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Of a punch-drunk league and P100 for the Cops

Monday, November 14, 2022 | 60 Views |

The Southern African Policy Alliance Botswana (SAAPA) is unhappy that the depressed Botswana Premier League is now finding solace in alcohol.

The league's administrators, the Botswana Football League (BFL) decided to open the booze gates this season as a way to cushion local clubs, which face the biblical Lazarus predicament.

But SAAPA is not amused about the latest developments and wants the booze taps closed at stadiums. But who would blame the BFL for introducing such an initiative as the organisation is literally drowning its sorrows in alcohol? The BFL is a punch drunk organisation that has staggered from one criticism to the other; from the late league start to concerns over lack of adequate sponsors.

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