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Patrice Motsepe's Foundation Will Sponsor The SAFA Second Division

Patrice Motsepe's Foundation Will Sponsor The SAFA Second Division

Patrice Motsepe

Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe has been announced as the new sponsor of South African Football Association's (Safa) second division, now known as the ABC Motsepe League.

The new sponsorship deal was announced at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Monday night, with all of football's top dignitaries attending the event.

The SAFA second division, which is the third tier of South African football, has been without a sponsor since parting ways with cellphone giants Vodacom.

Safa has been running the league without a sponsor for the past two seasons.

There are nine regional leagues in the third tier, the winners of each league go into play-offs at the end of the season, and the top two teams at the playoffs win promotion to the NFD.

To aid development, there have been rules set that at all times there should be should be six players under 21 years old on the field during any game, and four on the bench.

Motsepe will sponsor the league through the Motsepe Foundation and it will be known as the ABC Motsepe League, named after his late father. 

Patrice Motsepe announced on the night how some of the money would be spent.

The overall winners of the competition each season will receive prize money of R1 million (R800 00 will go to the club, with the other R200 000 to aid youth development), and the runners-up will get R500 000.

The Player of the Year award will be known as the Kaizer Motaung Player Of The Year Award, and the winner will get R150,000.

The Player's Player of the year will get R100,000.

A third prize will be the Dr Irvin Role-Model Chairman of the Year Award, and the winner will get R100,000.

The deal will last five years with a total value of R40 million.

Motsepe also sponsors the under 19 Kay Motsepe schools competition.

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