Uganda Super League has been urged to share the same vision by Super Sport, the broadcasting rights television for the league.
Stanley Matthews, Super Sport director for African Football Leagues made the remarks will meeting the press at Serena Hotel where he is conducting a consultative workshop with FUFA, the USL and other stake holders aimed at charting a common way forward for the future
development of Ugandan soccer.
“We want to share our vision with them and we can it to be parallel to enable it to become a success,” Matthews told the press. “Our business is sports and we have a passion on football and we have invested alot in African football. We want to promote the brand of football in Uganda and make it as success.”
Super Sport signed a five year deal worth $5 million in April, which gives SuperSport the exclusive broadcast rights to the soccer league, including cup competitions, and has the potential for renewal after its expiry.
“It’s not just about broadcasting the game of football,but includes several things like running the league in terms of the administration,training of administrators, give the clubs better mileage and coverage and also making the league top class,” Matthews stated. “It is still early days in the league, but we have seen some impressive football in the league and we want the standard to grow like the PSL in South Africa and KPL in Kenya.”
The meeting is being attended by PSL clubs, the USL president Kavuma Kabenge, the USL CEO Jimmy Segawa Ebil