Footballers continue getting paid
Sports Reporter
Despite indefinite suspension of soccer matches, Premier Soccer League (PSL) players will continue getting their salaries paid.
PSL acting CEO Mato Madlala said the football clubs will continue receiving their grants, which enables them to pay salaries, though most of their players are unable to do their work during the lockdown.
“The clubs receive the grant every month from the PSL throughout the year, and will continue doing so. Even if the season runs until June it will not be a problem,” Madlala said.
Most of the clubs depend on the R2.5 million PSL monthly grants to cover wages and other expenses.
It is not clear when the PSL matches will resume, as the country tries to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The PSL may only consider resuming the games after the end of the lockdown on April 16; while the end of the Absa Premiership has been moved from 9 May 9 to 30 June.
GladAfrica Championship clubs also get financial support from the PSL, which is R500 000 per month.
Club bosses in the lower league have confirmed that their players would continue receiving their salaries during the lockdown period.
The clubs have also announced that they have created fitness programmes for their players to follow at home during the lockdown. In other parts of the world, especially in Europe, soccer clubs have asked their players to accept salary reductions for the next few months, because of the negative
