Banchiero Sports Enterprises LLC

Febrero 18, 2010-  Los Long Island Rough Riders y Banchiero Sports Enterprises estarán trabajando juntos en una sociedad con la Asociación de Técnicos del Fútbol Argentino (ATFA). ATFA es la entidad gremial responsable debajo de AFA (Asociación del Fútbol Argentino) en proveer educación a técnicos de fútbol desde los niveles infanto-juveniles hasta profesional. Todos los técnicos recibidos de ATFA son certificados por AFA y FIFA. ATFA tiene como objetivo diseminar la metodología de fútbol de la Escuela Argentina en todas partes del mundo y educar a esos que serán los futuros educadores de las técnicas y metodologías del fútbol.

ATFA ha producido técnicos ganadores de la Copa Mundial como Menotti, Bilardo, y Pekerman quien han entrenado a los mejores jugadores del mundo emergidos del sistema juvenil argentino.  Algunos jugadores incluyen a Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Carlos Tevez (Man City), Juan Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Gonzalo Higuain (Real Madrid), Sergio Aguero (Atlético de Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool) y Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan).

Victorio Cocco, Director General de ATFA, y José Mercier, Director de Educación, dijeron, “Nos produce una gran satisfacción, haber acordado con Global Soccer Consulting, la realización de una serie de eventos, que tienen como objetivo, capacitar a los Entrenadores y jóvenes futbolistas, utilizando para ello, la metodología de la Escuela Argentina, reconocida en todo el planeta fútbol.”

Esta sociedad ofrecerá campamentos para jugadores infanto-juveniles en Estados Unidos enseñados por técnicos docentes de ATFA. Adicionalmente, se ofrecerá cursos de entrenadores para esos técnicos que buscan alimentar sus existentes conocimientos.

“Estamos muy entusiasmados en poder haber establecido esta sociedad innovadora con ATFA vía BSE,” dijo Flavio Ferri, Vice Presidente y Manager General de los Rough Riders. “Vemos a esto como una gran oportunidad para educar a entrenadores y a jóvenes jugadores con unas de las mejores y comprobadas metodologías del fútbol en mundo.”

El primer curso para entrenadores será el Diploma ATFA en Cursos Especiales Internacionales ofrecido en abril 2010 y los campamentos juveniles serán ofrecidos en julio y agosto 2010.

El club Long Island Rough Riders es uno de los clubes de fútbol mas distinguidos en Norte América, habiendo ganado tres campeonatos nacionales desde 1994 y convirtiéndose en una parte integral de la comunidad de fútbol juvenil de Long Island.

Banchiero Sports Enterprises LLC (BSE) es una empresa innovadora en asesoría deportiva principalmente ofreciendo servicios en el mundo del fútbol en las áreas de entrenamiento y negocios. Con un énfasis en el deporte del fútbol, BSE les brinda a sus clientes su experiencia valiosa y sociedades importantes establecidas con clubes juveniles, equipos universitarios, clubes profesionales, ligas y asociaciones amateurs y profesionales de todas partes del mundo.

Para más información, por favor comuníquese con Flavio Ferri en fferri@liroughriders.com , 516-622-3900 o con Fabián Banchiero en fabian@banchierosports.com, 917-940-6766.  O visite nuestra página de internet para más información y para registrarse en at www.globalsportscenters.com.

By SHANE ROMIG and MATTHEW COWLEY

BUENOS AIRES — In soccer-mad Argentina, a battle over television broadcasting rights for matches lies at the combustible intersection of politics, business and sport.

The Argentine Football Association on Tuesday canceled the existing contract with a powerful local media group, amid mounting speculation that the government will play a big role in determining who gets the golden goose.

TSC will take legal action against AFA once it has been notified of the cancellation, TyC President Marcelo Bombau told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview.

DirecTV Group Inc. owns 40% of TyC, with the remaining 60% held by an investment fund of Credit Suisse Group and two private investors, Fred Vierra and Luis Nofal, according to TyC’s Bombau. Credit Suisse declined to comment on the situation; DirecTV wasn’t available for comment Wednesday.

Argentine local media have been full of speculation for days that the government will chip in 600 million pesos ($157 million) for the rights, allowing for broadcast over the air, rather than by the more expensive cable-TV systems.

Cabinet Chief Fernandez’s office declined comment Wednesday.

Soccer is the latest industry to get caught in the middle of the tussle between the government and Grupo Clarin, which have long had antagonistic relations. Former President Nestor Kirchner, husband of the incumbent, in particular has accused Clarin of biased reporting in elections and undue influence in the media industry.

Soccer matches are an important part of Clarin’s business, and losing the rights is a blow. Clarin’s share price on the Buenos Aires stock exchange was down 1.8% Wednesday, while the broader Merval index was up 0.8%.

Argentine soccer clubs are increasingly desperate for cash. Most are heavily indebted, and this weekend’s league kickoff has been delayed because many clubs can’t make payroll. There is some disgruntlement among smaller clubs with the way television money is shared, as it heavily favors two teams, Boca Juniors and River Plate.

AFA was in negotiations with TSC over increasing the price for the transmission rights when the entire contract, scheduled to run through 2014, was canceled.

AFA had asked TSC for even more money — 500 million pesos — from the contract this year, a figure that would mean a loss for TSC, Mr. Bombau said. The government would be the only entity able to bear a loss under those conditions, he added.

AFA accused TSC of breaching contract terms, and believes it would be “heavily damaged” in financial terms if it were to continue with the existing contract, AFA spokesman Ernesto Cherquis Bialo. AFA said it, and not the clubs which it represents, would be responsible for any legal liability.

Some opposition politicians, meanwhile, have lambasted the possibility of a link between the government and soccer.

“The little money that Argentines have shouldn’t be used to finance the mismanagement of some football executives,” said Lower House Representative Francisco de Narvaez, of the Union Pro party, in a statement. “I am against this intervention, as is the vast majority of the people.”

Information Source: Wall Street Journal Online