{"id":27237,"date":"2020-07-11T18:30:53","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=27237"},"modified":"2020-07-11T18:30:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T18:30:53","slug":"nwfl-cancels-2019-20-season-reverts-to-straight-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nwfl-cancels-2019-20-season-reverts-to-straight-league","title":{"rendered":"NWFL Cancels 2019\/20 Season, Reverts to Straight League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) headed by Aisha Falode in conjunction with women clubs owners and managers have unanimously agreed to cancel the 2019\/20 season in the three tiers of the women&#8217;s league.<\/p>\n<p>The NWFL said yesterday that the move to protect the health of the players and officials in line with the Covid-19 protocols was reached after a video conference involving chairmen of the various clubs on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the communique signed after the virtual meeting, by one of the clubs&#8217; chairmen, Abdul Sule, it was also agreed that in view of the approval of CAF to commence the CAF Women Champions League next season, it was agreed that, the 2020\/2021 NPWL season be structured as straight league rather than the abridged version usually ending with a playoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">The league leadership urged all clubs to give quality representation on the continent during the inaugural CAF Women&#8217;s Champions League.<\/p>\n<div id=\"in-article-p-mid\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"aans-body-mid\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">&#8221; Clubs should be encouraged to prepare for the 2020\/2021 season contingent upon the time the protocol for resuming sporting activities are approved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">&#8220;The league will resume after approval has been granted by the Sports Minister for the resumption of sporting activities in line with the protocols of the COVID-19 Presidential Tasks Force.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"50\">The meeting also agreed that the League Board will not compromise standards therefore, &#8220;the 2020\/21 season will continue by abiding by the existing registration and every club should ensure that all necessary registration requirement should be put in place, as all registration for 2019\/2020 will be carried over to 2020\/21.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"30\">According to the communique, clubs are to use the period of the break to complete all registration processes including evidence of up to date payment of salaries of their players.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aans-body-end\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-footer-link\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) headed by Aisha Falode in conjunction with women clubs owners and managers have unanimously agreed to cancel the 2019\/20 season in the three tiers of the women&#8217;s league. 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