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OPINION | SA football is doomed, and the dinosaurs trampling it don’t seem to care

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There are some dinosaurs running SA football who seem intent on keeping the sport on its backwards track that someday might, like West Indies cricket, go past the point of no return in failure, if it hasn’t already, writes Marc Strydom.

SA football is like climate change.

It’s not that there’s not good being done in the world to try to prevent the impending disaster, it’s just that so long as what’s bad continues to outweigh the good, the planet will keep getting hotter, net zero won’t be reached, the polar ice caps will melt and permafrost thaw, and then we’re all screwed...A subscription gives you full digital access to all Sunday Times content.Registered on the BusinessLIVE, Business Day or Financial Mail websites? Sign in with the same details.

 

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Well said. It’s as if a country with a population of more than 50 million doesn’t have people with the requisite skills to run soccer.

South African football will soon be extinct.

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