For four years Rieduwaan Anthony's club Hanover Park campaigned in the second tier of South African football (Motsepe Foundation Championship) after he turned down an offer to sell his club for R8 million.
The offer was from a Swedish consortium led by Dan Olofsson which eventually bought Benoni Premier United to form what became known as Thanda Royal Zulu in 2007.
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It has been 16 years since that offer was made for his club, which was relegated in 2011 back to the third-tier provincial structures where they still compete.
"I was once offered R8 million which was a lot of money back then just like it is still a lot of money now," Anthony tells KickOff.
"I didn't sell it because I thought it would take away the pride and glory of this community.
"Back then the business of selling and buying was in full swing and in our case, we were being approached by people with the power of the Euro so this was very cheap for them.
"They then bought Dumisani Ndlovu's Benoni Premier.
"If that R8 million offer had been offered today I would have taken that money because of the business acumen that I have now.
"I would have taken the money and reinvested it in the ABC Motsepe League and try to come up again.
"I think for me back then it was the euphoria because in 2006 we had played against Orlando Pirates as a Vodacom League team in the ABSA Cup so I was always thinking about the careers of players and had imaginations of that I can also do it.
"But then in the financial world it is not always right.
"If I could turn back the hands of time, I would take the money.
"If I had this security business back then it would have been fine but back then it was helter-skelter," says Anthony while detailing the challenges of being a first division club.
"The fact of the matter is that the PSL has 10 votes and the NFD have two votes so in the council meetings the NFD clubs virtually have no say in the running of the administration of the PSL.
"It is like the NFD is the stepchild of that organisation yet when you have teams getting promoted, they come from the NFD.
"The gap between the PSL and NFD is way too big, yet we have one compliance manual for both leagues which includes ambulances, security, and all that.
"The chairman of an NFD club is always on the back foot to comply with having ambulances, doctors on the field and security.
"It is a hell of an expense before you even on to the field.
"The relegation/promotion playoffs are not fair on the NFD teams because the PSL teams will always be at an advantage.
"It is only in South Africa where you have one team going down and the other into the play-offs and that is totally unfair.
"So, coupled with all of that is how intense the corruption gets to be there because everyone is trying to get into the play-offs or promotion.
"You then have amateur referees from SAFA refereeing in the PSL and with their allocation of money being so small they become vulnerable, yet they have to make big decisions that are worth millions.
"The grant that we got at the time was way too little because we started at R120 000 which went to R170 000, and you had to pay salaries and have accommodation for players.
"You always have to borrow to make that you can pay so it is a business that runs on a minus all the time.
"The benefit is only for the players because they get exposure and move on, and you don't get anything in return.
"Look at Amigo Memela and Alfred Ndengane – they both came from us and went all the way to Orlando Pirates," says Anthony.
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