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"Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:22 pm
by Senya
Due to the large number of mess-ups surrounding free-transfers, I think we need to enforce a few rules:

1) Teams must apply to the FMF to sign a free agent. Whilst the entire FMF would not need to vote on the matter, a senior FMF official should have to give it the all clear. The FMF official should also have the power to award the player to a particular club, in the case that multiple clubs have applied to sign the same free agent.

2) In both transfer windows, all top level teams are to be restricted to signing 4 free agents each. Second tier teams will be allowed to sign 2 free agents each, with all professional leagues below the second tier being able to sign 1 free agent each transfer window.

3) All nations will be restricted to 20 free agent signing every transfer window.

4) National teams reserve the right to block any free agent transfer involving a player from that country in the following 7 days.

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:37 pm
by Joe
You mean like this?
FMF Constitution wrote:VI. Transfers of players within the FMF
a. Transfers involves the contractual agreement of a player to move from one club to another on a permanent or temporary (loan) basis.
b. All domestic transfers must be regulated by the corresponding FMF member's football association or other governing body.
c. All intermicronational transfers must be regulated by both FMF member nations concerning the transferred player. Both respective clubs from the member nations must co-operate and agree on a fee that is acceptable for both parties. Should there be any discrepancies, then the FMF or one of its respective confederations may intervene and investigate the transfers, in addition to vetoing the transfer.
d. The FMF holds the right to exercise investigation on any intermicronational transfer and impose sanctions when necessary should there be any discrepancies or article violations within this section of the constitution.
e. Transfers are only permitted during the allocated periods set by the FMF. These are:
i. A Winter window for transfers, opening 1st January at 00:00 (GMT), and closing 31st January at 23:59 (GMT)
ii. A summer window for transfers will open between the dates 1st June at 00:00 (GMT) to 30th September at 23:59 (GMT).
iii. The exception to these transfer summer periods is during the FMF World Cup, when transfers will not be permitted and a transfer embargo will be enforced.
iv. Both domestic and intermicronational transfers will be permitted in the summer transfer window. During the January transfer window, whilst domestic transfers will be accepted, any intermicronational transfer must be reviewed by the FMF and will be subject to clearance.
v. The federation reserves every right to clear or veto a transfer.
vi. Member nations are permitted to alter their transfer windows to a shorter period; however no extensions to transfer windows will be in place.
vii. The only case in which a transfer window will be extended for a club or a member nation is due to any technicalities, where evidence must be provided for an extension to be granted.
f. Free Agents
i. When a club signs an unattached player (free agent), the member nation is responsible for ensuring the the player is not contracted and the transfer can be cleared. The member nation have the right to consult the FMF as part of their investigation, but will be held responsible if there seems to be any discrepancy.
ii. Should there be a clash between multiple different in signing an unattached player, then the FMF will undergo an investigation regarding the player's contract. If the free agent has been signed by separate teams within the space of 48 hours, then the FMF will exercise the right of which team the player will be contracted to.
g. Should any of these articles be violated, then the federation reserves the right to impose sanctions and punishments depending on the situation:
i. The FMF may impose sanctions on either a particular football club or member nation when appropriate.
ii. If the action is a first offence of violation, a formal warning will be addressed to the respective party involved.
iii. A second offence may be subject to a transfer ban imposed on the respective party for up to a month. This ban will only be active during a transfer window. If a transfer ban is still pending following the closure of a transfer window, then the remaining length of the ban will be served in the next transfer window.
iv. Any further offences will be investigated in the FMF, where executive committee members can vote on an appropriate punishment for the respective party.

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:21 pm
by Senya
Whilst the currant rules are good, they don't involve the FMF pro-actively making sure one team doesn't sign an already contracted player. Another issue is that some nations *cough* Afrikaana *cough* NAPI *cough* seem to have a fetish with signing free agents, which means that other leagues don't get the fair share of players.

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:24 pm
by adrian_afrikaana
Senya wrote:Whilst the currant rules are good, they don't involve the FMF pro-actively making sure one team doesn't sign an already contracted player. Another issue is that some nations *cough* Afrikaana *cough* NAPI *cough* seem to have a fetish with signing free agents, which means that other leagues don't get the fair share of players.
first come, first serve.

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:33 pm
by Craitman
adrian_afrikaana wrote:first come, first serve.
Gotta agree with Adrian here, I'm afraid (don't worry, this won't become the norm) :P

As for making sure teams don't sign already-contracted players, we reserve the right to veto any illegal transfers, which is really as pro-active as you can get without bringing-in any unnecessary middlemanship...

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:39 pm
by Joe
Do you really think we have enough time on our hands to respond to endless PMs asking about specific players throughout the entire transfer window? If we see that someone has signed a free agent, one of us will do a search and see if the player is already contracted.

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2013 8:44 pm
by vmsb123
How's it unfair Barnaby? Please explain

Re: "Free Agents" Ruling suggestion

Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2013 1:18 am
by Duke_J
Mostly, when a free agent is added to a team it is because it is a known member of a National Team... if your nation doesn't like him being contracted, then you simply don't call him up for the NT and that's over... ;)