Maseko queries Bosso membership model
allowed to stand for office so that people get motivated to become life members,” said Maseko.
He said if the membership model is not restructured, it’s probably high time the club floated shares for anyone to buy.
“Here I am talking of share ownership and not ownership of the club. IBosso ayilamnikazi, float shares and commercialise the club because this tired mantra of saying ayisoze ibulawe won’t help. Izakufa siyikhangele because of such forces that don’t want to move with the times.
“So, to me really, the future of Highlanders, based on the current challenges, is uncertain unless we make radical and even painful decisions on how to sustain it. We get worried when almost every day we read about financial problems, which makes some, even within the Highlanders’ family, happy,” said the Cool Ruler, who was in the first Highlanders’ team to win the league title in 1990.
Maseko was snapped up by South African Premier Soccer League giants Mamelodi Sundowns in 1992 and won his first league title on foreign soil the following year.
There have previously been suggestions that Highlanders should adopt the Barcelona ownership model if members insist that the club remains wholly owned by paid up members.
Being a Barcelona club member is not as straightforward or as simply as filling a form and pay.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate a familial tie to an existing Barcelona member or serve a probation period as a commitment card carrier.
This is done to prevent infiltration by elements bent on destroying the club from inside.
An aspiring member has an obligation of showing a photocopy of two family members’ national identification documents that are already members and an official document or family record confirming the relationship.
Familial relationships between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, married couples and registered partners, brothers and sisters (and in-laws), parents and children-in-law, uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces and cousins are accepted.
Membership is US$211 annually.
If an aspirant has no reference, he or she applies for a commitment card, which is renewable upon payment of US$165 yearly for three years before being accepted as a member with full rights.
The Catalonia giants have a membership of over 170 000, guaranteeing them over US$35 million in revenue annually.
ZIMBABWE remain rooted at the bottom of the International Cricket Council Super League log standings after suffering a one-day international (ODI) home series whitewash against Bangladesh.
The Chevrons lost the series 3-0, denting their hopes of securing automatic qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup.
They anchor the 13-team league table with just 10 points from six ODIs.
Bangladesh took 30 points from the threematch series win over Zimbabwe and are now second on the table with 80 points from 12 matches.
The Tigers are just 15 points behind log leaders England.
The ICC Super League is a new ODI competition, which takes place over two years and aims to raise the stakes of bilateral 50-over