You get a PR officer funded by the FAI if you have a Premier Licence.
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Presumably if a Premier team went belly up before the start of the season
and the newly relegated team didnt hold a Premier Licence there may be
an outside chance of them getting the promotion!
Highly unlikely but ...
Other than that I assume if they get a Premier LIcence now and have
aspirtions of promotion, they should be able to keep things together to
get the same licence next year if they do go up.
And of course the extra financial help a Premier Licence brings
Is it a requirement for the First Division clubs who applied for - and got - a Premier Division licence, that they enter a team in the 'A' League?
Our CEO Gerry Matthews speaks about the decision to award us a First Division Licence on dundalkfc.com.
from http://www.eircomloi.ie:82/
St Patrick’s Athletic lose licensing appeal
The Club Licensing Appeals Body has upheld the decision of the Club Licensing Committee to impose a financial sanction on St Patrick’s Athletic.
This was the only appeal against the decisions of the Club Licensing Committee last week when 15 Premier Division and seven First Division licences were awarded.
Interesting. Another 5k wasted on that appeal so.
Small footnote to above FAI have released a statement
http://www.fai.ie/index.php?option=c...=2923&Itemid=9
"The Football Association of Ireland wishes to refute suggestions in some media outlets that the financial sanction imposed on St Patrick’s Athletic was down to a late processing matter. This is not correct. The club have been informed of the reason for the financial sanction"
No rumours on what it actually was though? Interesting.
No Rumours. It's a good thing.
The process is confidential.
The confidentality agreement within the process attempts to protect the contributors to the process. So information, recorded information is not used in a negative way against the contributors. I have no sympathy for gossip correspondents and supporters who are frustrated because they are not part of the shared information.
John83, your post above is just a very general line, with no specifics or proven facts and is one reason many supporters remain out of the decision making process in Irish football.
The confidentiality clause of the Licensing
http://www.fai.ie/pdf/FAI_Club_Licen...anual_2008.pdf
3.3. CONFIDENTIALITY
The Licensor guarantees the licence applicant/licensee full confidentiality as regards all non-public
information disclosed during the Licensing Core Process. In this regard:
• The FAI must conclude an annual confidentiality agreement with each licence applicant.
• Members of the FAI Club Licensing Committee, the FAI Club Licensing Appeals Body, the FAI
Club Licensing Department and any other individual engaged by the Licensor in the licensing
process must sign a confidentiality clause before starting his or her tasks.
A copy of the contacts sheet, which is attached to the Club Licensing Application form, will be sent to the
League of Ireland administration for their records. Data regarding Infrastructure will also be shared with
the FAI and League of Ireland to facilitate match delegates in completing their reports and for Health and
Safety reasons. No enclosures (e.g. Legal or Financial Information) will be forwarded and these will
remain subject to the confidentiality clause.