Rik Sharma- 31 October 2011

Genç yıldız adaylarının üst düzey kulüpler tarafından çok ucuza sözleşme imzalatılmasına karşı İngiltere'de oluşturulan ortak girişim grubu,  yapacağı protestolarla bu gidişi sona erdirmek istiyor. Football League matches face kicking off in near-empty stadiums on Saturday as fans protest against a controversial new policy which threatens the future of youth academies.

A group named The 72 Unite have urged supporters of all 72 Football League clubs to boycott the first five minutes of Saturday's matches in protest at the decision of Football League

Football League matches face kicking off in near-empty stadiums on Saturday as fans protest against a controversial new policy which threatens the future of youth academies.

The group fear the new academy system could be 'the final nail in the coffin for the survival of professional football outside the Premier League'.

The EPPP is a new four-tier academy system which the Premier League demanded replace the existing set-up, threatening to withhold youth development funding for Football League clubs if they did not accept it.  

The plan, due to come into effect at the start of the 2012-13 season, means the top clubs will be exempt from the rules preventing them from signing under-16s who live more than 90 minutes' travelling distance away (or an hour for under-12s), allowing them to scout and sign players from anywhere in the country.

Warning: Peterborough chairman Barry Fry fears for youth academies

The plan also replaces the tribunal system, which asks each club to justify its valuation of the player involved before it decides on a fee considered fair. The new rules mean a selling club is paid £3,000 per year for every year of a player's development between the ages of nine and 11. The fee per year from 12 to 16 will range between £12,500 and £40,000.

Peterborough Director of Football Barry Fry warned the move could have serious repercussions for smaller clubs.

'What frightens me is that a lot of clubs will pull out of having a youth system altogether,' he said.

Leeds chief executive Shaun Harvey said the plan marked 'a dark day for football'.

'Take Luke Garbutt as an example who left here for Everton, despite offers from us to stay. A tribunal agreed a fee of £600,000 with a further £750,000 on appearances and a 20% sell-on. Under the new system we would have received £134,000 instead of £600,000 with further contingent payments based on appearances', he said.

But a Premier League spokesman insisted that the system was a great example of English football working together to raise its standards.

'There is widespread support for many of the ideas and aspirations contained within EPPP at Football League level', he said.{jcomments on}

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