I disagree, the time is now! I consider myself a player in the local opinion market place especially in sports. These are my views. They are not sponsored or edited, so help me God. I grew up in Selebi Phikwe where SATMOS was born. I mention SATMOS because the founder of that club Sam Sono was the pioneering voice of professional football in the country. I was born in Mochudi where one of the top three clubs of Botswana comes from.
I see the passion and the hope that that club brings to my people and the economy of that village. I studied, worked and lived in South Africa in the last 10 years. There, I saw professional football on a daily basis. The little boys I used to see in the canteen now earn millions of rands a year. I have seen how football has transformed lives. I saw Moneeb Josephs when he was 17, Thulani Serero when he was a laitie before he moved to Ajax Cape Town and Holland because there was a vision outlined for him. The PSL today employs about 13,000 soccer players. Football contributes about six percent to the Gross Domestic Product of South Africa. I saw the impact Danny Jordan had in the development of SAFA, and how he managed to get the current Under23 side to the Olympics. It was a comprehensive plan.
