BFL's roadmap to land of milk and honey

On Tuesday, the founding BFL leadership in chairperson, Aryll Ralobala and chief executive officer (CEO), Solomon Ramochothwane faced the press for the first time. This was 96 hours after the Botswana Football Association (BFA) gave teams the green light to start training after a long halt. To the disappointment of football scribes at Lekidi Football Centre and those streaming online platforms, there was nothing tangible to report back to the audience on the finer details of the return of the league. Burning questions on the league dates, sponsorship and broadcasting rights were left hanging.

The talk of commercialisation is once again on the horizon. To many, it is reminiscent of a more than a decade-long compliance manual known as ‘Bosele Declaration’. The first phase of the new compliance template is to have full time playing professionals. “We have adopted a constitution that says that all Botswana football league should be commercial.