Instead of investing in their teams, Be Forward Wanderers Supporters\u2019 Committee and their Nyasa Big Bullets\u2019 counterparts are milking their clubs\u2014 they get 12 and 10 percent from their respective team\u2019s gate revenue every game.<\/p>\n
Nomads General Secretary, Mike Butao, said since last season, the club agreed to give the supporters committee the fixed percentage to bring sanity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a tradition for most of the clubs, but we fixed the percentage to control it. The percentage usually helps the supporters to carry out their activities such as supporters\u2019 elections and promoting the team\u2019s brand,\u201d Butao said.<\/p>\n
However, Wanderers Board of Trustees asked the supporters committee\u2019s candidates to pay before they were elected recently. The money was for the elections\u2019 expenses.<\/p>\n
Taking his turn, Bullets Acting General Secretary, Kelvin Moyo, also defended the fixed percentage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe supporters are part of the club. I think the big question should be on how we can make the national supporters\u2019 committee financially independent. For example, we are running supporters\u2019 registration exercise, so the committee will need money to travel for the project,\u201d Moyo claimed.<\/p>\n
The Nomads\u2019 Supporters\u2019 Committee Chairperson, Yamikani Kaliapa, said the money is used for transport, accommodation and food for the registered fans during the team\u2019s games.<\/p>\n
The supporters\u2019 committee members also have free access to match venues. The fans also act as gate supervisors and get paid.<\/p>\n
Silver Strikers have since stopped paying the supporters after the club was registered as a limited company.<\/p>\n
Kelvin M\u2019mangisa, Silver\u2019s Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, said yesterday the practice the world over is that supporters invest in teams and not vice-versa.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe explained to the supporters and they understood that it was not right. We looked at the reality of how other clubs are run the world over and they understood our position,\u201d M\u2019mangisa explained.<\/p>\n
Las t season, Wanderers Supporters\u2019 Committee got an estimated K7 million from the club\u2019s K23, 779, 167.45 TNM Super League games gross revenue, minus Standard Bank and Carlsberg Cup games.<\/p>\n
Some soccer experts are of the view that the money shared by the supporters could play a big role in helping players and the clubs\u2019 projects.<\/p>\n
Despite being popular clubs in the country, Wanderers and Bullets do not own stadiums, let alone training pitches.<\/p>\n
In a telephone interview from South Africa yesterday, Kaizer Chiefs\u2019 Chief Supporter, Machaka Masilo, said they buy match titchets and do not get money from the team .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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