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BFA mulls P15m loan for league start

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Cash injection: BFA is considering a P15million to the BFL PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

The Botswana Football Association (BFA) is mulling lending the cash-strapped Botswana Football League (BFL) P15 million in order to ensure the league kicks off.

Reports are that the new league season will not kick off until the BFL secures P15 million. There has been little success in the sponsorship hunt, with most corporates reportedly demanding concrete schedules for the return to action.

Football authorities have argued, the constant sports bans due to the COVID-19 restrictions have made it difficult to have definite timelines. “Sponsors want a commitment to schedule,” Solomon Ramochotlhwane, BFL CEO said recently. But BFA president, Maclean Letshwiti this week told Mmegi Sport the BFA was considering a P15m loan to enable the league to take off. “It is now more expensive to play football.

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