Stanley Gama@gama_stanley
When I agreed with Scottland owner, Scott Sakupwanya that there is need to increase sponsorship and prize winnings for clubs in the Premier League, thousands of pple engaged in the debate. Pple expressed diffident views and a huge number supported Scott’s views. I still stand by my viewpoint that the Premier League must do something to increase prize money for the clubs.
A number of clubs then phoned me and I also I did a little investigation on how much clubs are spending per month to sustain their teams. Clubs like CAPS United, Scottland, Hardrock, FC Platinum, Mwos, Dynamos, Highlanders, Ngezi and Herentals spend a minimum US80k per month on salaries, winning bonuses and running costs. Other clubs use a minimum US$50k a month. One argument was that clubs should get money from TV rights and sponsorships. But in Zimbabwe TV rights are virtually non existent. There is no money to be derived from TV rights. Sponsorship is minimum. Sponsorship at clubs is not good enough and therefore prize money has to go a long way in helping the clubs sustain their operations. You can’t compare our league with that of the English Premiership whose clubs for example are guaranteed at least USD120m just for getting promotion from the Championship league. So at the end of it all Scott was point on and many pple agreed with his views. What also needs to be understood is that of the US$3 million sponsorship from Delta how much of it do the clubs benefit. Let’s put me money into our clubs.
