Team sport in danger – Molaodi

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Emerging reality: Molaodi (right) says team sport is in danger PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

As costs continue to rise and sponsorships dwindle, team sport finds itself in danger as the focus shifts to individual sport. Confederation of African Volleyball (CAVB) board member and Africa’s representative on the FIVB board, Daniel Molaodi, says there is an emerging reality that team sport is in danger.

This is evident in the grants allocated to different sport codes and the selection of teams to compete at major competitions such as the Olympics, where individual sports dominate.

“It is an issue that we should not hide. We must put it on the table and talk about it. At the coming Olympics, you will see only one or two, or maybe none at all, team sports announced as going,” Molaodi said during the Botswana Volleyball Federation (BVF) national congress last weekend.

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Team sport in danger – Molaodi