
Botswana Premier League (BPL) Disciplinary Committee has declared Botswana Premier League as the one at fault in the matter between Mochudi Centre Chiefs and Township Rollers. According to the judgement Terence Mandaza and Ofentse Nato are defaulters because they have been registered after the stipulated quota of 25 was exhausted. DC chairman Busang Manewe said Chiefs were also at fault because it has 28 registered players for the current football season and also it does not include any players from the junior team. In regard to the argument by Chiefs that they did not exceed the quota, Manewe said that they have also exceeded it because their three foreign nationals were registered even though denied permits by Immigration which means if they are approved they can come back to the team anytime. “We note that Chiefs have not de-registered these players and they remain registered as Chiefs players,” he said. Manewe said the Premier league through its IT and Registration Officer Olebile Pilara has placed an affidavit before them which state that all the 16 Premier league teams have registered more than 25 players. His said it is apparent that from Pilara’s affidavit all teams failed to comply with Regulation…