Safa Cape Town president Bennett Bailey has reiterated that he is not in the business of making everyone happy, but he is here for the interest of football.
Bailey hit back at his critics with regard to the manner in which the “Goalgate” scandal is currently being dealt with.
The investigation is spearheaded by Safa CT’s deputy president Andrew Bothman and Sean Lea, whose job it was to get to the bottom of the story and to make a recommendation on the way forward.
No bones with Jones confirmed on Wednesday already that the matter has now been referred to the Disciplinary Committee, following the Regional Executive Committee’s (REC) meeting at Rygersdal Football Club’s premises in Rondebosch.
Bailey admitted that he initially anticipated a “bun fight” but was gladdened by the “mature” response of the members and that democracy reigned supreme.
“The report was unanimously adopted by a show of hands and through the show of hands it is an open democracy. It’s democracy at play and it’s visible – all of that happened,” Bailey explained to our website.
“So, if there’s an opinion that there was someone or whoever that was not happy, we don’t know why this person was not happy. This person voted firstly to adopt the report and secondly on the way forward. So, if there was unhappiness – I am not in the business of making people happy, they can go buy a happy meal if they want to be happy.
“I’m in the business to make sure that the sport runs and let democratic practices take place – and that is what happened. And we have decided on the report, the body of the report is a summary of the statements (individual) made.
“I also want to place on record that Two for Joy did not pitch. They were summoned twice but they decided not to pitch. Now because the (investigating) committee or the commission was one that could not exercise punitive measures, they could not suspend the club. They have also noted that and it must be looked at.
“The statements made by the individuals are quite serious and this whole report will be sent to FIFA’s anti-corruption unit so that it becomes part of their record and if they want to follow through they can do that. We are transparent when it comes to them,” Bailey concluded.
