That is a profound but flawed statement from my colleague Nito. These teams are and will always be big teams. People in their weekend excitement tend to believe that to be a big team you must win all your games, which off cause is a rather a fallacy.
For all my life as a football lover I have seen Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns lose to Hellenic, Umtata Bucks, Giant Blackpool, Manning Rangers and the list goes on and on but Chiefs , Pirates and Downs are still here.
If these three teams were to be moved to National Second Division with immediate effect, the focus, the support, the media, the money, the passion, the love, the anger and all elements that go with big football would follow suit with immediate effect.
Being a big team is not just about winning hence Wits will never be one, it is about the emotions the team evokes in people, whether positive or negative, it is the value of people’s and media interest, the history that makes the team what it is, the number of families that get to eat because Pirates is in town, the number of entrepreneurs created by the rise of Kaizer Chiefs and many other tangibles and intangibles.
Manchester United is a big team, recognized worldwide as a big team , they went for a decade without winning anything but that did not make them any smaller, they lose games here and there and yet they remain arguably the biggest team in the world because being big in football is more than winning a game, it about winning hearts.
Supersport is a very good team and so is Arrows and Ajax but until they are able to convince people to come to their games ,until they are able to evoke emotions in millions, unless they are able to garner profound love in more than 500 people, they will remain very good small teams.
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