League Management Company

The League Management Company (shortly and commonly known as the 'LMC') is the legal association football League governing body of the Nigeria Professional Football League. It was created and incorporated by the Nigeria Football Federation in 2012 to take over the nearly-collapsed Nigeria Football League (NFL), the former league governing body.[1]

League Management Company
Nigeria
Founded
  • (As NFL) 1990 (1990)
  • (As NPFL) 2012 (2012)
Nigeria affiliationNigeria Football Federation (NFF)
PresidentShehu Dikko
Websitehttps://npfl.ng

History

The NFF created the Nigeria Premier League organized by the Nigeria Football League in 1990 as a step in attaining full professionalism as the sole regulatory for football in Nigeria. At the Onikan Stadium on 12 May 1990, the league was given a name as it was then known as the 'Professional League'.[2]

However in November 2012 with the agreement and support of the National Sports Commission, Nigeria's sports regulatory authority, the NFF constituted an Interim Management Committee (IMC) for the League as part of measures to avert a total collapse of the top tier professional League following the downfall of the Nigeria Football League (NFL) which arose from difficult legal and adminstrative impediments.[3] The IMC supervised the formation and incorporation of the LMC to run a transparent and commercially viable professional league.

Achievements

The first step the LMC took was to rebrand the League name, from the Nigerian Premier League to the Nigerian Professional Football League, (NPFL) or simply the Professional 'Football' League)[4][5] Also, the LMC signed a $34m TV rights deal to broadcast league matches which lasted until 2017[6][7]

In 2015, the League Management Company solicited financial support from the Government in order to upgrade existing grounds, provision of required broadcast and medical equipment and facilities in the stadiums.[8]

The League Management Company has its framework and rules governing the 20 clubs in the Nigeria Professional Football League each season.[9]. On 5 July 2016, the NPFL adopted the TMS Domestic Transfer Matching System (DTMS), becoming the first league in Africa to do so.[10]

The League Management Company is currently headed by Shehu Dikko.[11]

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See also

References
  1. "NFF gives Nigeria Premier League green light on its AGM". Goal.com. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. Segun, Solomon (26 April 2014). "History of the Nigerian Premier League". yeswefoot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. "Kudos to the League Management Company". Vanguardngr.com. 7 October 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Nigeria Football League gets 34 million dollars TV rights deal". venturesafrica.com. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. "Supersports pulls out of partnership with NPFL". Nationaldailyng.com. 24 April 2017.
  8. Ahmadu, Samuel (22 August 2015). "Shehu Dikko appeals to governors for stadia facilities upgrade". Goal. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  9. "About the LMC". npfl.ng. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. "Nigeria Football Federation adopts FIFA TMS domestic transfer matching system". FIFA.com. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. "Shehu Dikko is the new League Management Company boss". Goal.com. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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