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Al Romaithi chairs 11th PLC Executive Office meeting

H.E. Mohammed Thani Murshed Al Romaithi, Chairman of the Pro League Committee and Chairman of the Executive Office, chaired the 11th Executive Office meeting on Monday evening at the PLC headquarters in Abu Dhabi. The meeting was attended by H.E. Abdullah Saeed Al Nabooda, Vice Chairman of the Executive Office, H.E. Abdullah Nasser Al Junaibi, H.E. Marwan Ahmad Bin Ghalaita, H.E. Hamad Nekhirat Al Ameri, H.E. Mohammed Saeed Al Nuaimi, Members of the Executive Office, along with Mr. Colin Smith, CEO of the Pro League Committee, and Mr. Suhail Al Areefi, Chief Administration Officer of the PLC.
 
The Chairman welcomed all attendees before discussing the latest developments within the Pro League Committee and evaluated the first two rounds of matches in the Arabian Gulf League. The visions and objectives of the PLC, a number of points relating to the broadcast rights agreement, the operational management of the PLC, and new marketing and communications initiatives, and the topic of Emiratisation within the PLC were all on the agenda for discussion at the meeting, as well as the general budget of the PLC, and how finances will be distributed amongst all 14 professional football clubs in the UAE. It was also proposed that the Executive Office meet on the third Monday of each month, and a motion was put forward to establish a committee to oversee all mutual issues relating to PLC regulations and the Disciplinary and Appeals Committees.
 
H.E. Abdullah Nasser Al Junaibi, Member of the Executive Office and Chairman of the Technical Committee, also chaired a meeting of the Technical Committee, which was attended by H.E. Mohammed Saeed Al Nuaimi, Member of the Executive Office and Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee, Nasser Abdullah, Mansour Abdullah, Hassan Taleb, and Abdul Hamid Al Mastaki, Members of the Technical Committee, along with Michelle Chai, Technical & Competitions Director at PLC, Taha Ezat, Senior Manager of Technical & Competitions at PLC, and Mohammed Basel, Senior Technical Executive at PLC. The meeting covered many discussion points relating to the first few rounds of the 2013/14 Arabian Gulf League and UAE League Cup.