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@ridovhonauakona Kaizer Chiefs have played 8 matches with 14 points and must still play 22 more games.

If Kaizer Chiefs is aiming for 75 points, they require 20 wins from the 22 remaining games, plus one draw to reach 75 points. Over to you Cruz and the team!

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Coach Nabi must never, ever come back to Kaizer Chiefs. We don’t want him. He nearly killed us with happiness!

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@Roaddave2 K1’s submission relies more on what others say or do than on his own opinion. Khaizer follows the same pattern, acting as conversation gatekeepers. Perhaps this occurs unconsciously as a blind spot.

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@Thuso4u Patrice Motsepe moves R2 billion from his highly profitable businesses into Mamelodi Sundowns, effectively funding Sundowns with pre-tax corporate marketing budgets while keeping the capital within his broader business ecosystem. Zero spend by Motsepe

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@Thuso4u The sponsorship fees paid by Motsepe’s other companies to the Mamelodi Sundowns are generally fully tax-deductible business expenses by SARS for those companies. Motsepe wins again

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@Thuso4u Business to business marketing and sponsorship deductions. Instead of Motsepe paying millions to external advertising agencies, Motsepe’s companies (like African Rainbow Minerals, TymeBank, and Rain) can sponsor or market through Mamelodi Sundowns

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@Thuso4u Sundowns is structured under a broader corporate umbrella of Motsepe's Ubuntu-Botho Investments; operating losses from Sundowns are offset against the profits of other highly lucrative businesses within the group, effectively lowering the overall SARS tax bill. Motsepe wins

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@Thuso4u If Mamelodi Sundowns operates at a financial loss (due to high player wages, transfers in, write-offs, impairments, interest expenses ), these losses can sometimes be used strategically by Motsepe in his other businesses.

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@Thuso4u Patrice Motsepe’s benefits of pouring billions into Sundowns include massive prize money from the league, continental tournaments, highly lucrative corporate sponsorships, and the ability to offset club losses against other profitable business ventures for tax purposes

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@Thuso4u While owning a football club is rarely a straightforward path to quick financial profits, there are significant strategic financial and tax benefits for a billionaire, Patrice Motsepe

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@Thuso4u Total projected revenue R10m
Minus: Non sport expenses. R3m
Debt Repayments. R1
Equals. Squad cost limit R6m

If the club stays or below their R6m limit. They operate under the standard 1:1 rule

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@Thuso4u Total projected revenue R10m

Minus:
Non sport expenses. R3m

Debt Repayments. R1

Equals. Squad cost limit R6m

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@Thuso4u La Liga calculates an individual spending limit for each club based on its own financial health.

This limit is determined by subtracting a club's projected non-sporting expenses and debt repayments from its expected revenues

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@Thuso4u La Liga uses a financial fair play system called the Squad Cost Limit (SCL) to prevent clubs from spending more money than they earn. Unlike North American sports leagues, there is no single cap for all teams. Real Madrid and Barcelona

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@Nhlangothi__ Revitalize the School of Excellence academy and other youth systems in order to earn player transfer-linked and sponsor income over time.

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@Nhlangothi__ SAFA should brand national cups, schools and youth leagues, and Banyana tournaments with title sponsors. Bafana Bafana should be sold as a premium product. Every school should have SAFA branding and activities

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@Nhlangothi__ SAFA should run paid fan clubs with ticket priority, merchandise perks, and data. Dynamic pricing and hospitality packages at Bafana matches add more.

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@Nhlangothi__ SAFA should better package their broadcast, streaming, and a federation-owned platform (YouTube, app, FAST channel, Twitter Spaces, TikTok etc) with sponsored content. SAFA should grow their digital audiences sharply.

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@Nhlangothi__ SAFA should own properties like hotel, conferencing, hospitality, public hire and earn from them. SAFA House and the national training facilities could be monetised the same way.

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@Nhlangothi__ SAFA should sell international friendlies to promoters abroad, often in the US or Asia. Bafana could target diaspora and fan-heavy markets