Financially challenged Canada Soccer took a step toward improving its bottom line Saturday, voting to increase its annual membership fee for players by $4 starting in 2025.
Soccer players will pay a $13 fee, up from $9 in what Canada Soccer says is the first membership fee hike since 2017.
Kevin Blue, Canada Soccer's president and general secretary, called the fee increase"one component of a much broader effort to increase revenue" for the governing body. Crooks, a five-time Olympian who earned silver in the 4×400 track relay at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, had been on the Canada Soccer board since 2012-13 and served as vice-president since January 2021.New directors are Gayle Statton , Terri Mattuci , Terry Delblond and independent directors Brad Baker and Davide Xausa.
There are 14 members of the board, including the president and vice-president. Not all were up for re-election Saturday. Blue has already offered a look at what lies ahead, in a March 30 update that cited an expected $4 million operating deficit on total expenses of $30 million in the fiscal 2024 budget.
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