The
Zimbabwe National Team, the Warriors, will begin their FIFA World Cup
Qatar 2022 qualifiying campaign in September 2019, and the Zimbabwe
Football Association has set salaries for players who will play in
the rounds, first, against North-East Africa side Somalia.
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The
players are guaranteed, each, only RTGS$200 (around USD$20.00) for
making an appearance in a match in the World Cup Qualifiers, and the
amount has been described as horrible by football pundits.
But
some have defended ZIFA's move, taking into consideration the board's
past failures to meet 'player payments' due to varying financial
challenges, with the Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019 as the recent
incident on which ZIFA failed to pay players on time, and the result
was instability in the Zimbabwe Warriors camp.
The amount for winning a match has been set at RTGS$1000.00 (around USD$100.00) and for a draw RTGS$500.00 (which around USD$50.00).
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The
players will get $85 in match allowances per day on away matches, and
$75 on home matches.
And,
accompanying the new earnings, is a contract which players have to
sign before the start of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, notably with
a section restricting players from communicating with the media
without ZIFA's approval, the contract reads as follows;
‘’Whereas
the ZIFA has called up the Player for national duty, and whereas the
Player has accepted the call, it is therefore agreed as follows:
1.2
Match means any match participated in by the National team which has
been staged, sanctioned by or played under the auspices of ZIFA.
1.3.
National Duty means the period he is with the National Team.
1.4.
National Team means the following: the Zimbabwe senior men’s
national football team, senior women’s national football team or
men’s Under 23 national football team.
‘’The
player shall not make any media statements or conduct interviews on
the terms and conditions contained herein or any matters specified by
the Association without its prior written approval
‘’Shall
behave in a professional manner that is not detrimental to the
Association, national team, the game or sport and the Zimbabwean
national in general with unsportsmanlike or other such conduct;
‘’The
Association shall:
3.1.
Deposit the agreed remuneration benefits into the Player’s bank
account as in when funds are available and when the duty has been
performed. However, the Association can opt to pay before performance
of duty provided funds are available.
3.2.
Supply all playing apparel (excluding footwear and goalkeeping
gloves);
3.3.
Arrange adequate accommodation, transportation and all relevant needs
for the Player during national duty;
3.4.
To ensure that the Player’s needs are covered during National Duty
‘’The
Association shall remunerate the Player in local currency (ZW$) as
follows: Local daily allowance $ 75; Foreign daily allowance $ 85;
Appearance $200; Winning bonus $ 1000; Draw Bonus $ 500.’’
Source:
The Herald - Original Article Written by Robson Sharuko Senior Sports
Editor
