“The world football government body‚ FIFA has accepted that it is the government responsibility to approve the return to play date and we will update FIFA on the progress achieved.” marc_strydom
Safa’s statement‚ released on Tuesday‚ said this point was affirmed in Monday’s joint liaison committee meeting between Safa and the PSL‚ the trading name of the National Soccer League .
The PSL‚ according to sources and documents leaked to the media‚ had wanted a July 18 return to play‚ and had selected 11 playing and 14 training venues in Pretoria and Johannesburg. A letter to this effect was apparently sent by to Safa by acting PSL CEO Mato Madlala late last week. Safa’s statement on Tuesday read: “The South African Football Association worked on processes outlined in ‘the return to play’ protocol which was submitted and agreed by the government.“On 11 June 2020‚ the Minister of Sport sent a letter to SAFA that they should appoint the Compliance Officer to oversee the entire process of return to training and return to play protocols.
The choice of Gauteng Province as the host of training and match venues‚ as well as hotels‚ was agreed to by the government and NSL and SAFA had no input to this process.
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