Canada Government Meddles in CSA Operations

[Regs]

IMO, this stinks and hopefully doesn't affect anything for the upcoming World Cup in 2026.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sport-minister-new-conditions-canada-soccer-federal-funding-1.6856009

Thoughts?

 

[mtkb]

This band of statists currently infesting Ottawa might be dumb enough to induce breach of contract with the CPL owners... they seem to believe that everything would be so much better if only they had control over it... frustrating for those of us who believe the exact opposite...

 

[dezza]

If Canada Soccer doesn't want to comply they could just not accept funding from federal government.

 

[Yoda]

I would imagine this will expose other funding dispersement issues outside of just the men and women.

Aside from that, do the players have the right to see all financial information?
Isn’t that like a company sharing all its financial info with its employees? Doesn’t usually happen.

 

[mtkb]

Canada Soccer Members - Canada Soccer

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The members certainly do... then it becomes a question of who they choose to share the info with - or not...

But the CSA is also beholden to CONCACAF and FIFA to some extent; I wonder how involved they would get if the CSA showed signs of capitulating and hanging their dirty laundry out on the line...

 

[Thumper]

I would like to pose a question in regards to the CSA hosting Adult Club Nationals. What are they getting from this? All of the CSA programming is mostly geared toward youth and the opportunities that they have to go onto League 1 and CPL or higher education. They do not support the chance to recruit from these Adult events although some of the best players could easily slot into the National Programs. If you are not in the pipeline by the time you start playing Club Ball, you never will be. They seem to waste a lot of resources, that we all fund, just to continue to hold out carrots that no one could ever grasp. Is the Club Nationals becoming redundant in this age? Seems less interest is coming from the grassroots whom would never have the chance to even attend an event like this. The question also trickles down to the Provincial level as well as the history of the BC Titles becomes less of interest and importance. Just not really sure of where we are all headed in the future.......