Bangladesh Football Federation's special committee for looking into the protest of women footballers against head coach Peter Butler has submitted its report to the office of the BFF president Tabith Awal Thursday.
After week-long works including interviewing respective persons like players, coaches and officials, the committee handed over the findings to the federation.
“We have come to some decisions in light of statements of the respective sides and found a reason for some recommendations,” said Imrul Hasan, the chairman of the special committee and senior vice-president of the federation.
“We have submitted the report to the secretariat of the BFF president. He will brief you in details after reading the report,” Imrul told the reporters.
On the same day, the women’s football team won the prestigious Ekushey Padak, the second-highest civilian award in Bangladesh for winning the SAFF tournament.
Imrul congratulated the team but stayed firm that the ongoing dispute between the footballers and the head coach is a different subject.
“There is no way to disagree that the women footballers brought us lot of success. We are grateful to the women’s football team. What is the most important here is discipline, where I think success or failure would not be the main influence,” the committee’s chairman said while replying to a query.
The question of why the women’s wing committee could not solve the problem before it came to public was also raised.
Imrul said what the women’s wing committee should have done in this issue has also been included in the report.
“We have considered everything like emotions, success and discipline. We tried to be neutral,” the chairman of the special committee concluded.
Last week, a group of national women's team booters came up with a series of complaints against Butler, who rejected the allegations, saying those are “not facts”.
