Football Union demands answers from BFA
We want to understand exactly what could be the cause of problems and how the problem can be resolved.
“We have reported cases, the chamber [ NDRC] is not sitting to adjudicate on cases, and where it has sat and made pronouncements on the cases, nothing happens; no action is taken so players have got no remedy because of the dysfunctional chamber— players are abused by former employers in other instances, particularly relating to transfers, but still it is business as usual. We want the BFA to enforce the regulations, it is all that we want,” Masaseng stated.
Masaseng went further to indicate that issues such as terminal benefits for players is being ignored by some clubs yet it is an issue that is enshrined in the national laws of the country.
“It’s an act of parliament, it is a national law and it is not even negotiable,” he emphasised.
Masaseng, who also serves as The FIFPRO Africa Secretary General, warned that, if BFA continue to disregard issues concerning players, they will report to FIFA in order to find a solution.
“If we don’t get what we want, we’ll just write to FIFA and declare that our NDRC is not functioning; we’ll be the first to notify FIFA about the nondeliverables of the chamber.
At the end of our meeting, we want to know, who is the new secretary of the chamber, that is very key in the sense that, the secretary general takes care of all the information and communication to serve all parties concerned.”
In response, the BFA preferred not to give details or their side of the story: “Unfortunately FUB is our associate member and I have made it clear to them that I will never discuss matters that involve us and them in the media. We have a scheduled meeting with them next week,” responded the Chief Executive Officer of BFA, Mfolo Edwin Mfolo.
Keene Manyothwane, the former legal advisor at BFA, has since departed from the NDRC, where he was also the Secretary General but there has not been any update on who will take up the role in the NDRC.
Some cases, according to some informants at FUB, dates as far back as 2016, despite the new FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber amendment which stipulates that cases must be resolved within two months.
FIFA has released new regulations of the Chamber and the BFA is expected to start the process to apply and align their regulations with those of the new FIFA NDRC and be ratified by world governing body.