Patricia Maganu
3 December 2008
Francistown — After the 4-0 mauling by BDF XI last weekend, it has now emerged that TAFIC is wallowing in financial crisis that might affect its status in the Premier League.
One of the players said they have been paid and some of them are now rebelling. "Now players just do whatever they want and the spirit of the team is at its lowest," said an inside source.
The players blame management because they feel that even though TAFIC has had financial problems before, things took a turn for the worse when a new committee was elected at the last Annual General Meeting (AGM).
The players say that morale is very low during games. They blame management for keeping them in the dark about what is going on. There are reports that sponsors are shunning the club after losing faith in the management. It is said some foreign players may be leaving the club because they have not been paid.
TAFIC spokesman, Jones Mosweu said that the club is going through a serious financial crisis.
"We do not have money right now and we are still talking to sponsors but there no promises as yet," he said. He conceded that they are trying hard to get sponsorship but they are not succeeding. He stated that three months ago, they had requested supporters to chip in and make contributions to finance the club with whatever they have. "They were not forthcoming at all and that is why the situation is so bad now," he said. He added that fans did not cooperate and hence the financial woes of the club have worsened. It seems everyone is to blame at TAFIC. While some people are blaming management for possible mismanagement of funds, others are blaming the supporters for failing to support the team in their time of need. Mosweu said that at the end of the day, the whole situation has become the problem of the management.
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