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Aspiring ZIFA President, Marshall Gore, Identifies Government As Key Stakeholder In Football

2 months agoThu, 23 Jan 2025 08:13:26 GMT
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Aspiring ZIFA President, Marshall Gore, Identifies Government As Key Stakeholder In Football

Marshall Gore, an aspiring ZIFA presidential candidate, has identified the Government as a key player in developing football in Zimbabwe.

With over two decades of experience as a football agent, Gore said that there is a need for people who are passionate about football to be in leadership positions for the sport to grow in the country. Said Gore (via The Herald):

My main reason for wanting to go for the president in the ZIFA elections is the pain we suffered as a country when we were suspended from international football.

I strongly believe that those problems could have been eliminated if we had people who had the game at heart.

So, I actually think that was a turning point for me, which led me to want to do this.

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Gore said that, once elected, he plans to make football an all-inclusive sport that will receive support from the Government. He said:

We want to be in a position to say if the Government gives us a million dollars to put into grassroots football, we must demonstrate the dividend that will come out from that one million. What are the dividends?

We are looking at the targets. The targets will be making the sport inclusive, making sure that people in rural areas play football, and football is an agent for crime prevention…

Government should see the value of football. Gone are the days when the Government only came in to rescue the Warriors.

Why this happened is because the Government had a feeling that it’s not profitable to invest in football.

But we must submit a bankable business plan to them and have a contract with them. And then we move on to the private sector.

We want the private sector to come back into football. But we must clearly outline the deliverables if money comes to us.

So, we need to repackage the game and clearly position the private sector and show them the benefits that they will derive from sponsoring the game and clearly put the outcomes.

In the same vein, we must also engage the government to extend tax rebates to the companies that are loyal in supporting football development.

That is another way we can say to the Government, “Release tax rebates for companies that are investing in football.”

And then this can help us to also get revenue coming in so that we can effectively take off in growing the game.

Gore has been travelling across the country, meeting with ZIFA councillors, and promising to empower them through various training programmes.

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12 Comments

Optimus · 2 months ago
Government should not be a stakeholder in sports. Zita should be independent from government that is the only way. Anything touched by the government will die.
apes · 2 months ago
since 1980 sports arts and culture has been bad mugabe didn't love sports at all zifa was just a mess the demon of underdeveloped has been halting every sector in Zimbabwe
Reece · 2 months ago
so VaMagaya vatova ku terrace🤣🤣🤣 chikoro chakakosha wena
Dimitri vladmir · 2 months ago
An early congratulations Mr Gore...
Anonymous · 2 months ago
Government that is failing to build one stadium. You don't have your own ideas except Government when have you seen Kirsten at soccer stadium. About suspensions those guys were cleared of any wrong doing. If zsc doesn't want you they will suspend you and fifa suspends zifa. Politics baba
Mp · 2 months ago
day dreamer Somnambulist somliquist this dead government needs Comrade. Trump
Editor · 2 months ago
from his strategy that his dreaming about, I personal I don't see that strategic plan lifting off. He should revist his drawing board and re strategies cause with that strategy that dream he has won't come through. Engaging with stakeholders who will see it through will do not government, it has a lot of food on the table
Jessica · 2 months ago
He.l'l'o magaya how far now
🏃‍♀️ · 2 months ago
Kusaziva zvavanoita vakauraya bhora avo
blaze · 2 months ago
also zero tolerance to corruption my guy

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