Tshegofatso Mabasa Wants More Mental Health Support in the PSL!

Tshegofatso Mabasa Wants More Mental Health Support in the PSL! The striker believes the league needs to have a bigger impact.

England player Dele Alli has recently been in the headlines regarding his mental health struggles. Tshegofatso Mabasa states that PSL players also struggle with similar ordeals.

The striker alluded to the difficulty footballers face.

“We saw what has been happening to Dele Alli,” he tiold IOL Sport. 

“I believe it’s good for footballers to seek a psychologist and try to strengthen their mentality. There’s a lot that we deal with that people don’t know. And they don’t know how it affects us in the long run.

“In our league currently, I’m afraid to say not at all [we don’t have mental health support], and we’re not even close. It’s something that we really need to improve on.

“I don’t know who’s going to start it, but we need to start somewhere. We need to help our players mentally, physically and emotionally as well because if you’re not good mentally, you won’t be able to give out the performances people expect you to give out.

“There is a high demand in terms of performance which is something we came into this game knowing and like I said, we have to be strong mentally. It is not going to come easy.

“We have to be strong as there is nothing else that we can do. We need to embrace the challenges that come with being a footballer.

“You always need to have a good support structure around you and if you can’t find one, a psychologist seek that can help you get through these times that we are going through. It is difficult to face supporters when you are playing, and you want to do your best and the next minute they are booing you.

“It is a very difficult position to be in as a footballer because all you want to do is to enjoy the game and do well. I mean mistakes happen in football; we are human at the end of the day.” He spoke.

Footballers often receive little sympathy from the public because of their enormous wages. Tshegofatso Mabasa Wants More Mental Health Support in the PSL!