Some players from the country\u2019s Premier Soccer League clubs have resorted to getting food and financial assistance from fans in the wake of an economic crisis which continues to erode their salaries, Soccer24 has established.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s economy has taken a turn in the wrong direction over the past two years, with skyrocketing prices of basic commodities and a weakening currency being the main characteristics.<\/p>\n
Football clubs have consequently encountered difficulties in paying players decent salaries, or at least raising them, a situation which has been worsened by the Covid-19 crisis, which has seen sponsors pulling out.<\/p>\n
A CAPS United player who asked not to be named, opened up on the challenges they are facing and what life has become.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife has been difficult my brother. We have been getting the same salaries we were getting in January, so you can imagine how tough it has been for us considering how things have changed since the start of the year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Giant telecommunications company Netone has been bankrolling the salary bill at Makepekepe but are reported to have pulled out, leaving club president Farai Jere with no choice but to foot it from his own pocket.<\/p>\n
\u201cNetOne is no longer paying CAPS players\u2019 salaries. The money we have been getting of late is coming from the president (Jere), so us knowing its money from his own pocket since there is no sponsor makes it difficult to ask for a raise,\u201d explained the player.<\/p>\n
Considering how much the surrogate RTGS currency has lost value since January when the players penned their contracts, it\u2019s clear the salaries have been eroded and the alternative is now to get help from fans.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has really been tough. We are now getting assistance from fans most of the time, the money we get for our salaries is just not enough for us to survive,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some players from the country\u2019s Premier Soccer League clubs have resorted to getting food and financial assistance from fans in the wake of an economic crisis which continues to erode their salaries, Soccer24 has established. The country\u2019s economy has taken a turn in the wrong direction over the past two years, with skyrocketing prices of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":26271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[1120,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-26270","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-caps-united-fc","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\n