As football continues to become costly, with the Federation of Uganda Football Associations continuously imposing decisions that harden life for people in lower divisions.
The Buganda Regional League continues to hit rock bottom, with walkovers accumulating. Now, two teams are on the market, not for business reasons, but to run away from football’s unbeatable costs.
Sources have revealed that Manyangwa FC and Super Eagles Lugongwe once power houses in the scrapt set up are reportedly having their owners seek a way out of football.
It all arose when the Federation directed regional associations to form a single grouped league from the two grouped set-ups that had been in use for years, and in all of this, no grants were issued to support the supposed development.
The decision strained people who were investing in football as they faced lengthened distances, mainly in Buganda, which was used to dealing with fair trips playing in the Katonga and Ssezibwa groups, which partially divided the region into two parts.
The same decision saw teams that spent a full season chasing qualification for the Uganda football third division set-up end in vain, as the into-province division came in to substitute the fourth division, which was normally played as district football leagues.
Additionally, the same decision forced some teams from the third division to be dropped into the lower division as the league was being trimmed to 16 teams from the 26 teams that were participating, especially in Buganda, playing in Katonga and Ssezibwa.
Despite a reduction in the number of games, distances remain much more costly compared to the costs the teams used to handle, as it continues to prove itself.
