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CAF AWARDS- Nominees’ Attendance
06/02/2008,
The Executive Committee of CAF at its meeting held in Accra on February 1, decided that henceforth any player who is absent at its award ceremony will not be taken into consideration in its placements of best African footballer of the year. This decision was communicated to all those concerned on February 1, 2008 with particular reference to the award ceremony scheduled for Lome, Togo.
Consequently, the nominees absent at Lome were excluded from consideration for the award of African footballer of the year 2007. It is the belief of CAF that the absence of a player at such an important event constitutes lack of respect for the institution, political authorities represented by our various heads of state and millions of African football followers worldwide.
The choice of Lome for this year’s event was not an accident due to its proximity from Ghana, 25 minutes by air from Accra and 40 minutes from Sekondi, making it accessible to all the nominees, and most of them did attend without having any negative impact to their future programmes here in Accra. This decision will apply to all award ceremonies that CAF will organize from now on.
Furthermore, the approved date of February 1, was communicated to all parties as far back as December 15, 2007 taking into consideration the 72 hours (or more) interval and rest period available to all the teams and players after the group matches.
Sce: Cafonline
CAF AWARDS- Nominees’ Attendance
06/02/2008,
The Executive Committee of CAF at its meeting held in Accra on February 1, decided that henceforth any player who is absent at its award ceremony will not be taken into consideration in its placements of best African footballer of the year. This decision was communicated to all those concerned on February 1, 2008 with particular reference to the award ceremony scheduled for Lome, Togo.
Consequently, the nominees absent at Lome were excluded from consideration for the award of African footballer of the year 2007. It is the belief of CAF that the absence of a player at such an important event constitutes lack of respect for the institution, political authorities represented by our various heads of state and millions of African football followers worldwide.
The choice of Lome for this year’s event was not an accident due to its proximity from Ghana, 25 minutes by air from Accra and 40 minutes from Sekondi, making it accessible to all the nominees, and most of them did attend without having any negative impact to their future programmes here in Accra. This decision will apply to all award ceremonies that CAF will organize from now on.
Furthermore, the approved date of February 1, was communicated to all parties as far back as December 15, 2007 taking into consideration the 72 hours (or more) interval and rest period available to all the teams and players after the group matches.
Sce: Cafonline
