“We are not in any way trying to make our affiliates poorer. If you look at it, the levies were still being charged in Zimbabwean dollars and the SRC was not getting anything, “he said, adding that the money raised through levies was meant to be used to establish structures that would give sports teams a “sense of belonging”.
“Most of our sports teams, except the national soccer teams, do not have an identity because their uniforms change in almost every assignment. But when you look at countries like South Africa you easily identify them.
“Some people may conclude that we only want to fatten our pockets, but we are working on logistics to bring on board professional consultancy firms to give us a way of giving our sports a sense of belonging.”
The consultancy firms would be tasked with identifying partners in all departments, like the designing of kits for all national teams to avoid the current situation where every national team just puts on a kit of their choice, which is usually not identifiable with the national colours.
Nhemachena said this following reports that the Premier Soccer League’s Management Committee had scheduled a meeting with its clubs to try and find a solution on the proposed eight percent levy increase demanded by its mother body, ZIFA, an arm of the SRC.
“All our affiliates can engage their stakeholders and discuss the fees, which will benefit all parties because we are not imposing anything on them.”
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