Gloves off between Safa and PSL as league snubs mother body
The league did not give reasons for boycotting the three-day event which will culminate with an Ordinary Congress on Sunday.The Premier Soccer League has snubbed the upcoming Safa’s indaba, which starts on Friday, and wants a meeting with the sports minister, Zizi Kodwa, and Confederation of African Football president Patrice Motsepe.
In a press release issued on Thursday afternoon, the league, which is a special member of the association, said its executive committee meeting 'unanimously resolved that the PSL would not attend the workshop/indaba or the Ordinary Safa Congress'. “The executive committee delegation will seek an urgent audience with the minister of sports, arts and culture, the president of CAF and the stakeholders that support professional football; and then call an extraordinary meeting of the PSL board of governors to report on the matter,” read the statement.The league did not give reasons for boycotting the three-day event, which will culminate with an Ordinary Congress on Sunday.
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