Kampala — THE misunderstandings that have eaten up our sports point to one fact, sports administrators have not been able to embrace change.

In boxing, club administrators are fighting the current president, Roger Ddungu, over failure to hold activities, increase annual subscription fees and also allegedly tampering with the constitution to increase the term of office from two to four years.

In football, there were wrangles between the Super Divisions Clubs' Association (SDCA) and the federation over the way the league is being handled, which resulted into the formation of the new National Super League Committee.

All these incidents point to the fact, that clubs need more say in the administration of their federations, which is a noble idea.

Club administrators should also realise that they are the backbone of sports development, and also its failure in the country. Thus, some changes brought in by the federations are aimed at developing the respective sports.

As the club administrators take a shot at the federation heads, they should also take off some time to scrutinise their own backyard.

Most clubs have not held assemblies for years, do not have well defined administrative structure or fan bases, among other needs as required by their own constitutions.

They can take such an action as the first step in getting more organised. This is most likely to yield better chances of clinching sponsorship deals and a stronger mandate to advocate for other rights, having managed to fulfil their own requirements.

Surprisingly, club administrators have overlooked these necessities because it jeopardises their security at the helm of the club administration, deciding to focus on the short term needs.

Better organisation within themselves will give the clubs a better ground for advocacy as their complaints will cease to be looked at as personal battles but a battle for a good change.

After all, they would have done it at the club level.