On the heels of its demand for more money for its players, Alpha United Football Club was today dropped from the popular Kashif and Shanghai tournament and replaced by Ann’s Grove United.
This was confirmed today by K&S Co-Director Aubrey Shanghai.
Yesterday, President of Alpha United Football Club, Odinga Lumumba said that his club would not be participating unless there were better rewards for the teams and players.
He reiterated that Alpha’s position “remains clear” and his team will not be participating under the lean incentives set out by the K&S organisers. The top prize for this year’s tournament stands at $2 million and the preparation fee is $50,000.
Lumumba, who is also Advisor to the President, said yesterday that unless the structure of the tournament of the end-of-year tournament undergoes a change, the former champions will not be participating. These issues were discussed yesterday at a private meeting at the Water Chris Hotel.
“Two things we want to deal with; we want to deal with the preparation money, which we think should go up to $200,000 and the prize money should go up to $3 million. We are going to write the sponsors and ask for some intervention, including the government, and the three major sponsors.”
K&S was clearly not moved by Lumumba’s entreaties.
