Zambia Might Not Show Up for Cameroon Game
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| The Offside found this 2/7/2008 on www.worldcupblog.org [flag] |
More worrying news from the Africa Cup of Nations as the Zambian team are threatening not to show for the game against Cameroon today. Not because they’re scared of an Samuel Eto’o and co. as the Indomitable Lions try and bounce back from defeat to Egypt, but in response to a row over bonuses . Zambian newspaper The Post is reporting that the Zambian players were promised $2,500 ...
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Are Win Bonuses Worth the Trouble?
Published 2/7/2008 by Daryl at The Offside
... . An argument that continued post-World Cup and contributed to Togo’s failure to qualify for Africa Cup of Nations 2008. Just recently Zambia made an impressive start to that same tournament, then argued with the FA over win bonuses and promptly lost 5-1 to Cameroon. So maybe win bonuses matter too much to players who are poor enough to need them, and don’t matter enough to players already rich enough not to care. Togo and Zambia both had their tournaments ruined by a bonus structure intended to provide extra motivation for success while Scotland pulled off two great wins ...
