the company to own a club in the Nigerian league.
The company owns a club SuperSport United in the South African PSL and
hopes to replicate same in Nigeria.
"Maybe we'll start a SuperSport team or buy one instead. We have a
very successful league contender in SuperSport United in South Africa.
Some of the boys in the national team, the Bafana Bafana, come from
that team. They've won some silverware and had a bit of African
representation, which may not be good enough but earned them a place
as one of the top four contenders," General Manager
Marketing,MultiChoice Nigeria,Martin Mabutho, said.
He saidMultiChoicewas committed to ensuring the success of the
Nigerian league, adding that it had the potential of competing with
the best leagues in the world.
Mabutho added, "The Nigerian Premier League is in a definitely better
position than it was before we got involved and it will continue to
grow at an even faster rate with our involvement. It is a property
that we treasure; it is a property that we foresee being up there at
least at par with some of the leading leagues on the continent that
are on SuperSport.
"We have picked up a lot of rights to broadcast many leagues and we
are watching them. We have Zimbabwe, Botswana, Tanzania, Kenya Premier
Leagues, which I must say is quite impressive judging by attendance
and we have to take our own.
"After all, this is where the champions come from, this is where the
best performing team at the World Cup comes from and this is where the
reigning African champions come from so we are duty bound to make
sure.
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