KUALA LUMPUR: Call it the discount game.
The Malaysia Football League (MFL) have agreed to lessen the penalty on 10 teams following their appeals.
They can now breathe a sigh of relief following MFL’s decision to give them a big discount.
Four Super League teams were earlier fined RM1.5 juta while six Premier League teams were ordered to pay RM500,000 for their ‘offences’.
Following their appeals, the fines for the Super League teams were reduced, by 67 per cent, to RM500,000 while it is a 60 per cent reduction for the Premier League teams to RM200,000.
This was announced today by MFL executive Kevin Ramalingam who said the league made the decision after looking into their appeals.
The four Super League teams and six Premier League teams were earlier handed heavy fines by MFL for failing to comply with team registration regulations for the M-League.
The Super League teams concered were Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and PKNS FC. The six Premier League teams were Sarawak, Penang, Kuantan FA, Police, MIFA and UKM FC.
However, Kevin warned that the MFL will not be so lenient in future.
He said MFL chairman Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim had advised that their fines be reduced, and to give the teams a chance to be better.
“All the teams should take this registration matter seriously. The MFL hope that the teams will not be shocked if they are fined in future as we have already reminded them,” said Kevin.