PSL chairman Dr Irvin Khoza has broken his silence on the recent cases involving Cape Town Spurs and Cape Town City’s appeals of fighting to keep three of their players and wanting to be reinstated in topflight football, respectively.
Spurs were relegated from the Motsepe Foundation Championship at the end of last season are in a bitter fight to keep some of their players despite being in the amateur ranks now. Meanwhile, Cape Town City who were relegated from the Betway Premiership at the end of last season are also fighting to be reinstated in the top league following revelations that Marumo Gallants player Mphabaniso Monde was improperly registered.
The PSL DC found Gallants guilty and fined them R200,000 with half of it suspended, something that City are challenging.
The ‘Iron Duke’ spoke exclusively to iDiski Times senior writer Matshelane Mamabolo where he said he believes people are trying to take short cuts and that is dangerous especially when the league has provided induction documents.
“People want shortcuts and that’s dangerous,” Khoza told iDiski Times.
“It’s sickening that every time the season ends, there are some skeletons coming out of the closet. But it will always happen because there are people who are creative. Look at how many appeals are done on the same matter. It starts with one club, Leruma, and then the same documents are used by Cape Town Spurs and then, Cape Town City. So, we need to really check what is really happening there. The sad thing is that it is people who are new in the game. It’s heart-breaking.
“That’s why we have inductions. We have a 610-page induction document that everyone gets. That’s why we put measures in place. Football is a calling. You get money if there’s money being injected from sponsorships. But people come in thinking they’ll make money without understanding the sacrifices involved.
“We are all fans, and sometimes people buy in as fans without really understanding the industry.”
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