Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
ISuperSport United idayisele iSiwelele Football Club ngokusemthethweni kulandela ukuvalwa kwesicelo sokubhida, nokuqeda iminyaka engu-30 yomlando webhola ozinze ePitoli.
Ukudayiswa kusalindwe yikomidi eliphezulu le-PSL, njengoba abanikazi abasha behlela ukuqhubeka nesiko lokuwina kweSuperSport ngaphansi kweSiwelele FC.
ISuperSport United isidayiselwe ngokusemthethweni iSiwelele Football Club, okuqede iminyaka engu-30 yomlando kuleli qembu lasePitoli.
ISuperSport International ikuqinisekisile ukuthi izodayiswa ngoLwesine kulandela ukuvaleka kokubhida, njengoba kusalinde ukugunyazwa yiKomidi eliphezulu le-PSL.
Iqembu elinqobe amahlandla amathathu ku-Premiership lizobizwa kabusha ngokuthi iSiwelele FC, okuzobuyisela igama elithandwa yiBloemfontein Celtic.
Isikhulu esiphezulu kwaSuperSport, uRendani Ramovha, sithe ukudayiswa kuza njengoba inkampani yenza izinguquko ukuze igxile kwezokusakaza.
“Ukudayiswa kweqembu kuza njengoba iSuperSport yenza izinguquko zokuthi baqhubeke basakaze kakhulu e-Afrika futhi bahambe phambili kunezimbangu zabo,” kusho uRamovha.
“Ukushintshashintsha emakethe, kanye nesidingo sokusungula izinto ezintsha ngokuhambisana nebhizinisi lethu eliwumgogodla, kudingeke ukuthi iSuperSport ihlale ingumhlinzeki wezemidlalo ohamba phambili ezwenikazi lonke futhi ihola ekusunguleni ukusakaza.
Usihlalo weSiwelele FC, uCalvin Le John, uthe abanikazi abasha banenhlanhla yokuqhubeka nesiko lokuwina kweSuperSport.
“NjengeSiwelele FC, sinelungelo lokunikwa umsebenzi wokuqhubeka nesiko elicebile lokuwina kuPSL,” kusho uLe John.
“ISuperSport neMultiChoice Group bakhe igama eminyakeni engu-30 esifisa nathi ukuqhubeka kulona, uma singathola ivoti lokugcina lokugunyazwa yiKomidi eliphezulu lePSL.”
Ukudayiswa kusho ukuthi iSuperSport United, engelinye lamaqembu ambalwa emlandweni wePSL angakaze abhekane nengwadla, izoshabalala ebholeni laseNingizimu Afrika.
Lesi sivumelwano kulindeleke ukuthi siholele eBloemfontein, lapho iSiwelele yokuqala (iBloemfontein Celtic) sasinabalandeli abashisekayo ngaphambi kokuba sidayiselwe iRoyal AM ngo-2021.
Nokho, kungase kube nezinkinga mayelana namalungelo okuqamba amagama. Njengamanje usomabhizinisi u-Edward Mkhize ungumnikazi wegama elithi “Bloemfontein Celtic” kanti unezakhe izinhlelo zokuvuselela ikilabhu ngokuyithuthukisa ngokwesiko.
ISuperSport ibidonsa kanzima ngokwezimali eminyakeni edlule, ikakhulukazi ngemuva kwe-Covid-19. Bathembele ekuthengisweni kwabadlali ukuze bahlale beqinile, kodwa abakwazanga ukusekela iqembu.
Iqembu alizange lisinde ekuphumeni ngosuku lokugcina lwesizini edlule, kodwa ukugcina isimo salo eliphezulu kuyenze yabangwa ngendlela emangalisayo.
Ngenxa yokuhlonipha izinhlelo ze-Executive Committee ye-PSL, zonke izinhlangothi zithe ngeke zikhiphe izitatimende njengoba kusalindwe isinqumo.
Ikomidi eliphezulu lePSL kusamele likugunyaze ukudayiswa ngaphambi kokuthi kube ngokusemthethweni.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Abalandeli be-Bloemfontein Celtic.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela