Terrence Mashego, who is pictured with Cassius Mailula, says because of Mamelodi Sundowns’ hectic schedule this year he has seen little of his eight-month-old son.
This is the heavy price the players and their families have paid for Sundowns’ success.
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Mamelodi Sundowns’ success in the last decade has turned its players into millionaires and made their supporters the real happy people, but at a heavy cost.
Sundowns’ players share 100% of the prize money they get from winning a trophy, thanks to the policy club owner and billionaire Patrice Motsepe put in place when he bought the club in the early 2000s.
His mantra was that the team must bring the trophy to him and keep the money, which has resulted in the players splitting millions of rands, thanks to their dominance in the last decade.
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