Maladministration is killing football


Zimbabwean soccer has been attacked by a ‘cancer’ so severe that it is threatening the survival of the country’s most popular sport.

The ‘disease’ has become so rampant that if left unchecked, it will drag the beautiful game down the abyss.

Maladministration has become synonymous with local football. It originates from the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) cascades down to the local clubs.

The local governing body has hogged the limelight for all the wrong reasons.

Cuthbert Dube’s Zifa board has successfully done two things since they came into office in 2010 – prolong a probe into Asiagate and fail to adequately prepare the national team to qualify for the 2012 and 2013 finals.

When the Warriors started the 2012 campaign, a major boob was created when Zifa decided to bring in Tom Saintfiet as the head coach. He never coached our national team. Actually, he drained Zifa’s coffers dry. The nonsense of hurriedly clearing players of match-fixing and calling them into camp for a crucial match against Angola is another sign of Zifa’s maladministration.

The other factor brought into play is that of power.  Was it not Lord Acton who said “power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely?” The concept of good corporate governance and administration is one that has clearly not hit home, and until it does, this will cost us.

Of late, ZIFA failed effectively to all support national teams. They failed to raise airfare for the under 17 and under 20 to fulfil their reverse fixture against Angola and Congo respectively.

The fans have lost faith in the association. Fans have blamed bad sports administration and poor training facilities in the country as major causes of unimpressive outing of our football teams. Zimbabwe has talented players, but the programme to discover and train these talents is what is lacking. Even when these young players are discovered, the poor training facilities that litter Zimbabwe stadia are not encouraging.

Therefore, Zifa needs to put its house in order. The Zimbabwe National Soccer Supporters Association (ZNSSA) had also emphasised the importance of all football stakeholders to work from a common front if Zimbabwean football is to move forward.

ZNSSA Secretary General Wellington Mpandare was quoted in local media saying it is imperative for football stakeholders to work from a common front. Zifa and other stakeholders also need to put measures to a progressive step towards ensuring sanity and unity prevailing on the local football. Changing the way we administer our football, paying the players well, running clubs professionally including our national teams, good coaches and a more scientific approach to the development of the game will take us very far - Lazarus Sauti

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