By Beatrice Go
MANILA, Philippines – After being in hot water for several months, Global FC owner Mark Jarvis is committing to pay the salaries the team owes its players and staff for as long as 8 months.
"We're addressing the issues of the players past and present. We're planning part-payments over two months – in waves – to pay the players off," Jarvis told reporters on Tuesday, February 12. (READ: Broken promises: Why Global Cebu players are unhappy)
"It's been a tough couple of months. This is to start 2019 with a clear and positive look."
At the start of February 2019, Global player Anton del Rosario revealed the names and how long the mentioned players and staff have not been receiving compensation from the club.
The Philippine Premier League (PPL) is monitoring Global – now renamed United Makati FC following the results of a Facebook poll – as the club is mandated to pay out its debts before the league kicks off at the end of March 2019.
Noncompliance would forfeit the club's entry to the new top tier football league of the Philippines.
According to Jarvis, the reason why the payments were delayed was because the club sponsors of the 2018 Philippines Football League season have not completely paid their dues.
But Jarvis promised that the Makati-based team will enforce programs to keep the club financially sustainable in the inaugural PPL season together with its partner MMC Sportz.
This has resulted to the re-signing of 7 to 8 players and head coach Dragutin Stević-Ranković, while new talents are coming in to see action in the country's professional club football league.
United Makati looks to activate the fans in its locality, work together with the local government, and tap Makati-based businesses to prevent the poor financial situation that unfolded in 2018.
"We're going to have a meeting with the new league management and to see how the commercial rights can be distributed, then we create a program to take advantage of the fellowship of the fans," MMC Sportz Asia CEO Eric Gottschalk said.
"Everything will be related to United Makati and we will help the league to grow. We have support from the highest authority of the Makati government."
In turn, the club which will be based in University of Makati will continue providing its grassroots program catered to the Makati community, with a goal to eventually pull in the country's talents to their youth and professional teams.
The focus on the grassroots level has also led Jarvis to put a salary cap on the club's players.
As Global FC, the club has won 3 national titles in the United Football League, has seen action in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup thrice, and nailed an AFC Champions League berth once in 2017. – Rappler.com
https://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/football/223335-global-cebu-fc-to-pay-out-2018-salary-debts
No money go develop and play youth players..
ReplyDeleteLosing is not an excuse as at the very least we have locals players getting actual game time.
You will save alot from not signing up fil-foreign who is on the high pay scale.
Behind the Articles: United Makati FC’s Press Conference
ReplyDeleteAs what most of you might have read by now, Global FC will now be known as United Makati FC, however, it was not the press conference I was really hoping for.
Before we go into further details of what really happened during the press conference, let me just start by saying that this will be my own opinion and should not be taken against the media outlet I worked with for the article I released. Blogging with Tito Jay
About a month ago, I spoke with Mark Jarvis, United Makati FC’s owner, regarding the issues surrounding the club whether if they will participate in the PPL, where they are going next and how will they settle their issues with unpaid players and staff.
He said that time, everything will be answered during the press conference that they will be having. Fast forward to February 12, 2019, at the Makati Diamond Residences, his opening statements are as follows:
“We’re here to talk about 2019. I’ll briefly go through the issues of 2018 upfront but I won’t accept any questions afterwards. Yes, we’ve had a lot of bad press. It’s been around Facebook and most of you have written about it. It’s been a tough couple of months but we are addressing all the issues with all the players, past and present. The issues, we are aiming to have closed out before kick-off this year. So, we are planning part-payments over the next two months in waves to pay the players off just to make sure we can go into 2019 with a very clear, positive look.”
Yes, it was good that he addressed the issues of the club before discussing the stuff they would do to move forward. However, it just feels incomplete. It lacked the substance we need or the answers the fans and the players are looking for.
For me, right then and there, the club doesn’t want to further discuss the issue. Probably because they’ve had a lot of bad publicity already and don’t want to add more to it. For others, including myself, it felt like they would like to steer clear of the issue.
To be fair, this issue is really exhausting and I feel like Jarvis just had enough about it and would just like to move forward.
Moving towards their decision to transfer the club from Cebu to Makati, it felt kind of a sudden move that left everyone in Cebu hanging. The club managed to change their profile picture in Facebook but failed to provide a statement before that.
It was kind of a knee-jerk to the fans who supported them despite the lack of support from the province’s government. The least they could’ve done is to bid a heartfelt farewell to their fans.
Now, let’s answer the questions you had on our Facebook page!
Kris Villaceran- “Patanong naman, bakit United Makati? Sino nagunite?”
Tito: Well, the club aims to have a united fan-base, both the old and the new. Saka siguro, feel ni Mark Jarvis sa dami ng barangay sa Makati, football can unite them all. Hahahaha!
Fernan Alipala Gozon- “Bayad na ba ang utang nila tito?”
Tito: They are doing their best to take care of the issue. Na-delay daw dating ng funds from the sponsors but they already have a payment plan set for those unpaid wages.
Matthew Nakagawa- “Are there partnerships with Foreign Clubs?”
Tito: As of the moment, nothing has been discussed about that. What we know is that the club’s new partner, MMC Sportz Asia Inc. will be helping them when it comes to marketing strategies and building up the commercial platforms for the club’s further visibility to the fans.
Anawayne Enyawana- “Tito any plans of getting back Lord Misagh Bahadoran?”
Tito: Alam kong namimiss mo na si Lord Misagh pero wala pa tayong balita regarding the new signings as well as the current squad list. We’ll keep you posted!
Gata Llanes- “sino na may ari ngayon ng global?”
Tito: Mark Jarvis still owns the club. May bagong partner lang siya to make the club grow.
Thanks for your post !
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