for so-
ccer teams.
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This does not mean that public relations for soccer teams is easy, as it is hardly easy. However, public relations for professional and amateur soccer teams is not utterly impossible if the publicity team and public-relations specialists understand how things work. Promoting the individual players as superstars will go a long way to promoting the game of soccer and the professional team itself. It also brings more people to watch the games and uplifts the game of soccer in the world.

Every business needs publicity and a person who will stand by their side to build the good image of it to the publics. Good teams with good Public Relations.

Zimbabwe suspends 80 footballers as part of 'Asiagate' match-fixing probe



HARARE BOYS: Zimbabwe national team players
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National team players alleged to have taken bribes to throw matches played in Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.

Eighty Zimbabwean footballers have been suspended because of alleged involvement in Asian betting syndicates linked to match-fixing.

The country's sports minister said football was "riddled with corruption", and called for politics to be rooted out of the sport.The players, including leading members of the national team, are alleged to have taken bribes to throw friendly matches between 2007 and 2009.The Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) has set up an independent ethics committee to investigate the alleged fixing, which it believes took place when the national team played in Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand.

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The games were not part of any competition. In fact, it is now suspected they were arranged specifically for the purpose of betting. The scandal has been dubbed "Asiagate" by the Zimbabwean press.Jonathan Mashingaidze, chief executive of Zifa, told the state-owned Herald newspaper: "Every player who was mentioned in the 'Asiagate' report, regardless of how many matches played, are suspended and will only be cleared by the ethics committee and, for now, they are not eligible for selection in any national duty commitments.

"We are saying everyone involved in Asiagate should step aside until the case has been finalised. There shouldn't be favouritism. We are not convicting them and we are not saying clubs should convict them as yet."Obviously this will affect Zimbabwe's performance in the short term but football has been riddled with corruption and that must be one of reasons why we haven't performed as well as we should."

The player suspensions are likely to affect Zimbabwe's bid to qualify for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. Matches started in February, with Zimbabwe looking to lead the group to qualify.

The Herald reported that the 80 blacklisted players include:

• Ovidy Karuru
•  Zhaimu Jambo
• Washington Arubi
•  Daniel Vheremu
•  Khama Billiat
•  Gilbert Mapemba
•  Willard Katsande
•  Thomas Sweswe
•  Method Mwanjali and Edward Sadomba.

The players are dispersed around the world. They can continue playing club football although a ban could be imposed by Fifa if they are found guilty by Zifa's ethics committee.Zimbabwe is already under investigation by the world football governing body.Its chief executive, Sepp Blatter, warned during a visit to Harare last year that players and officials found guilty of graft would face life bans.

It's sad for the players involved because they were just pawns in a wider political game. This is what happens when football and politics collide in a corrupt, autocratic regime.

No power no control Issues between PSL/NFD

Nearly twenty-five years ago,in March 1987 National Soccer League announced the names of 17 clubs to form first non-racial Second division.Today the National First Division is having the number of sixteen teams that compete for promotion in the PSL.



THAT'S IT: PSL logo www.pslimages.co.za



The Premier Soccer League is facing an embarrassment as the National First Division(NFD) clubs have vowed not to fulfil the fixtures to start the games.

PSL and NFD currently locked in a meeting discussing the way forward for the first division and possibly see their fixtures begin as soon as possible.

The league was scheduled to start on the weekend of September 14 but did not,due to what NFD teams called misrepresentation of issues relating to grants and prize monies.

LOOKING GOOD: NFD logo

"We are not playing as per the resolution adopted.The possibility of us playing is close to nothing",said NFD representative and African Warriors chairperson Jabu Khumalo.

Khumalo also says that the public are interpreting the NFD situation,saying there is no truth that the NFD wants to split from PSL,rather that they simply want more power in the running of the league.

Issues causing conflicts between PSL/NFD

• Lack of communication
• No enough power to the NFD board members
• NFD treated unfairly when it comes decisions making
• No enough financially support from the PSL

This matter is not good for the South African football as they(NFD teams) all want to be on top to compete for positions and gain promotions to the PSL.

All we need is a clean management that will build the First National Division to keep up the big competition in the PSL.

Love,Peace and Happiness for South African football.

What's your say on this issue,should NFD stands on its own and make decisions or work together with the PSL?



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Brazil is ready to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup Introducing the mascot



AMAZING:Armadillo the mascot of Brazil 2014.
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At  the last World Cup,in 2010 in South Africa,it was Zakumi the green-haired leopard.The mascot in Germany four years earlier was a lion named Goleo.Now Brazil has reported picked an armadillo.

The world football governing body Fifa on Tuesday registered with the European Patent Office the next playful symbol of the world's supreme sporting event:a smiling armadillo whose name will be picked through and Internet vote.

 The three-banded armadillo-known as a"tatu-bola" in Brazil-is an endangered species.

The decision to make the armadillo the mascot was backed by the Caatinga Association,a NGO whose mission is to protect the biodiversity of north-eastern Brazil.



