The Siya crew spoke to a top agent in SA to get their expert understanding on what’s going on. For obvious reasons, the agent will remain anonymous.

“The difficult part is that when the club does not pay a player for two months or more, then players are able to take the matter to the PSL DRC and then claim the remaining money on the contract, but (Masala) Mulaudzi is very smart. We all know that TTM pays salaries this month and the following month they don’t pay, meaning they don’t fall into the trap of missing two consecutive payments. The only way this type of behaviour can stop is when players put (the) tools down to say enough is enough, we are no longer going to take to the field until our monies are paid. Since the club has been banned from signing players for the duration of three consecutive window periods, this is the right time to go on strike as the club will not be able to sign any players, whether amateur or whatsoever. So, they won’t be able to honour any fixture and they will be dealt with by the League. They will be bringing the League into disrepute and the League will fine them almost R700 000 (per game) and they will be forced to pay as quickly as possible. I can tell you now that SAFPU is on the verge of making this happen with the players going to January’s game that TTM is supposed to play. I don’t see that game taking place. Whether Jampies gets paid out or not depends on the agreement between him and the club when they terminated. If they signed a termination and they agreed, say for argument’ sake, three months settlement, and the club do not pay, then it means he can only claim for that settlement. But if he inserted a clause into his contract that says if the club fails to pay the settlement, the player is able to claim for the remaining duration of his contract. If that clause was not inserted, then he can only claim for the months that he has agreed to in the termination agreement.”