Jacky Ben Zaken – A Committee for Reducing the Responsibility Assumed by the IFA
Is a new age about to begin in Israeli Football? According to a meeting of the chairpersons of the premier league teams, which took place today in Kfar HaMaccabia, it appears that a change is quickly approaching. The chairpersons who met at Kfar HaMaccabia decided unanimously to embark on a new process, the establishment of a committee that will assume responsibility for managing financial and commercial matters and in .essence reduce the responsibility assumed by the football association Published on 29/04/2012 in ONE
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One of the initiators of the meeting who was also chosen to take part in this committee is the owner of F.C. Ashdod, Jacky Ben Zaken. “It was a good meeting. The fact that a vast majority attended is already a good sign. The representatives of HaPoel and Maccabi Petah Tikva did not attend. Avi Luzon understands that an administration is necessary. The idea began to form in his mind earlier. This is a model that exists in every orderly country, certainly in Europe. The “how and what” of it all still needs to be discussed and
decided. What has been decided is that we will establish a legal body that will take care of the difficult problems in Israeli Football including the commercial issues of the premier league. In partnership with the football association this body has appointed five .members,” said Jacky Ben Zaken When Jacky Ben Zaken was asked who will head the new body, he answered “In other places there is no one person who serves as the head, there is a managing committee. If there will be 14 teams there are supposed to be 14 directors. The same people are supposed to appoint professionals. A general manager, a deputy manager, etc. We don’t decide anything. We brought back Yankele Shahar to Israeli football and Shirtski to center stage. The people who will negotiate with Toto and television are these people. ”.They can manage better than other committees The majority abstained from voting and justly since they wanted to first know what the structure would be and the direction it will take,” added Jacky Ben Zaken. “They did not have enough information in order to make a decision. We want to increase the existing basket and not to shrink it, we will not hurt the smaller nor the larger teams. We want to ”.create more resources for Israeli football