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Summary Lim Chin said the club that comes last in the 13-team league would be slapped with a $41,000 fine.
Singapore football chiefs will from next season impose a fine on the two teams than finish bottom of the S-League, a report said Friday, but the move has been met with derision by angry fans.S-League chief executive Lim Chin said the club that comes last in the 13-team league would be slapped with a Sg$50,000 ($41,000) fine, while the team that comes second-bottom will have to pay Sg$30,000, the daily Straits Times said.At the same time the total prize money for the top 10 clubs will be increased from the current Sg$150,000 to Sg$250,000. It was not clear what would happen to the club that finishes 11th.This gives clubs something to fight for till the last game and to finish as high up as possible, Lim said, adding that the league had got general consensus from the club chairmen that this is the way forward.Teams must feel the pinch for them to be effective, he said.He said Singapore was not ready for a relegation system similar to those used in other countries such as England as there was not a sustainable second division.But the idea has been panned.The Straits Times story carrying Lims comments was sarcastically headlined What A Fine League, while an accompanying commentary by the papers sports correspondent was titled A ludicrous idea that deserves the red card.In the commentary Terrence Voon said: For a league that has had its fair share of bad ideas over the years, fining clubs for propping up the table has got to rank among the worst.Fans also expressed their frustration, with one taking to Facebook to say: Its like fining my children if they dont do well in their exams.... Any athlete will not compete if he has to pay a fine for coming in last.
