PREMIER LEAGUE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND RECRUITMENT
Scouts: Qualifications
194. Each Club which operates an Academy shall ensure that each of its Scouts:
194.1. is in possession of such qualification as the League may require from time to time;
194.2. understands and complies in full with these Rules and the Code of Conduct for Scouts; and
194.3. undertakes Continued Professional Development each year.
Guidance
It is envisaged that a new qualification for scouts will be developed in due course. For the moment, the qualification required by
Rule 194.1 above is the Football Association’s Scouting Talent Identification Course (i.e. the qualification for Scouts currently
required by Premier League Rules).
195. Each Club which operates an Academy upon employing or engaging a Scout shall within five
days thereof apply to register him with the League in the manner prescribed by the Board and
providing to the League evidence that the Scout holds the qualification required by Rule 194.1.
Guidance
It is envisaged that Clubs will be able to enter Scouts’ details via the Extranet rather than by submitting a form.
An Extranet application is being developed for this purpose.
196. The League shall register a Scout and shall notify the applicant Club to that effect upon being
satisfied that:
196.1. the Scout holds the qualification required by Rule 194.1;
196.2. the Scout is not currently registered as the Scout of another Club.
197. At the start of each season the League shall issue a Scout Identification Card to each registered Scout.
198. Except during the period of five days referred to in Rule 195, no Club shall employ a Scout who is
not registered with the League pursuant to Rule 196 unless it has made an application to
register him which has yet to be determined.
199. Upon a Club which operates an Academy ceasing to employ or engage a registered Scout,
it shall within five days thereof:
199.1. give notice to that effect to the League who shall thereupon remove his name from
the register; and
199.2. return his Scout Identification Card to the League.
200. Scouts shall conduct themselves in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Scouts set out in
Appendix 5.
201. Each Club which operates an Academy shall take all reasonable endeavours to ensure that its
Scouts comply in all respects with Rule 200 and the Code of Conduct for Scouts.
Scouts: Attendance at Matches
202. Each Club which operates an Academy shall permit the Scouts of other Clubs to attend at
matches played in the Games Programmes provided that:
202.1. the Club which has employed or engaged the Scout notifies both Clubs involved in the
match of the Scout’s proposed attendance by no later than 5:00pm on the day before
the published date of the match; and
202.2. the Scout is able to produce on demand to the home Club his Scout Identification Card.
203. Each Scout shall inform the home Club of his arrival at a match.
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