The Champ? No, Just a Bad Example

WHEN a coach gets fined for misconduct and responds with mockery instead of reflection, it stops being about football, it becomes about ego.

Highlanders coach Pieter de Jongh wasn’t hauled before a disciplinary committee. He was fined US$1 250 under the PSL Standing Order Fines Schedule for implying bias and questioning the integrity of the league and its partners after Bosso’s Chibuku Super Cup semi-final defeat to Dynamos.A matter the league could have quietly closed has now turned into another sideshow, because De Jongh can’t help himself.

In the early hours on Friday, he posted a photo on his X (Twitter) account wearing a mask and gesturing for silence, captioned,

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