UCL Handbook 2017 2018

RULES continued

16.10 If so requested the Board may arbitrate on any disputes, protests, appeals, claims or complaints between two member Clubs in which event both Clubs shall send a non-returnable fee. Such arbitration shall be final and binding upon the parties to the arbitration. A member of the Board being a member of either Club shall not be present (except as a witness or repre- sentative of his Club) when such objection or protest is being considered and decided.

17. MISCONDUCT OF CLUBS, OFFICERS, PLAYERS a)

Undertakings to be given by Club Employees

b) All Clubs must incorporate in any contracts of employment with their employees, including Player, an undertaking on the part of the employee not to bring The Competition or any Club into disrepute and an undertaking on the part of the employee not knowingly to do anything or omit to do anything which will cause the Club to be in breach of the Laws of the Game, the Rules of the Football Associa- tion or the Rules of the Competition c) Without prejudice to the generality of this rule, all Clubs must ensure they, and where appropriate any Officers of the Club, comply with the obligations of the Football Association’s Owners’ and Direc- tors’ Test. e) Any Club, Official or Player offering or receiving a payment or any form of inducement to or from any Club or the Official or Player of any Club; or any Club, Official or Player receiving or seeking to receive any payment or other form of inducement from any other person or organisation to win, lose, or draw a Match under the jurisdiction of the Competition or in which the Club participates by reason of membership of the Competition shall be deemed guilty of misconduct. f) Any person charged and found guilty of bringing the Competition into disrepute and any Club, Officer or Member charged and found guilty of misconduct as defined by the Board or of inducing or attempting to induce a player of another Club to join his own Club shall be liable to such penalty as the Board shall deem appropriate. 18. TROPHY The Company shall present to the Winners and Runners Up of all divisions in the Competition eighteen souvenirs. In addition, a Competition championship trophy and Flag will be presented as and when the Board determine. The Clubs concerned will also receive a permanent souvenir. The trophies and Flags are the property of the Company and may never be won outright. A trophy presented to the Competition shall be vested in the Association sanctioning the Competition as Trustees. If a trophy is not required for any cause, it shall be returned to the Donor if the conditions attach for it so provide, or held in trust, or otherwise dealt with as the Association may decide. The recipient Club shall be responsible for engraving their details on the trophy before returning same. The following agreement shall be signed on behalf of the winners of the trophies and Flag: “We, A.B. the .……… of …………………………………Football Club, C.D. and E.F members of and representing the said Club, having been declared winners of the [ ] Trophy and Flag and the same having been delivered to us by the said Competition, do hereby on behalf of the said Club, jointly and severally agree to return the same to the Competition Secretary, on or before 1st February next in good order and condition, suitably inscribed, in accordance with the Rules of the Competition and if the said Trophy or Flag is lost or damaged whilst under our care, we agree to refund to the Competition the amount of its current value or the cost of its thorough repair.” d) Misconduct in pre-arranging the result of matches.

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