SA Women Footballers to wear tighter T-shirts for Sponsors
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SA Women Footballers to wear tighter T-shirts for Sponsors
Women urged to soften image
Etiquette workshops for players like Portia Modise are in the pipeline
The South African women's team will be coached in etiquette and given tighter T-shirts in a drive to soften their image and attract sponsorship.
A top official said on Wednesday that female players who dressed and acted like men were giving women's football a bad name and needed to nurture their feminine side.
"They need to learn how to be ladies," said Ria Ledwaba, head of the women's committee at the South African Football Association (Safa).
"At the moment you sometimes can't tell if they're men or women."
The national team would be given a more shapely kit to emphasise their femininity on the pitch and would swap dowdy track suits for skirts and jackets when travelling.
They will be given outfits made for women, with female shirts that are shaped for breasts
Ria Ledwaba
Head of Safa's women's committee
"Obviously they can't wear skirts on pitch... but they will be given outfits made for women, with female shirts that are shaped for breasts," Ledwaba said.
Safa would also hold etiquette workshops to turn the players - often plucked from the streets of South Africa's sprawling townships with no schooling - into national assets.
"We need to teach them etiquette and the importance of being a role model," said Ledwaba.
"There are mothers out there who won't let their daughters play football because they think they'll start acting like boys."
The new outlook is part of a drive to attract untapped talent into the squad, which has never competed in a world tournament, and to lure sponsors.
The women's team is currently funded by mobile phone operator Vodacom, which also sponsors the men's team.
But Ledwaba said she was hoping to attract extra sponsorship from companies making products for women, such as toiletries.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter last year courted controversy when he urged women players to wear tighter shorts to distinguish them from men.
Etiquette workshops for players like Portia Modise are in the pipeline
The South African women's team will be coached in etiquette and given tighter T-shirts in a drive to soften their image and attract sponsorship.
A top official said on Wednesday that female players who dressed and acted like men were giving women's football a bad name and needed to nurture their feminine side.
"They need to learn how to be ladies," said Ria Ledwaba, head of the women's committee at the South African Football Association (Safa).
"At the moment you sometimes can't tell if they're men or women."
The national team would be given a more shapely kit to emphasise their femininity on the pitch and would swap dowdy track suits for skirts and jackets when travelling.
They will be given outfits made for women, with female shirts that are shaped for breasts
Ria Ledwaba
Head of Safa's women's committee
"Obviously they can't wear skirts on pitch... but they will be given outfits made for women, with female shirts that are shaped for breasts," Ledwaba said.
Safa would also hold etiquette workshops to turn the players - often plucked from the streets of South Africa's sprawling townships with no schooling - into national assets.
"We need to teach them etiquette and the importance of being a role model," said Ledwaba.
"There are mothers out there who won't let their daughters play football because they think they'll start acting like boys."
The new outlook is part of a drive to attract untapped talent into the squad, which has never competed in a world tournament, and to lure sponsors.
The women's team is currently funded by mobile phone operator Vodacom, which also sponsors the men's team.
But Ledwaba said she was hoping to attract extra sponsorship from companies making products for women, such as toiletries.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter last year courted controversy when he urged women players to wear tighter shorts to distinguish them from men.
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female soccer is o.k as it is, it's not gonna be big anywayz it just gonna be like WNBA until they improve their level of play. They should work on their skills and fitness level like female tennis are doing. female tennis is exciting, at one point people doesn't even watch male tennis anymore, thanks to venus and serena williams. skimpy cloths alone will not do it. skills, talent etc is needed too.
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