Super League of Malawi (Sulom) has opted to cut gate revenue allocation for Malawi National Council of Sports (MNCS) and Football Association of Malawi (Fam) to effect the 30 percent share for both home and visiting teams.
Previously, teams used to get 25 percent each from gate revenue.
However, there was confusion over the weekend as both council and Fam were allocated part of gate revenue at some stadiums.
A source indicated that following resolutions that were made at the Annual General Meeting, Sulom will not be remitting five percent of the gate share t o council while Fam’s allocation has been reduced from 10 percent to five.
“This is what led to the confusion. At some grounds, Fam was not allocated any percentage while at some venues it was allocated five percent. Similarly, at some venues council was allocated five percent of gate revenue but at some grounds it did not get anything.
“Match officials were not sure of the change but Sulom will iron out the issue in due course,” the source said.
Sulom President Gilbert Mittawa and General Secretary Williams Banda were not available for a comment.
However, the association’s chief executive officer Faith Mzungu-Vilakati referred us to Sulom Vice General Secretary Donnex Chilonga, who was elusive.
“Fam agreed that teams will be getting 30 percent of net revenue gate revenue and they (Fam and MNCS) are handling policy issues regarding that,” Chilonga.
MNCS Public Relations and Communications Officer Edgar Ntulumbwa insisted that they are still entitled to five percent of gate revenue despite ongoing talks between stakeholders regarding gate collections’ share.
“As far as we are concerned, we are entitled to gate revenue allocation and in most venues they allocated us our cut,” Ntulumbwa said.
Fam General Secretary Alfred Gunda said the issue is a promise that was made by the association.
“At the moment, we are looking at the modalities for the same and we will have a position presented for AGM approval. It is a commitment of our president [Fleetwood Haiya] and it has been factored in the budget but the appropriate approval processes will need to be done for implementation,” Gunda said.
