{"id":13346,"date":"2022-09-06T11:43:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T11:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/gonners-or-not-future-of-relegated-teams-uncertain"},"modified":"2022-09-06T12:15:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T12:15:57","slug":"gonners-or-not-future-of-relegated-teams-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/gonners-or-not-future-of-relegated-teams-uncertain","title":{"rendered":"Gonners or Not \u2026 future of relegated teams uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the five elite teams recently relegated to the regional structures over failure to comply with club licensing are headed for a collision.<\/b><\/p>\n

The five teams are Extension Gunners, Masitaoka, Mogoditshane Fighters, Morupule Wanders and Eleven Angels. They were condemned to the lowest regional structures after the BFA appeals board cast aside their appeal against the BFA First Instance Body (FIB) to relegate them for failing compliance.<\/p>\n

This past season, teams were given last warning to meet the requirement for the next season failing which they will be relegated. The warning followed a couple of seasons where clubs were pardoned for failing compliance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll teams were given a chance and opportunity to comply. There is no chance of appeal. The affected clubs have been dismissed by the appeals body, the highest body, after appealing the First Instance Body decision on club licensing. They have been relegated to the lowest league, regional league,\u201d BFA spokesperson Carol Kgafela says.<\/p>\n

At its core, club licensing is intended \u201cto promote and improve the quality and the level of all aspects of club football in Botswana, ensuring that clubs have the appropriate management and organization, improve the club\u2019s sporting infrastructure, improving the economic and financial capacity of the clubs, through proper corporate governance and control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Masitaoka spokesperson, Oduetse Thuto, would not comment save to say: \u201cwe cannot comment on hearsay from social media. We haven\u2019t received anything to the effect that we have been relegated to lower divisions. As far as we are concerned, we have met all the requirements of club licensing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gunners\u2019 chairperson, Bruno Masisi confirmed that they have received the letter condemning them to lower division. \u201cWe are still studying the club licensing manual and will map the way forward. It is bad and we have to act timely,\u201d says Masisi.<\/p>\n

He says they will also need to introspect as a team because they have been warned before to see what could be hindering the team to meet the set standards. The team is one of a few which were previously pardoned for failing to meet club licensing requirements.<\/p>\n

Last year February, CAF club licensing officers came to Botswana at the invitation of the association and found out that the BFA\u2019s club requirements were too high and did not speak to reality on the ground.<\/p>\n

In their feedback, the CAF club licensing officers said \u2018the objective is to professionalise clubs and football as a whole.\u2019 They observed that the regulations should speak to reality because the intention is not to punish but to assist clubs to develop further and become professional.\u2019<\/p>\n

Football analyst, Jimmy George says the relegated teams should not despair. \u201cThe decision to relegate the teams is more beneficial to the teams. It gives power to the teams and the lower divisions will be more exciting and marketable,\u201d he observes.<\/p>\n

He opines that the committee that took decision to banish five teams was emotional and did not take into consideration efforts by teams to comply and compete. \u201cHow are teams expected to comply when the league is failing them? The grants that are supposed to be paid to teams are not paid and the league prize money is not there. Unless the league does its part, it is always going to be difficult for other teams to sustain their status in the premier league because there are no sponsors,\u201d says George.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana Football Association (BFA) and the five elite teams recently relegated to the regional structures over failure to comply with club licensing are headed for a collision. The five teams are Extension Gunners, Masitaoka, Mogoditshane Fighters, Morupule Wanders and Eleven Angels. 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