{"id":164980,"date":"2025-05-30T11:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nlo-warns-clubs-against-poaching-of-players"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:55:40","slug":"nlo-warns-clubs-against-poaching-of-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/nlo-warns-clubs-against-poaching-of-players","title":{"rendered":"NLO warns clubs against poaching of players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nationwide League One (NLO) has warned clubs against luring of players from non-professional teams.<\/p>\n<p>The NLO stated that the behaviour is unacceptable according to the rulebook.<\/p>\n<p>The league body said that the action is a punishable offense.<\/p>\n<p>It also pointed out that the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, stipulated that all amateur players\u2019 transfers are free because they are not on contract, but that does not translate to poaching or inducement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NLO Secretariat hereby wishes to draw the attention of all the clubs in the NLO on the provision of the rules dwelling on poaching players from other clubs,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NLO frowns at this behavior, and it\u2019s totally unacceptable based on the NLO rulebook stated below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a sequel to the above, the Nationwide League One will not hesitate to sanction any erring clubs found in the web of direct or indirect player inducement without going through the right channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nationwide League One (NLO) has warned clubs against luring of players from non-professional teams. The NLO stated that the behaviour is unacceptable according to the rulebook. The league body said that the action is a punishable offense. It also pointed out that the Federation of International Football Association, FIFA, stipulated that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":164979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254,10016],"class_list":["post-164980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria","tag-nlo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NLO warns clubs against poaching of players - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nationwide League One (NLO) has warned clubs against luring of players from non-professional teams. 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