Clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have been advised to curb the number of misconduct of their Coaches, Players, and Ball Boys during fixtures of the season.

In a memo to the clubs, the Chief Operating Officer of NPFL, DAVIDSON OWUMI said that relevant provisions of the NPFL Framework and Rules will be invoked to ensure that no individual or group demeaned the public perception of the league.

It began by drawing attention to the dress code of Coaches, some of whom the league categorised as appearing for matches in inappropriate apparel that portrayed the entire league in a bad light.

It raised a second issue of simulation of injury by players to hold up matches in a bid to run down the clock thereby denying fee-paying fans full value for money and time.

The memo also frowned at the resort to hiding match balls by Ball Boys of home teams to confer undue advantage through time wasting when the ball is out of play.

It said Match Commissioners have been issued a new practice direction of ensuring that the number of Ball Boys and Balls remains the same as it was at the start of the match.