NOT JUST AN ANIMAL:Armadillo
the World soccer Cup-2014 mascot.
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The armadillo was chosen ahead of the puma as well as the"Saci",a character in Brazilian folklore that was the preferred choice of Brazilian sports minister Aldo Rebelo.




WELCOME:The statue of Brazil's capital
 Rio De Janeiro
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The Tolypeutes tricinctus,or tatu-bola as it is known in Portuguese,is an endangered mammal native to Brazil.It is characterised by its ability to roll into the shape of a ball under a leathery shell as a mode of self defence.

Brazil has made it clear that they are ready to host the world tournament.By doing so,they showed further more steps to the preparation of the event.

And animals look to have set a stage for them as they are used in the world best tournament(FIFA World cups) in recent years.

Animals have been used:

• Leopard in South Africa(2010)
• Lion in Germany(2006)

Is Brazil ready to host the event or is just the speculations of how the event is going to be like?

The World Football Favourites Tournament(FIFA) To Celebrate the 20th of Existance in 2014 Brazil



THE CURRENT FIFA TROPHY:Awarded to the
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The only football tournament that bring the world together is to make history in 2014.FIFA World Cup is to be the 20th FIFA World Cup,an international tournament association football tournament that is scheduled to take place in  Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014.

Brazil will be hosting this competition for the second time,the first being the 1950 FIFA World Cup.Brazil will be the fifth country to have been hosted the FIFA World Cup twice,after Mexico,Italy,France and Germany.This competition will be the first to be held in Southern America since the 1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentine,is the first time two consecutive  World Cups are staged outside Europe and the first time two consecutive  World Cups  are held in the Southern Hemisphere(the 2010 FIFA World Cup was held in South Africa).

The FIFA World Cup,often simply the World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Federation International Football Association(FIFA),the sport's global governing body.The championship has been awarded every four years since the official position of the tournament in 1930,except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held due the Second World War.The current champions Spain won the 2012 tournament.

THE HOST NATION:Flag indicating
Brazil as the 2014 World Cup host
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The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over the period of about a month,this phase called is often called World Cup Finals.A qualification phase which currently takes place over the preceding three years,is used to to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s)

The 19 World Cup tournament have been won by eight different national teams:

• Brazil have won three time,and they are the only team to have played in every tournament
• Italy have won four times
• Germany have won three times
• Argentine have won two time
• Uruguay have won two time
• England,France and Spain with one title each.

The World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event and the most tournament that brings the world together to stand as one thing.

Fabrice Muamba has announced he will retire from football due to illness

It came as a surprise but he had no choice than to save his life.It follows his heart attack in last  season;s FA Cup against Tottenham Hotspurs.

The 24 year-old Congolese born had previously spoken of his determination to resume his career after his incredible recovery from the collapse which left him effectively dead for 78 minutes.But he has now bowed to medical advice from many specialists.

EARLY RETIREMENT: Fabrice Muamba has announced his
retirement from football.
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Muamba has been described by sources close to him as''shattered'' that he will not be able to continue playing football at all.But after consultations with England and Pedro Brugada the Belgium-base cardiologist,the former England Under 21 midfielder has retired.Muamba said:"As part of my ongoing recovery,last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist.But the news I received was obviously not what I had hoped it would be,and it means I am now announcing my retirement".

"Football has been my life since I was teenage boy and it has given me so many opportunities.Since suffering from my heart and being discharged from hospital,I have remained utterly positive in the belief I could one day resume my playing career and playing for Bolton Wanderers".

• A great lose for Bolton and the entire football family
• Young and gifted but illness forced him to hangup his boots




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• A dream shutdown for him as he hoped to resume his playing career.

A benefit game for Muamba is also a possibility,with the player attracting widespread support from the global football community.

Lets stand by our players and give them the support they need in good times and bad times.

Issues in football's players' agents and principles they need to follow

Football may be the world most favourite sport but it has its own problems when it comes to players' agents.



 PLAYERS'AGENT:Jazzman
Mahlakane.www.sportnews.com

FIFA has been regulating the activity of players' agent since 1991.At the time anyone wishing to become an agent was required to have a personal interview of his or her relevant football association before FIFA would issue the licence.In addition,a bank guarantee of 200,00 Swiss Fracs was required to be lodged with FIFA by the successful applicant.

Issues

Nothing but trouble with the players' agents.The regulations in place today have tried to define the requirements to become a players' agent and monitor relevant professional competence.FIFA has also limited the period of validity of the players' agents licence and attempted to promote reasonable players' agents' fees,whilst trying to restrict the activities of unlicensed players' agent.

Principles

• Application of regulations to players and clubs that engage the services of intermediaries
• Intermediaries having no links to FIFA
• Written contracts between intermediaries and clubs/players
• Conflict of interest
• A registration system for intermediaries(implemented by the member associations and through information provided by their affiliate clubs and/or registered players)
• Non payment of commission to intermediaries if player is a minor
• Invalidation of current FIFA Players' Agent Regulations.

TOP AGENT:Tim Suzuki.
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Players are people like everyone and they deserve the best for what they work for in the field of play without being treated like slaves.

Do you think players' agents are treating players well as their representatives?