Per IPPMEDIA. Contract tenure between Simba Sports Club and player Ramadhan Singano
has been stealing the show in domestic media for over two months now.
While Singano claims he has signed a two year contract, Simba oppose it to insist the tenure is three years.
However, when the Tanzania Football cup federation made an
intervention, it came to be established that the young and skillful
player has signed for two and not three years contract.
Simba still fights that Singano signed for three years and threaten
to take further step and seek fairness from higher football authorities
above TFF.
Simba are unsatisfied with TFF’s legal, ethics and player’s status
committee verdict that proclaimed Singano to be a free agent.
The TFF’s legal organ ruled that Simba had breached the player’s
contract by not paying his monthly house allowance among other due as
agreed and written on the contract.
The decision means unless Simba agrees on a new contract with
Singano, the club is going to lose the skillful forward to other title
contenders, reportedly Azam.
The verdict has angered Simba. The club spokesman, Haji Manara
lashed out at the TFF’s legal, ethics and player’s status committee. The
outspoken Manara, used word to the effect of questioning the TFF’s
committee incompetency.
To leave no doubt as to Simba dissatisfaction with the verdict,
Simba top honcho, Hans Zachariah Hans Poppe claimed the club has not
ruled out the possibility of challenging the decision in higher
authorities.
According to Poppe who is the club player’s registration committee
chairman, Simba are ready to seek justice this time having been denied
the same in Kelvin Yondani’s case a few years ago by the same TFF’s
committee.
Singano accused Simba of falsifying his contract to show he still
has one more year running. Singano claims he signed a two-year deal that
ends this month. Behind the scene, the issue of falsifying a contract
has been nicely skipped and it came as no surprise the verdict did not
touch on that most troubling aspect of the whole saga.
Though Simba have gone all the way to protest their innocence and
deny tampering with Singano’s contract. It does not look good for Simba
as the case evidence is highly in favour of Singano narrative.
Simba have all the rights to seek justice but they should not
forget one should approach the law with clean hands. So far, Simba’s
hands don’t look clean and if they are to pursue the case in higher
authorities such as CAF, FIFA or CAS the likelihood of winning is as
good as that one of an elephant passing through a tiny hole of a needle.
Before deciding on their next move, Simba should consider taking a
specialist legal advice, otherwise they are likely to face up to a
nightmare scenario if they go ahead to file an appeal.
It is a public secret, the case was decided with respect to Simba’s
status. In a country polarised into a set of two fans, Yanga and Simba,
any decision involving any of the club has to factor in the cost of
upsetting the two clubs’ fans.
In what can be interpreted as saving Simba, TFF ‘embarrassed’
itself when it advised Simba to sit down and agree new terms with
Singano. Simba rejected the decision and so, a legal cause was put into
the table and as expected by many they lost.
If Simba appeal in higher authorities, especially outside our
borders, they are likely to open up a Pandora box. Outside our borders,
no one cares about Simba’s status as one of the untouchables and hence
the issue whether Singano’s contract was forged or not will be the
determinant factor.
On that note, Simba are better of letting the matter go. They
should accept and move on. Singano is a free bird, challenging the
verdict is courting for trouble.
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