The chief executive officer of the S-League, Singapore’s domestic football league, has come under criticism for what he said to players of the Tanjong Pagar United football club recently.
It was announced that the club would not be participating in the 2015 competition “due to money”, as reported by the Straits Times last week.
“We were unable to find a sponsor for this year after Field Catering, who came in with a $100,000 sponsorship last season, pulled out before this season,” club chairman Edward Liu said then.
It will be the second time that the jaguars, as the club is also known, will sit out the competition. It had also done so after the 2004 campaign, similarly citing financial reasons for the withdrawal then.
The S-League has also been shrunk from 12 teams to 10, with Woodlands Wellington and Hougang United merging into one team.
Tanjong Pagar United’s withdrawal this year from the professional league competition has caused anxiety among its players and staff, who are unsure what to do next.
Some took to the online space to voice their unhappiness, questioning the leadership of Mr Liu and the league’s CEO, Lim Chin.
In response, the two men held a meeting with the players and staff last week.
A 85-minute recording of the meeting was later leaked online, and led to further criticism of Mr Lim’s response, particularly for the tone and the words he used at the meeting.
Mr Lim was apparently defending Mr Liu when the latter came under fire from the players at the meeting.
Mr Lim blasted the players:
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/11/know-your-place-s-league-ceo-tells-players/
It was announced that the club would not be participating in the 2015 competition “due to money”, as reported by the Straits Times last week.
“We were unable to find a sponsor for this year after Field Catering, who came in with a $100,000 sponsorship last season, pulled out before this season,” club chairman Edward Liu said then.
It will be the second time that the jaguars, as the club is also known, will sit out the competition. It had also done so after the 2004 campaign, similarly citing financial reasons for the withdrawal then.
The S-League has also been shrunk from 12 teams to 10, with Woodlands Wellington and Hougang United merging into one team.
Tanjong Pagar United’s withdrawal this year from the professional league competition has caused anxiety among its players and staff, who are unsure what to do next.
Some took to the online space to voice their unhappiness, questioning the leadership of Mr Liu and the league’s CEO, Lim Chin.
In response, the two men held a meeting with the players and staff last week.
A 85-minute recording of the meeting was later leaked online, and led to further criticism of Mr Lim’s response, particularly for the tone and the words he used at the meeting.
Mr Lim was apparently defending Mr Liu when the latter came under fire from the players at the meeting.
Mr Lim blasted the players:
http://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2014/11/know-your-place-s-league-ceo-tells-players/
