Deductions spoil clubs' payday

Friday, July 06, 2018

BTC Premiership clubs were finally paid but it was not all tears of joy PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

It was payday yesterday at the BTC Premiership as clubs began receiving their long overdue prize monies, but there was no joy for some who were hit by massive deductions due to indebtedness.

Information passed to Mmegi Sport indicates that the majority of the clubs, although they had previously complained about delays in disbursing the prize money, will take home severely eroded pay cheques.

Most clubs struggled financially last season, particularly to regularly shell players’ salaries, and went cap in hand to the Botswana Premier League (BPL) for advances. Although BPL chief executive officer, Thabo ‘Styles’ Ntshinogang declined to divulge the figures, he confirmed that a number of clubs were in serious debt.

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Deductions spoil clubs' payday

It was payday yesterday at the BTC Premiership as clubs began receiving their long overdue prize monies, but there was no joy for some who were hit by massive deductions due to indebtedness.