Newly appointed sports minister Gayton McKenzie is making all sorts of promises, but if he wants to follow through, hes going to need to search for money. And hell need to find lots of it.
McKenzie has been on a roll on social media, but the problems hes claiming he can fix are issues that sports fans have been raising for years, and there are reasons they havent been resolved.
Broadcast rightsFirstly, the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture says hes going to declare war on SuperSport if the broadcaster doesnt allow the SABC to show live sports matches contested by national teams.
But the reason the SABC doesnt already have the rights to international sport is that it cant afford it.
SuperSport pays a small fortune for rights, and its ludicrous to suggest the broadcaster should just give a competitor a share of those rights. Its not SuperSports fault, or its problem, that SABC cant afford to ensure most South Africans can watch the national teams when they play.
