Guys, As you may know AFC has given its member federations until 2009 (first phase) and 2012 (Second phase) to comply with its professional football standards. Any ember federation that does not meet these requirments will be banned from participating in AFC Champions League in 2009 until the time that it complies. Here is a good article from ISNA in which Dr. Mehdi Khabiri (Member of the IFF transition committee appointed by FIFA) and Mohammad-Reza Saaket (President of Sepahan FC) talk about this tpic. خبيري و ساكت در ميزگرد “باشگاه**داري حرفه**يي” ايسنا
Hi guys, this article is the rest of the one that I posted yesterday (see below). Sepahan FC has been doing well in the last few years. Reading Mr. Saaket's thoughts on the issue in these two articles explains why. He seems to be a progressive thinker amongst the IPL football club presidents. محمدرضا ساكت: حرفه**اي شدن باشگاه**ها رابطه**ي مستقيمي با خصوصي**سازي دارد
Another article on this topic. Watch this become a problem in a year: هشدار چند باره**ي خبيري به باشگاه**ها: حداقل**هاي كنفدراسيون فوتبال آسيا را فراهم كنيد