Netball Quota Fiasco!

[Michael Alexander]

LINK: http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Quota-robs-team-of-victory-20100812

"Potchefstroom - For the first time in this years Spar national netball tournament, Netball South Africa's (NSA) controversial quota system affected the outcome of a women's A-section match on Thursday.

Gauteng Central, who had lost all their previous matches, pulled off a narrow 41-39 win over last year's losing finalists, Boland.

Captain Nthabiseng Moabi was delighted with the victory, but said she was not surprised.

"We knew we had the fitness, the speed and the agility," she said. "We were sure that if we could control the ball from the centre, we would pull it off."

But the jubilation of the all black team turned to disappointment when their opponents were awarded six additional goals for sticking to the required 5/2 quota throughout the match, giving Boland a 45-41 victory.

It was Boland's first win at the tournament so far.

Ironically, Boland were penalised in their match against Dr Kenneth Kaunda (North West South) on Wednesday, when they fielded six white players and one black player for the second half of the match.

However, the six goal penalty did not affect the outcome of the match, as Kaunda won comfortably on court.

NSA introduced the quota system two years ago in an effort to reinforce their transformation programme.

In previous years, non-compliant teams had goals deducted from their total, but this year NSA decided to reward compliant teams by giving them extra goals.

Teams were also awarded points on registration, according to the composition of their squads, with 7/5 being the benchmark. Kaunda and Western Province were the only teams to meet the standard, and were awarded five points each.

Seven teams in the women's A-section received four points each for having a ratio of eight to four, Gauteng West received three points and Boland two.

Gauteng Central received no points. The compliance points could be a deciding factor in determining which teams play in the semi-finals."

[SandyB]

Mike .. you beat me to this  one ,,, watched it on the news this morning ,,, was gobsmacked ...  our  current ANC leaders  are definitely more obsessed with race than the old  "regime "  the population  register  with reference to race was supposedly abolished  , but has surfaced in the  monster called  affirmation , BEE ,, righting the wrongs of the past etc ,, penalties  or no contracts to businesses that dont match the scorecard  etc ,, now it seems the very  rule they play has  shot them in the foot on the sport front ,,  Huh  !!   points awarded for meeting  the quota ??/ where is ability and sportsmanship ,,?? being  slowly  strangled by  race obsessed beaurocracy ???
When is it going to stop ,, when are the " freeborn" ( those born after   1994 )   going to  regarded as equal ?? my guess  NEVER ...
Our  company had a  harrowing time getting   the score this year ,, the beurocrat  coming back time after  time ,, needing more  little blocks  checked  ... our CEO  had a shitfit  with said beurocrat ,, saying to her  look at me  I own this company ,, is it not enough ,,,  is it not enough that I  have a trust  benefiting a grouping  of  black  women  from the  success of this company ?? 
Makes  me think back to the laughable  situation when Puke Watson  was shoehorned  into   SA  rugby team ,, all because  his father  was part of the liberation ??? The ANC  said that based on his family's suffering for the  contribution  they made   ( hey  he was a kid when it happened )  him an honorary black ??? I too was gobsmacked by that ..  felt like writing to  Hon Pres  and asking wheres my honorary blackmanship ,, my Mom  was  involved in and supported the " liberation "  married   an  ex political prisoner , defied the race  laws by doing so ,, my very support  of this  and  breaking every rule  of the then Govt ,, all of us likewise risking  imprisonment  for  tacit support ...  For my  contribution  on the  workfront , recognizing  in the 80's when I took my management position  the talent that was  overshadowed  by excuse my saying so a bunch of  useless  white but punctual  foremen  who  did not even get disciplined  if  something went wrong on their  shift  ,, the workers got disciplined ... I  steadily changed that ,,,  persuaded the  useless that  they ahd no place in  my scheme of things   yada  yada ,,  not done for points  ,  I did it because I saw  a huge  injustice  and could not support it ,,,  SO  Dear Pres   for all this  where are my " points ????   

[SandyB]

On this point  I have resolved to whenever  asked my  race as so frequently appears on official  documents  will just  write ,, South African ......  stuff them !!