Editorial: Icasa, don’t kill our sport

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EDITORIAL: Icasa’s proposed changes, which are meant to make sport more accessible to the public, seem to be coming from the right place, but practically, they can have devastating consequences

 

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Icasa, PSL must talkTHE EDITORIAL | The looming battle between the PSL and Icasa over mooted changes to broadcast legislation should be seen as necessary as we ponder who really gets to access domestic football on TV. There shouldnt be no battle icasa researched their findings...what the psl must do is to simple put the Poor first in their reasoning..E.g make psl more affordable and accessible Dont tell us about gate takings
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Broadcast amendments would ‘end professional football’‚ says Khoza“To take the limited exclusivity from the broadcast rights owner will devalue the broadcast rights to the effect that the PSL will not be able to afford to stage the events where it creates the content that the broadcaster currently buys.” Eban Cyril is nationalising soccer! fanamokoena uyavuma?
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