About Second Division League

The Goa Football Association (GFA) is groping for the rules and regulations governing the Second Division football league which is already in progress. That apart, it is over a month that there has been no tourough investigation in a protest lodged in U-14 football tournament.
With the GFA adopting a new constitution from August this year and holding elections under the same in October, all old rules ceased to exist. That was the decision arrived at by the Returning Officer on an application filed by a contestant, seeking disqualification of another contestant at that time, on the grounds of non-attendance of meetings of the Executive Committee for more than three consecutive times in the previous terms. That was the correct interpretation, no doubt.
It follows that, all tournament rules ought to have been redrafted or necessary legislation enacted giving extension to the old rules. That needed administrative acumen, which is non-existent now in the absence of a full time paid secretary.
With presently, no rules in place, CAC Cansaulim have been forced into a dilemma over the registration of a new player in their Second Division matches. They were told by GFA they could not register any player now when only two more rounds were to be completed, as per the old rules. So, they played their match against Mangor yesterday and lost 0-3. It led to lodging the protest. In fact they had lodged it before the actual kick off.