This includes the implementation of the new CAF Club Licensing Regulations. Maclean Letshwiti, the BFA president, stated that the CLOP workshop is the perfect stage for local clubs to resolve the issues they have every season as his desire is to see the league in Botswana go commercial.
“As the BFA, we are now moving at full speed towards professionalising Botswana football and making it commercially sustainable. These two objectives are very dear to my heart,” Letshwiti said. Though football in Botswana is hampered by squabbles from the shareholders, the BFA president holds utmost believe that he can turn the fort around.
“These objectives are non-negotiable and I keep saying there is no going back, professionalise and commercialise now. We are going to do justice to the game,” he said. Letshwiti also highlighted that the CLOP system is a great tool for clubs to register their players as it takes off a lot of weight from the club’s shoulders as now they can do it at their convenience online.
“The CLOP system works towards ensuring that the clubs have appropriate infrastructure, knowledge and respect towards football management. This system offers a great way to clubs to deal with the challenges they have been having conveniently,” BFA president said. On other issues, Letshwiti pointed out his campaign objectives to stand up for BFA presidency.
“I campaign to become BFA president on these two objectives, that is, to professionalise football and commercialise it and throughout my tenure I have led the BFA with these two principles as my guiding principle,” Letshwiti said. Letshwiti emphasised that he is the right man for presidency as he stated that during his tenure, he has driven teams towards having their own bank accounts and their own constitution.
“When I arrived as the BFA president, many football clubs did not have accounts like Mochudi Centre Chiefs; many did not keep records and did not have constitutions. We have since changed that and we have achieved much more,” he confidently said. Additionally, he reminded the clubs to use the CLOP system at their disposal to change the narrative about Botswana football and quash challenges like club licensing.
