Nadat Suid-Afrika onlangs in een naweek \u2019n rugbytoets teen Ierland, \u2019n kriekettoets teen Nederland en die sewesrugby teen Fidji verloor het, laat weet \u2019n vriend van my hy hoop regtig nie daar is nog iets wat ons daardie naweek kan verloor nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vir ons as Suid-Afrikaners wat baie lief is vir sport, was dit \u2019n bitter pil om te sluk. Ons is kompeterend en ons hou van wen. Ek besef dat hoe korter die formaat van die sport is, soos T20-krieket en sewesrugby, \u2019n goeie skeut geluk dikwels \u2019n deurslaggewende rol in die uitslag kan speel. Ek het egter nie gedink ons sou die krieket teen Nederland verloor nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die week daarna verloor die Springbokke teen Frankryk ook, en om die sout nog dieper in die wonde te vryf, het die Suid-Afrika A-rugbyspan (ons naasbestes) daarna teen Munster en nog \u2019n week later ook teen die Bristol Bears, provinsiale rugbyspanne van onderskeidelik Ierland en Engeland, verloor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die beroepsera waarin ons ons bevind, is genoegsame ondersteuning van spanne van kardinale belang. Maar mense ondersteun nie graag \u2019n verloorspan nie. Verloor \u2019n span te veel kere, verloor toeskouers en borge gou belangstelling en daarsonder is daar nie geld om die spelers mee te vergoed nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek glo dit sou vir Krieket Suid-Afrika (KSA) \u2019n goeie finansi\u00eble inspuiting gewees het as ons span na die eindronde kon deurdring, maar ons span kon nie die wa deur die drif trek nie. Toeskouers hou daarvan om te sien hoe die spelers van jou eie span di\u00e9 van ander spanne uitoorl\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tog reken die Springbok-hulpafrigter, Mzwandile Stick, dat Suid-Afrika A se nederlae waardevolle lesse vir die jong spelers in die rugbyspan was. Hoeveel sulke \u201cwonderlike\u201d lesse moet ons nog leer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fanie Heyns skryf in Rapport <\/span>\u2019n w\u00eareldbeker-triomf kan \u2019n Springbokspan 20% tot 30% meer in die sak bring vir geborgde sosialemedia-plasings. Wat borge se vertroue vernietig en hulle die hasepad laat kies, is korporatiewe bestuursmislukkings, soos die krisisse van die veld af by Krieket Suid-Afrika die laaste paar jaar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2019n Direkteur van \u2019n advertensie-agentskap reken \u2019n w\u00eareldbeker-wenspan sal baie meer mediadekking ontvang, wat baie waardevol vir borge is. \u2019n Borg se doelwit is om o\u00eb op die handelsmerk of inhoud te kry. Met \u2019n wenspan is daar baie meer dekking en gevolglik word die waarde van die handelsnaam verhoog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daar is baie sosiale mag in \u2019n sportspan wat konsekwent wen en dit verhoog die kommersi\u00eble waarde. \u2019n Gunstelingspan wat wen, trek toeskouers, so stadions is vol en mense sal meer handelsware koop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dit lyk egter deesdae of die ambisies en politiekery van die bestuur en beamptes veel belangriker geag word as om \u2019n wenspan in die veld te stoot. As die hoofpunte op die agendas van bestuursvergaderings die stryd oor die topposisies weerspie\u00ebl en bestuurslede mekaar met hofsake dreig, raak die kanse vir wen op die veld al hoe minder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In \u2019n boek oor Oubaas Markotter vertel dr. Danie Craven van sy wedervarings met di\u00e9 bekende in hul tyd saam op Stellenbosch. Markotter was die mentor en leermeester, Craven die speler en student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Craven vertel hoe \u201cMister Mark\u201d hom met \u2019n intervarsity<\/span> teen die Ikeys trompop geloop het in die kleedkamer op Nuweland. \u201cDanny, what are you gonna do?\u201d het hy sy kaptein gevra om te hoor wat die taktiek gaan wees om die Ikeys te kan b\u00eare. \u201cOns gaan ons bes doen, Mister Mark.\u201d \u201cNot good enough, Danny! Do you think they are not going to do their best? Think of something!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Miskien is dit tyd dat ons begin \u201cthink of something\u201d wat ons sport betref sodat politieke agendas en aspirasies nie die toon aangee nie. Behalwe vir Springbokrugby wat darem al drie keer die W\u00eareldbeker verower het en enkele swemmers en atlete, lyk Suid-Afrika se mededingendheid op die internasionale sporttoneel nie goed nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nie net krieket nie, maar hokkie, sokker, netbal, tennis, en meer, het almal nodig om aandag te gee aan that something<\/span> wat hulle daarvan weerhou om bo uit te kom. Miskien is dit die struwelinge in die raadsaal, miskien is dit politieke agendas, miskien is dit \u2019n gebrek aan big match temperament<\/span>, miskien is ons spelers net nie fiks genoeg of op standaard nie of miskien \u2019n kombinasie van al bogenoemde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hoe dit ook al sy, dit is nie lekker om sport te kyk as dit gaan soos nou nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ek hoop regtig hierdie donker wolk kry \u2019n silwer randjie voor volgende jaar se W\u00eareldbeker-rugbytoernooi..<\/span> David Malherbe is \u2019n vryskutskrywer van Langebaan; kontak hom gerus by davidmalherbe1@gmail.com<\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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