Throughout the week, two prestigious TV channels have shown many revealing reports on fake players’ agents who have been caught doing fraudulent practices. Telecinco, from Spain, and the BBC, from the United Kingdom, have done some research on the procedures of these agents who contact young players and offer them the opportunity to play for great European clubs in exchange for a sum of money.  According to the reports, agents defraud young sportsmen as they take away their money as well as their dreams.  In some cases, fake agents even threatened players who said they would call the police.

Hereby we include the reports by Telecinco and the BBC for you to take precautions.  From now on, you should not make any hasty decisions and you should always ask experts for their advice before signing any contract. 

You can watch the mentioned reports on these links:

Report by Telecinco (Spain)

Report by the BBC (UK)

We would like to thank Gavin Lee, a journalist for the BBC, for sharing his report on fraudulent African agents, who make great promises to amateur players, as they offer them trials with English first division clubs.

 

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The winner of the contest “Train at Milan Academy” has taken his first steps at Avila’s training campus in Spain.  He woke up very early in the morning, had breakfast at the café of Avila’s Salesian School and then went to Avila’s training campus.
He’s already met new friends from all over the world and, of course, his new trainers, Favio and Marco.
Under Avila’s sun, Juan Manuel has received his first indications, dressed in AC Milan’s colors, and that’s how he’s started his training with a great deal of expectations.
Once again, he send us postcards from his experience as well as videos that you can see here.

 

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We’d like tell our users about a new application we’ve created: “groups” on Mybestplay.  If you’re a registered user, you can create your own group and invite your friends and colleagues to join.  You can choose a name for your group, start your own forums and take part in other groups’ forums.

This is a new way to stay in touch with the members of Mybestplay who share your interests.

For example, you can create a group of soccer players of your own neighbourhood and tell your friends to join, so that you can all be in contact and stay tuned with the latest news in your community.

 

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Juan Manuel arrived in Spain today, together with his father, José, who didn’t take long to write to us from his hotel room, as if he were a real correspondent: "I tell you that we’ve just arrived in Avila City; the people at Milan Academy have treated us very well. Juan Manuel’s already been given three training t-shirts, one to go out, two shorts, pants and a sport jacket and a backpack, all of them from Milan.  He will do his first training at the campus tomorrow”.

We get great news from Avila, Spain, where the winner of our contest will start making his first experiences at one of the cutting-edge academies in the world. We want to share some postcards from this journey:

 

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At this very time, Juan Manuel Rivas, the winner of the contest organized by MyBestPlay, is flying to Milan Academy's training campus in Avila City. The Argentinian left for Spain this morning, from the airport of his home town, Mendoza, accompanied by his father, José, stopping over in Santiago de Chile. Tomorrow morning, Giorgio Beltrami, the coordinator at Milan campus, will be waiting for him to take him to the academy, where he will be staying for the next two weeks.

Remember that you can write encouraging words to Juan Manuel on this blog; he’ll be answering all your inquiries and commenting on his experiences at Milan Academy.

 

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ABI (Americas Basketball International) will have a three day camp from July 24^th to July 26^th , for its Fall Basketball Season 2008.  These season will began in late October through March 2009, and there will be games throughout Central and South America.
The league gives a great opportunity to those players who are trying to work their way in the NBA.  For more information about the camp click here.

You can also contact Commissioner Anthony Toney from Americas Basketball (ABI) through MyBestPlay here.

 

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Juan Manuel Rivas, a 15-year-old Argentinian soccer player, has won the video contest “Train at Milan Academy”, organized by Polisporteventi and Mybestplay.  The young soccer player from Mendoza province will be training for two weeks at Milan Academy Avila.
We are very happy about the repercussions of this video contest, which is already helping Juan Manuel promote himself.  Take a look at the articles on the media:

Los Andes Daily, Mendoza, Argentina

Cuyo Daily, Mendoza, Argentina

La Gaceta Daily, Tucuman, Argentina

Hoy Daily, New York

 

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MyBestPlay wants to congratulate Juan Manuel Rivas for turning out as the winner of  the contest “Train at Milan Academy”.  The FIFA agents have given him the best score, so he'll be traveling to Spain in July to train for two weeks at the campus of the important institution of Milan Academy in Avila.

 

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There’s little time left before our video contest comes to an end.
Have you voted for the online videos?
Have you participated in the contest with your own video?
If you haven’t done so yet, take the plunge!  It’s never too late!  You can be the one to travel to Milan Academy Avila!

You have time to take part until June16th.  After that, our jury of FIFA agents will make the final decision, and the winner will be announced on June 20th.

Find more information about the contest here.

 

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