Re: CAN U-17
Posté : 26 avr. 2010, 09:43
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Overage players in Coca-Cola Football Stars
Age cheating rears its head
Posted: 2010-04-25 17:18
South African Schools Football Association (SASFA) President Mandla Mazibuko has bemoaned the prevalence of age-cheating in South Africa and the continent.
The Safa vice chairman believes local football authorities have been lenient with culprits that have fuelled such behaviour in the sport.
His comments coincided with the weekend finals of the Nike Under-15 Premier Cup and the Coca-Cola Football Stars in Johannesburg, where there were complaints that some players looked overage.
“This is a serious cancer in football here and African junior football competitions. For example, one of our junior national teams went to Nigeria where they lost by five goals. Our players pointed out that they had previously seen some of the players that Nigeria fielded playing at Under-20 or Under-23 level,” says Mazibuko.
“It is a huge problem. I believe people are allowed to get away with murder as most of the time, the culprits get away lightly. This cancer starts from the schools. Fraud is a criminal offence and the culprits should be handled as such,” says the executive, telling kickoff.com Safa is doing all it can to curb such activities.
He said a SASFA official in Mehlokazulu has just finished serving a four year ban after it was discovered he was involved in an age-cheating scam.
Ahead of the Coca-Cola Football Stars finals, which feature players aged 18 and below, SASFA offered an amnesty to coaches and players that wished to confess to age cheating but no one came forward.
“We encouraged team officials and players to come forward to confess on the eve of the tournament. Had we discovered once the tournament had resumed that some players were overage, it was going to signal the end of the team’s participation at the tournament.”
Mthulisi Sibanda
Overage players in Coca-Cola Football Stars
Age cheating rears its head
Posted: 2010-04-25 17:18
South African Schools Football Association (SASFA) President Mandla Mazibuko has bemoaned the prevalence of age-cheating in South Africa and the continent.
The Safa vice chairman believes local football authorities have been lenient with culprits that have fuelled such behaviour in the sport.
His comments coincided with the weekend finals of the Nike Under-15 Premier Cup and the Coca-Cola Football Stars in Johannesburg, where there were complaints that some players looked overage.
“This is a serious cancer in football here and African junior football competitions. For example, one of our junior national teams went to Nigeria where they lost by five goals. Our players pointed out that they had previously seen some of the players that Nigeria fielded playing at Under-20 or Under-23 level,” says Mazibuko.
“It is a huge problem. I believe people are allowed to get away with murder as most of the time, the culprits get away lightly. This cancer starts from the schools. Fraud is a criminal offence and the culprits should be handled as such,” says the executive, telling kickoff.com Safa is doing all it can to curb such activities.
He said a SASFA official in Mehlokazulu has just finished serving a four year ban after it was discovered he was involved in an age-cheating scam.
Ahead of the Coca-Cola Football Stars finals, which feature players aged 18 and below, SASFA offered an amnesty to coaches and players that wished to confess to age cheating but no one came forward.
“We encouraged team officials and players to come forward to confess on the eve of the tournament. Had we discovered once the tournament had resumed that some players were overage, it was going to signal the end of the team’s participation at the tournament.”
Mthulisi Sibanda
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