Safa’s Women’s League kicks off without prize money and TV

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They are also still negotiating with broadcasters to secure a deal that will see some of the matches on television.

SA Football Association president Danny Jordaan and his vice Ria Ledwaba launched the league on Thursday but it emerged that they can’t commit themselves to any numbers because there is no sponsorship.

“We don’t want to put those numbers and come and change them at a later stage. We have some time to be able to give the media the breakdown in terms of the numbers for the prize money as well as the grant.” “Yes‚ when you have a sponsor you will be able to calculate the numbers and be able to look at giving them a particular grant so that they can be able to travel and be accommodated.The league will start without a sponsor but Ledwaba said there is keen interest from a number of companies who want to invest in women’s football.

 

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