[Hypocritical] branding rules:
"except for sponsorship branding"
"sponsor may not be a soccer club, which is not recognized by FIFA"
"No team may display banners, posters, or other advertisement
of any soccer entity other than the registered club"
On a cursory overview of the logos below; whose priority was in mind when these very targeted rules were presented? Are we so naive to believe that [quote from CBC article] "It's just far easier to have a simple rule … and make it universal for everyone..."?
"Universal" enough to cover alcohol, tobacco, political, religious influences? And distinguish it from social, cultural, neighbourhood community and commercial entities? Or to satisfy the pocket books of financially interested clubs by excluding others?
So, today the rationale is: no unrecognized FIFA soccer club or soccer entity. Their problem seems to be with the words soccer or club in the entity's name.
What about tomorrow? A year from now say, a Somali, Ukrainian, Rohingya, Colombian, Uyghurs, etc. community organization decides to have sports related activities to help welcome New Canadians. Then, because of their success and hard work in organizing these activities, decide to enter teams into "sanctioned soccer" and compete alongside the best of the best? Not on a separate league [like they are proposing]; a single league where everyone plays everyone else equally and earns their spot equally? No one is asking for charity here. Can they wear their community logos then?
If these rules are at such time further revised, then we will now their objective is not as harmless as they want you to believe. People, entities will then have a case for human rights; for commercial rights; heck, sports rights.
(1) A logo is part of their identity
(2) New rule soccer dispute
(3) Jan. 24, 2023 full 30 min. CBC Newscast
9.06 Team jerseys must only bear the name and/or logo of the club with which they are registered. No other branding is permitted on the team jersey, except for sponsorship branding. For greater clarity, a sponsor may not be a soccer club, which is not recognized by FIFA, whether it be profit or not-for-profit. For the 2022 season, Clubs may request a one-year exemption from this rule, which will be considered by the DLMC
10.07 Team jerseys must only bear the name and/or logo of the club with which they are registered. No other branding is permitted on the team jersey, except for sponsorship branding. For greater clarity, a sponsor may not be a soccer club, which is not recognized by FIFA, whether it be profit or not-for-profit. For the 2022 season, Clubs may request a one-year exemption from this rule, which will be considered by the DLMC
10.09 No team may display banners, posters, or other advertisement of any soccer entity other than the registered club before, during or after league games, excluding banners that are posted by the facility itself
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Soccer in Canada is a laughing stock. Back in 2010, “there is still work to do” was a popular statement in local Ottawa soccer circles... pitifully laughable.
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"Canada Soccer is “committed to a path.” It knows that “there is still work to do.” (Whenever anyone who’s ever written this line straight-facedly gets to the end of work, they should let me know. I’d like to get there, too.)"
I see that the OCSL's division configurations are out - what's the deal with Fiorentina's status "pending EODSA status"? Couldn't they have dealt with that before putting this together? Seems like it will mess up the schedules if they aren't allowed to play.
ReplyDeleteAlso, looks like the numbers in the O35, O50 and open Rec divisions are way down from last year.
I notice that some of the players on the OSU League 1 Quebec team are also registered in the OCSL with MP or MC1 teams - how are they allowed to register for multiple teams/clubs? Or are we allowed to have multiple registrations now?
ReplyDeleteCould you please provide the link showing the PLSQ roster?
ReplyDeleteKeep in mind that the OCSL allows teams to have names withheld lol.
ReplyDeleteBut the EODSA/OS knows who they are and should be able to see that they're also registered elsewhere.
DeleteThe "Names withheld" thing is just WOS MP thinking they're smarter than everyone - as though other teams will be surprised when they show up to the game.
Turning the cheek the other way, I assume.
ReplyDeleteBig 6 (or 7) = EODSA/OS = Elite immunity = nothing ever happens.
ReplyDeleteAll others = "Les Misérables" = The Deplorables = small club = Is always guilty with prejudice until proven innocent (and a hefty $$$ fine, just in case you don't know your place).
There; fixed the expectations.
It’s a game. No way in hell is anybody gonna mess with OSU or WOSC. Too much power.
ReplyDeleteHeard an MP team was caught last night with a guy registered in OCSL and League 1 Quebec. It wasn't one of the bigger clubs (I wouldn't say it's a club at this point either). What I don't understand is how this gets through OS's registration system they're so excited about???
DeleteOSU has been registering players that are with their L1QC reserve team to their OCSL U21 team as well. I really didn't think players were allowed to register with two teams, and I'm pretty sure OS and SQ rules don't allow it.
DeleteTheir L1QC teams have really been struggling again this year. Atletico Ottawa was trying to help them recruit players, but it hasn't worked out as they had hoped. Too bad there isn't a team playing in one of those leagues that the top local players would actually want to play on. I think the results would be very different if Atletico Ottawa was actually involved, rather than just donating jerseys.
DeleteIt’s all about the W. if you aren’t cheating. Are you really trying lol.
ReplyDeleteMP has gotten a little better, rougher and dirtier here in Ottawa the last few years, especially now with WOSC being on par with Celtic. You’re going to see people doing a little cheating here and there to keep up with those two. Ottawa TFC MP were also strong last year. It’s gonna be a war.
ReplyDeleteI noticed MP became alot more competitive last year, with lots of university and college players, recent grads, and some good veteran players. Gloucester and WOS are clearly the top and OPSM has a few good players too. Cumberland, Kingston and St. Anthony's will likely be in the middle. Futuro is interesting - I don't think there's ever been such a young team in MP. Very good technical players, but it'll be tough for them physically. I expect them and Fiorentina to be at the bottom. It'll be an interesting season.
DeleteJust need to clean up the crap with teams trying to register ineligible players.
