
Dylan Bettencourt
Imizamo yokuthi abalandeli bebhola babuyele ezinkundleni zemidlalo eNingizimu Afrika iya ngokuya idlondlobala njengoba udaba lokuhambela ezinkundleni zemidlalo kweye-Premier Soccer League (PSL) sekuyisikhathi eside ibakhathaza.
Abalandeli abakaze bavunyelwe ukungena ezinkundleni uma kunemidlalo kusukela kwaqala lolu bhubhane.
I-PSL ithe ngoMasingana bazovumela abalandeli ukuthi babuyele ezinkundleni kuphela uma uhulumeni ephinde evumela ukuthi kugcwale abantu.
UMnyango Wezemidlalo, uBuciko namaSiko njengamanje uvumela abalandeli abangu-2,000 enkundleni uma kunomdlalo kodwa abalandeli nezinhlangano zifuna kube ababukeli abangu-50% abazovunyelwa ukungena ezinkundleni.
Kodwa-ke, uma izindawo zingavunyelwa ukugcwala phama, ngabe lokho kusho ukuthi amaqembu e-PSL azosebenza ngezinkundla ezigcwele? Cishe angeke kwenzeke lokho.
Iminyaka emihlanu phakathi kuka-2015 nonyaka ka-2019 ngaphambi kokuthi kugadle ubhubhane, inani lababekhona emidlalweni ye-PSL laliphakeme kakhulu lingu-31% ngokusho kwemininingwane yase-German ikhishwa inkampani i-Transfermarkt.
Imidlalo yebhola eNingizimu Afrika ngokuvamile irekhoda inani eliphansi lababekhona futhi amaqembu ngokuvamile awazange azuze ngokuthengiswa kwamathikithi.
Izindleko ezihambisana nokusingatha umdlalo we-PSL enkundleni ngokugunyaziwe ngesikhathi se-Covid-19 zilinganiselwa ku-R300 000 kuya ku-R500 000 umdlalo ngamunye ngokusho komcwaningi wezemidlalo uNqobile Ndlovu, ongumqondisi we-Cash N Sport.
I-Soweto Derby kuphela ephakathi kwe-Kaizer Chiefs ne-Orlando Pirates egqame ngokuhanjelwa abantu abaningi. Imidlalo ebanjelwa e-FNB Stadium ihlale iheha cishe abalandeli abangaphezu kuka-70 000.
“Imali engenayo inzima kakhulu emaqenjini akwi-PSL njengoba amaqembu amaningi ethembele emaphaketheni omnikazi wayo ukuthi aqhubeke,” kusho uNdlovu etshela i-Outlier.
“I-Covid-19 kanye nokuvinjelwa kwenkundla okwalandela kuyisibusiso ngoba amaqembu bekungadingeki ukuthi akhiphe imali eyengeziwe njengoba abalandeli bebegcwala enkundleni.”
Kunezinto ezimbalwa zezomnotho nezenhlalo ezidlala indima uma kuza ngenani labantu abasuke bekhona, ezokuthutha, izindleko ezengeziwe zosuku lwemidlalo ezifana nokudla neziphuzo kanye nokushoda kwezinkundla okulula ukuthi abantu bafinyelele kuzo.
Lokhu kushiwo isikhulu esiphezulu se-National Football Supporters’ Association (Nafsa) uSiyabulela Loyilane.
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