Club licensing committee assesses applications
Boitumelo Khutsafalo | Wednesday July 26, 2017 11:58
Club licensing, which is now compulsory for all premier league sides, requires the clubs to adhere to several requirements before they can be admitted into taking part in the domestic as well as CAF competitions.
Both the BPL and the mother body, Botswana Football Association (BFA) yesterday said they could not at the moment have an answer to whether all the teams have complied. BFA spokesperson, Tumo Mpatane said the licensing committee is currently assessing the applications. Several clubs recently told Mmegi Sport that they would meet the deadline contrary to what was previously feared.
The snail pace at which the clubs have been going around the issue even worried BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti, who recently lashed out at the BPL sides for their slow response.
He warned that clubs that will not be able to comply would automatically be expelled. “I am disappointed that I do not see the zeal and excitement that we need to take us forward.
In 2014, the BFA postponed the process to this season.
The moment of truth is here; if you do not comply, you will drop. You will not be able to participate in the league.
This is a FIFA requirement, it is not my request,” Letshwiti told premier league clubs during the BPL annual general assembly last month.
At the time of his speech, Township Rollers and Orapa United were reportedly the only two clubs that had managed to meet the requirements.
The clubs are required to have offices and full time staff. They are also expected to have full time general manager as well as a medical doctor amongst other things.