PREMIER LEAGUE

SCHOLARSHIP AGREEMENT
“the Rules” shall mean the FA Rules, the League Rules and the Club Rules.
1.2 For the purpose of this agreement and provided the context so permits, the singular shall
include the plural and vice versa and any gender includes any other gender.
2. Purpose
2.1 The purpose of this agreement is to provide the Scholar’s with a period of work-based learning in
preparation for a possible future career as a professional association football player.
3. Duration
3.1 Subject as hereinafter provided, this agreement shall remain in force from the date set out in
Schedule One for two years.
3.2 If during the currency of this agreement the Club wishes to offer the Scholar a contract as a Contract
Player it may only do so on the condition that the Scholar continues his Education Programme.
4. Extension of Agreement
4.1 If by reason of illness or injury the Scholar is prevented from participating in the Football
Development Programme for a period in excess of five weeks (hereafter “the excess period”):
4.1.1 the duration of this agreement shall be extended by the length of the excess period or,
if earlier, until the Scholar’s nineteenth birthday; and
4.1.2 within fourteen days of the end of the excess period the Club shall give written notice
to the League and to the FA indicating the date to which the duration of the agreement
is extended.
4.2 The Club shall be entitled to extend the duration of this agreement by one year by giving to
the Scholar written notice to that effect on or before the third Saturday in May in the second
year of the agreement and a copy of any such notice shall be sent to the League and to the FA
within fourteen days of the date on which it was given.
5. Obligations of the Scholar
5.1 The Scholar shall:
PLYD Form 1
5.1.1 participate in the Football Development Programme and the Education Programme;
5.1.2 when directed by an authorised official of the Club:
5.1.2.1 attend at any reasonable place for the purposes of and to participate in training
and match preparation;
5.1.2.2 play in any Authorised Games in which he is selected to play for the Club;
5.1.2.3 attend other matches in which the Club is engaged;
5.1.3 train and play to the best of his skill and ability at all times;
5.1.4 except to the extent prevented by injury or illness, maintain a high standard of physical
fitness at all times;
5.1.5 observe the Laws of the Game when playing football;
5.1.6 observe the Rules but in the case of the Club Rules to the extent only that they do not
conflict with or seek to vary the express terms of this agreement;
5.1.7 submit promptly to such medical and dental examinations as the Club may reasonably
require and undergo such treatment as may be prescribed by the medical or dental
advisers of the Club and/or the Club’s insurers;
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