Two victorious ‘victors’ and the Nigerian football dilemma

Football is popularly called the beautiful game for a reason. It has become a global center of attraction and a multi-trillion dollar business. It is a game that has grown in its more than 100 years history to become an agent of multi-lateral political, economic and social relationships and business globally. The Federation International de Football Association , the self-regulatory governing body has over the decades tried to eschew political interferences in the beautiful game.

Well-organized football leagues in countries have become huge brands that have become sources of pride and huge revenue for the economies of such nations. Interestingly, in countries with functional leagues, football has become huge investment points for countries but a huge buy in by private investors who leverage on a viable systemic functionality that makes return on investment very attractive.

We spoke to Onochie Anibeze, a veteran journalist and Group Sports Editor of Vanguard Newspapers. We asked him what happened to Nigerian football that has made the celebrations basically about Nigerians that are playing in foreign leagues and why the country is losing out on the global earnings accruable to other countries with functional leagues.

To buttress the quality of Nigerian refereeing in recent times, the recently concluded AFCON competition in Ivory Coast, out of the almost 64 match officials, not one Nigerian referee was appointed. One of the CAF officials when questioned had claimed that FIFA chooses only the best. So the officiating in the league must not be perfect but there must be improvement for the league to be highly rated.

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