Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Where Eagles dare! Discuss Nigerian related football (soccer) topics here.

Moderators: Moderator Team, phpBB2 - Administrators

Post Reply
Lou The Blue
Egg
Egg
Posts: 231
Joined: Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:03 pm
Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Post by Lou The Blue »

https://www.onceametro.com/2018/1/23/16 ... ls-gee-lec

A Nigerian player signed for an American club side in the USL, and then featured for a Norwegian club. Americans are going to refer it to FIFA becuase they say he's under contract to the American club.
Enugu II
Eaglet
Eaglet
Posts: 23630
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:39 am
Location: Super Eagles Homeland
Re: Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Post by Enugu II »

So na Owngoal.com dem dey cite so as credible source? Just asking. Over to CE.
The difficulties of statistical thinking describes a puzzling limitation of our mind: our excessive confidence in what we believe we know, and our apparent inability to acknowledge the full extent of our ignorance and the uncertainty of the world we live in. We are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events -- Daniel Kahneman (2011), Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics
User avatar
Cellular
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 53728
Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2003 5:59 pm
Location: Nembe Creek...Oil Exploration. If you call am bunkering na you sabi.
Re: Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Post by Cellular »

Lou The Blue wrote:https://www.onceametro.com/2018/1/23/16 ... ls-gee-lec

A Nigerian player signed for an American club side in the USL, and then featured for a Norwegian club. Americans are going to refer it to FIFA becuase they say he's under contract to the American club.
Welcome back Lou.

You going to Russia to root for the Eagles?
THERE WAS A COUNTRY...

...can't cry more than the bereaved!

Well done is better than well said!!!
User avatar
niyi
Egg
Egg
Posts: 9769
Joined: Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:42 pm
Re: Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Post by niyi »

Seems like he had a contract for a month-long trial not a contract to play for NYRB. He was unable to obtain a visa to attend the trial and so he didn't have a trial.

If he had failed the trials I'm sure he'd be free to sign elsewhere... his agents can argue that not showing up for a trial is somewhat equivalent to failing a trial.
Ona t'Olorun ngba soro
lati se ise re
ona re enikan ko mo
awamaridi ni!
User avatar
Odas
Eaglet
Eaglet
Posts: 26722
Joined: Sun Feb 01, 2004 10:58 pm
Location: Ukwuani
Re: Jerome Philip case to be referred to FIFA

Post by Odas »

niyi wrote:Seems like he had a contract for a month-long trial not a contract to play for NYRB. He was unable to obtain a visa to attend the trial and so he didn't have a trial.

If he had failed the trials I'm sure he'd be free to sign elsewhere... his agents can argue that not showing up for a trial is somewhat equivalent to failing a trial.
... and I believe such argument by his agent(s) if presented makes a lot of sense. People don't get job offers when they don't show-up for interview.

Lawyers in the Site, please what are your opinions and what does the law say?
And the BIBLE says: The race is NOT for the swift, neither is the battle for the strong nor ... but time and chance makes them all.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Post Reply