TS Galaxy boss Tim Sukazi has come out guns blazing and has accused Premier Soccer League (PSL) of lacking impartially.
The outspoken Sukazi believes it’s unacceptable to have Mato Madlala, chairperson of Golden Arrows, as the CEO of the PSL as it is a ‘clear conflict’.
According to Sukazi, Arrows were given a slap in the wrist for the improper registration of midfield star Simo Mbhele.
The Galaxy owner says the rules are clear as Arrows had been found guilty and should have been docked six points they earned in the games Mbhele played in. He lamented the fact that PSL DC felt it would be inappropriate to deduct the points and only ordered the KZN side to pay for the two sittings of the committee.
“There is a serious issue of impartially, it’s a fact, that we have a CEO of the league, owning a club, this is a clear conflict,” said Sukazi in an interview on Radio 2000 (Sports Night Live).
“The issue of Golden Arrows, they were charged by the league for improperly registering a player, the rules are clear on the consequence of that, but instead they got a slap on the wrist because the owner (Mato) is the CEO of the league.
“This leads me to wonder how the sponsors feel about the conflict with the CEO of the league owning a team. I am prepared to talk to Multichoice and DStv to discuss the conflict in SA football. I will be interested in hearing them justify this situation to say in accordance with their own corporate governance protocol that this is not conflict. It is an apparent conflict of interest.”
Sukazi added” I am not attacking anyone, but we have got an impartiality problem. These things need to be resolved for the interest of SA football.
“Otherwise, you will have clubs that are capable being exterminated for no reason because someone out there is in the best position to manipulate certain situations. Once we can resolve the issue of impartially, we need to come up with a league governed independently.”
Full interview: https://omny.fm/shows/sportsnightlive/president-of-ts-galaxy-tim-sukazi
