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Langton Nyakwenda
THE Premier Soccer League is on its traditional mid-season break but continuous learning has not stopped for the club administrators, who are expected back in class today.
A two-day workshop for the elite clubs’ administrators gets underway in Harare today, with high-profile presenters expected to impart knowledge on the latest football administration trends.
Some of the topics to be covered include sports medicine, safety and security, match organisation and the ever-changing laws of the game.
Top football doctor Nick Munyonga, who sits on the Premier Soccer League’s Sports Medicine Committee, will be among the key presenters.
Munyonga also heads the Southern African regional anti-doping agency, which should help the PSL club chiefs to understand in depth, how they can help their players to maintain clean sport.
Lively debate is likely to characterise the discussion on the laws of of the game to be a led by a representative from Norman Matemera’s ZIFA Referees Committee.
This also comes amid some friction between match offcials and a number of club officials who have felt hard done by some questionable officiating so far this season.
The referees, on their part, have largely argued that club administrators and coaches have blamed referees from a point of ignorance and that they have not taken time to keep abreast with the amendendments that have been made to the laws of the game.
“We are having a workshop with football administrators tomorrow (today) and Friday as part of our efforts to raise the standard of football management and improve on club operations,’’ PSL communications and media laison officer Kudzai Bare told Zimpapers Sport yesterday.
The 2024 Premiership seasonhas not been spared of some ugly and violent scenes in the opening half, especially in matches involving debutantes Chegutu Pirates.
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