Safa’s poor message to women’s football
Safa (South African Football Association) are patting themselves on the back, after announcing that Banyana Banyana’s 23 players will earn R20K each for qualifying for the Fifa Women’s World Cup (June 7 - July 7). But, once you learn that the association will be pocketing a minimum of R11-Million for Banyana’s appearance at the show-piece, one starts to feel that the national women’s team is being robbed. Last week Safa president Danny Jordaan went on record, saying the players would be receiving R200K each for getting to the world cup. LISTEN: DANNY JORDAAN PROMISES BANYANA PLAYERS R200K EACH So what changed in last six days? Safa acting CEO Russel Paul, who chose his words carefully - I suspect not wanting to say Jordaan got it completely wrong or just carried away - says he doesn’t know how the confusion came about. LISTEN: SAFA ACTING CEO RUSSEL PAUL NO R200K EACH Confusion or not, the reality is, while Banyana have earne...