Kaizer Chiefs have admitted that they face significant challenges in getting a women’s team off the ground as a professional unit
Marketing Director Jessica Motaung has suggested that current league rules surrounding women’s football sets up challenges in funding teams.
Why Kaizer Chiefs don’t have a women’s team
The club feel that they should be allowed to find sponsors outside of the official league patrons.
Motaung said things need to change.
“It’s very challenging to have any club, whether it’s a men’s club or women’s club – or just a youth club. You need the funding, you need the facilities, you need all sorts of things,” said Motaung.
“I mean, if you look at the Hollywoodbets [Super League], which I’m very proud of – I think it’s very good that we have a league like that.
“There just needs to be a structural change in that we need to be able to allow clubs – and I know Sundowns have also asked and really pushed – to have their own sponsors, we need boards to be able to let our sponsors advertise.
“These are challenges – it’s not just, you have a team and that’s it. You need the money to fund it and, to do that, sponsors need the exposure.
“So we are in discussions with SAFA to say, if we have a women’s team, how can we all work together to restructure this so that it’s a win-win for the teams, the sponsors that come in, and for the main sponsor that SAFA has as well.
“So, it’s a collaborative process, and I think we need to look at ourselves as an industry and say, ‘How do we modify this and make sure that it’s a win-win for everybody.’”
Orlando Pirates also do not have their own women’s team.
Couldn’t they just buy a team?
There has been some suggestion that Chiefs have the financial clout to buy out an exisiting team which could be moved in at Naturena.
Motaung revealed that such talks had taken place but no deals could be agreed: “We’ve also been talking with different teams to look at the opportunity of buying into a team, and that has its challenges as well,” Motaung revealed.
“People are buying statuses and things like that, but we want to do things properly. That’s something we’re looking at all the options to make sure we can make it happen.”
When will Kaizer Chiefs get a women’s team?
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