South African Sports Minister Makhenkesi Stofile wins the award for the 2nd Dumbest Thing said all week, with “We’ll contract the players and tell the coach to work with them” two years before the 2010 World Cup.

Quick question, doesn’t that mean you’ll have to get all those signatures within the next 3-4 months?

The main reason behind Sotfile’s stance, “We have to prevent THEM from embarrassing US”. Trust me Minister, you’re gonna have bigger problems to worry about than the team you turn out.

How about saving yourself all the money you’d be spending (by forcing your players to sign less than legit contracts or be nationally vilified for not being South African enough) and focus on ummm, let’s say Rolling Blackouts and Violence.

image via SRSA