And WOS should not be allowed to hide their players' names as "Name Withheld". It's a small detail, but other teams should have access to the same information about WOS and WOS has about them - who is on yellows, who is suspended, etc. Either they provide that information, or every teams' information should be hidden. The league needs to get them in line.
Delete“Cumberland”. I assume you don’t like their new name.
ReplyDeleteThey play their games in Cumberland/Orleans and train in Cumberland/Orleans. Any connection to Toronto FC is ridiculous (just a marketing initiative). They should go back to their previous name, which at least has a connection to the community in east Ottawa. Pretty sure every player indirectly gets charged something for using the name too, but the club is pretty secretive about that. But nobody listens to me.
DeleteWhy have they not merged with Hornets? I never understood that.
ReplyDeleteThe merger you speak of would have made more sense back in the day but not anymore. The Hornets want to keep their identity. It was touch and go for a while, but their current TD is solid and an alumni.
ReplyDeleteIs it WOSC MP or Carleton U?
ReplyDeleteThe WOS players with connections to Carleton are for the most part former players. I think they only have one current player. A number of other very good players without Carleton connections as well. Gloucester would have more current Carleton players and also has some former Carleton players, along with a bunch of others. The games between these two should be very entertaining. Last year's games were great, with lots of intensity and some "friendly" rivalries. Quite a few very good players on the other MP teams as well, so should be a pretty interesting season.
DeleteGreat quality so far.
ReplyDeleteCeltic, WOSC, OPSM and OTFC all very solid. Futuro being a young team there for development.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the arrangement between AC Fiorentina and Ottawa Futsal? There are guys registered for both Fiorentina's MP and Ottawa Futsal's U21 teams, Fiorentina MP calls up other players from Ottawa Futsal U21, but guys from Ottawa Futsal U21 are also playing in the Ontario Cup with Ottawa Futsal U18 team? It seems like their players are able to effectively register for multiple teams.
ReplyDelete"Pick the worst company [in Canada], and it would still be doing better than CSA"
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Where do you think they learned their business acumen? Their volunteer/community civic participation duty? their..., their..., their humanity? Where else but the (sanctioned) local, city, regional, & provincial, proverbially, "old boys" sport circles. Leaving everyone else, who doesn't look like them, speaks like them or think like them; out and left behind. And moreover, giving them hefty bogus fines to pad their club wallets! But no worries, they give themselves a good pat on the back and say "good for you old boy!"
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Really? LMFAO
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ReplyDeleteWhat the heck happened with CCA locally?
ReplyDeleteWas wondering the same. None of their teams have played since August 25th and they've moved all of their team's games to Dec. 31 tentatively, although it's my understanding those are not being played. Never seen a club thrown out part way through the season before.
Deleteofficial answer is they didn't pay their fees. wondering where the money went? who is being held accountable? ....but all we get is crickets, sad
DeleteNever should have let them enter teams if they didn't pay. Letting them go through most of the season without having paid and then kicking them out messes up everyone else's schedules.
DeleteWhy do OSU and OTFC have less OPDL teams now?
ReplyDeleteKind of related, I recall that years back OSU had a policy where they didn't allow players to do supplemental training anywhere else. Do they still do this? I've seen a bunch of their U14 & U15 kids doing separate training elsewhere and just remembered it was a big issue in the past.
DeleteI assume that they would have an issue with kids paying for extra training elsewhere, but I'm not sure if it's been brought up lately. I do know that kids were told not to sign up for the FTF Canada Euro ID event being held in Ottawa this weekend. A lot of petty people in Ottawa soccer.
DeleteWhen they first started, OSA was big on ensuring there was a team in each age group, in part as a way to keep private academies from entering. But in the past few years they've been letting the member organizations get away with alot.
ReplyDeleteOdd that Cumberland is only able to put together boys teams at U13 and U14. OSU only seems to not have a U16 boys team, although their boys teams have been struggling in recent years and they seem to be focusing more on the girls side.
Also looks like WOS only has girls teams at U13 and U14. This kind of ties in to OSU focusing on the girls side, where they're more aggressive in trying to recruit/poach players.
Cumberland? Do you mean Toronto FC?
ReplyDeleteToronto FC's academy teams don't play in OPDL.
DeleteWas a joke.
ReplyDelete...a tiny & tangled web of truth in it though. in comparison, if we only spent as much time in tax havens...
ReplyDeleteMy observation is that some teams are better than others at retaining talent.
ReplyDeletePlayers changing clubs like changing socks is cultural in Ottawa. Same with the coaches lol. Everytime u turn around, a guy who coached for OSU, OTFC or WOS is wearing a new club jacket 6 months later. Futuro and Hornets less so. They are better at retaining their coaches.
ReplyDeleteWithholding roster names should not be allowed.
ReplyDeleteDon't know why the OCSL allows it. Some of these groups keep playing these stupid little games. They either all list their rosters, or no one does. If they don't like it, they should go play somewhere else and see if the players follow.
DeleteAn example of why they shouldn't be allowed to withhold names is Ottawa Impact MP - guy gets a yellow, but their opponents in the coming games won't know who is on a yellow, two yellows, etc. Yet they have this information about the other teams' players. Either throw them out or force them to follow the rules.
DeleteIt was their keeper that got the yellow. Agree that it's information other teams need to know and these guys are making a mockery of the league.
DeleteImpact is OSM Pro. Side note: what happened to WOS? They had a dream team last year in Men’s Prem. Was nice to see them beat Celtic. What happened?
ReplyDeleteThat Gatineau team is decent. Could make a run for second place.
ReplyDeleteMany of those WOS guys are playing elsewhere outside of OCSL hence. Too bad though, cause yeah, they kept Celtic in check.
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