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Club Licensing now a rubber stamping exercise

Is the First Instance Body (FIB), an organ responsible for issuing club licences being too generous with the process? Has the exercise, a crucial blueprint towards a professional football set-up, been turned into a worthless undertaking? It would appear the FIB has turned into a rubber stamping department, where club licences are thrown around like confetti at a wedding. Is due consideration taken before the issuing of club licences, which are compulsory to enable clubs to participate in the FNB Premiership.

Club Licensing, a quality standard, is a CAF requirement and Botswana cannot afford to be adopt a lackadaisical approach to the process.

Since its adoption into the domestic league, the Botswana Football Association has leaned more towards leniency over strict adherence to the rules. Licences have been granted to all clubs including ones that are regulars in the overdue payables column.

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