'Protecting The Game'– Leadership challenges

The situation was in all likelihood worse during my decade-long stay at the Botswana Football Association (BFA) as head of the secretariat.

There existed a perception that once one had played football, this gave one some right to administer, oftentimes coach and even be a referee of the game. Nothing is further from the truth. As with all other disciplines of sport, it was important that before one calls oneself a leader, one must have engaged with the principles of leadership over and above having some knowledge of the game’s culture.