Thai Premier League Considers ASEAN Player Quota

Cambodia’s football community "is reacting with guarded optimism to the Thai Premier League’s proposal to introduce a mandatory ASEAN player quota next season," according to H.S. Manjunath of the PHNOM PENH POST. The TPL, arguably Southeast Asia’s most influential and lucrative domestic league competition, "has been reportedly holding talks with all 18 participating clubs in an effort to persuade them to accept one player from the ASEAN region along with one from Asia in the quota of five foreign signings allowed." TPL Deputy CEO Benjamin Tan "has been quoted as saying that the idea of allocating one slot for a player from the ASEAN bloc of countries had been formulating for quite some time to ascertain whether the move would be feasible for the participating clubs" (PHNOM PENH POST, 8/18).