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| Under Amanda Pakade's presidency, enormous changes have been effected to further streamline MSSA. |
The reason for such overhaul was to take into account MSSA's greater international commitments, its desire to ensure that the best possible Registered Players are selected for teams, and to remove the Selection Committee from political interference.
Under the new rules, the chairperson of such committee shall be the Executive Officer assigned to oversee the National Team Managers and assign duties to such. Currently there is not an Executive Officer for this position, and MSSA has already advertised the position on 16 December 2018.
The new committee shall consist of four
(4) Selectors who shall normally be
elected at the National Convention, however, since the National Convention has already been held on 1 December 2018, the Management Board is entitled to co-opt four such members.
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The
period of office of any selector shall not exceed two years, but may
be renewed upon election or co-option. However, it should be noted that members co-opted in 2019 are only eligible to hold the position until the 2019 National Convention.
One thing that did not change is that the
Team Manager sits with the Selection Committee when choosing the
team. The Team Manager shall be consulted by the Selection Committee when selecting the team.
It has now become a rule that when
selecting a team, the selectors shall also give an indication of how
they expect that team to perform. It is expected that the selectors
shall be honest when giving this indication and not give
unjustifiably high targets. The aim shall always been on future
improvement.
The
Management Board shall then review the Selection Committee's performance
within 30 days after every World Championships, and have the
authority to recommend to the Executive Committee to remove,and
replace, any/all of the Selectors should the teams not have performed
according to the expectations the selectors stated beforehand. The Executive Committee is made up of elected office-bearers and a delegate from each and every club affiliated to MSSA. Thus any personal politics is greatly reduced, and the Selectors are able to make their decisions without worrying about interference by anyone else.
Selectors
shall have the authority to remove players from any team under their
jurisdiction, who, in their opinion, do not train sufficiently,
perform well, or are disruptive to the team subject to the right of
the affected player(s) to make representations to the selectors, with
the right to appeal to the Management Board, before they are removed.
And now for something extremely important... Up
to half of the Selectors need not be affiliated to a member club. This rule allows greater good-governance and allows any member of the greater South African community to stand for the position. Of course, the people elected as Selectors shall sign the Undertaking and keep all discussions confidential.
All
Selector's shall be suitably qualified for the role, which shall
include, but not be limited to:
- previous experience as a selector,
- previous international experience as a player or involvement with competitive gaming,
No
person already holding office in MSSA may be elected or co-opted as a
Selector, and any
Selector who is elected to any office in MSSA must immediately resign
as a Selector, and the Management Board shall as soon as possible
co-opt a Selector to complete such Selector's term.
During a tournament (if this includes travel out
of the country this means from the moment of departure) the Team
Manager shall act in place of the Selection Committee, except when it
involves selecting a replacement player.
The
Team Manager shall report to the Selection Committee within a month
after every tournament or competition, and the
Selection Committee shall submit a report to the Management Board, which shall
include the Team Manager’s report.
Thus the above changes are designed to create a more dynamic Selection Committee that will further ensure South Africa's success at international level.
Also read:
- Hearken to the call.
- Changes to the Selection Committee.
- So you wanna be a Selector?
- The new national team selection criteria.
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