Maybe I need
to be educated about the manner in which Confederation of African Football (CAF)
runs its football affairs, 9 out of 10 the administration of our game is in
shambles.
In this
regard, my point of contention is the registration of players for continental
championship (African Champions League). The African summer deadline is January
31, and the preliminary continental round starts on the third weekend of
February, which begs the question, why is the registration of players not
opened until at least transfer deadline?
You take Orlando
Pirates for example; they recently signed Luis Boa Morte, Sifiso Myeni, Thandani
Ntshumayelo and Njabulo Manqana. They sold the idea that, the signings weighed
heavily on their participation in Africa, however, because of some weird CAF
admin, these players cannot be registered, at least not until the start of
group phases, which will be sometime like in July.
This whole
arrangement doesn’t make sense, and it makes teams like Pirates look like they
made amateurish dealings whereas the culprit is CAF's system.
By Sidwell 'Feesh' Francis
