In football, everybody is ‘knowledgeable’
Sep 29, 2011
When it comes to football, everybody has an opinion. I have followed all opinions as the FUFA-Uganda super league limited (USLL) standoff spiralled to uglier curls.
When it comes to football, everybody has an opinion. I have followed all opinions as the FUFA-Uganda super league limited (USLL) standoff spiralled to uglier curls.
I woke up recently to listen to renowned artists using radio air space to call the Bell Super League, the Kabenge Cup.
The classic of all opinions was that the USLL was inextricably linked to the Angola defeat and were ahead in their preparations to fail the Cranes hopes against Kenya in October.
My mind wondered further; truly the Cranes have failed to make the final hurdle in the last two qualification campaigns before the inception of the USLL.
A visit to the bars and listening to radio sports programmes, the divide is deepening whether the league should kick off or not. Pro FUFA arguments maintain that the governing body must give its blessing before a ball can be kicked, while pro USLL arguments stress the need to kick off on time due to the financial obligations with the sponsors.
I am on a hike again with another troubling thought reflecting on the FIFA fair play codes. Football must be played unless in breach of football rules and security concerns for both players and fans. The ball used in the multibillion Kabenge Cup was not egg-shaped, was it? And teams fielded 11 players.
Next was the referees fuss. How can the USLL pick cobwebbed officials from pork joints to officiate televised games; most so called “football critics†questioned? Most of the performances last season of the “elite†referees left a bad taste in this country. The governing body continues to skirt around the principle of developing a transparent accreditation system for referees.
The Arrow boys and friends of the officials continue to be fast tracked to the A-list and favoured for the FIFA badges. So if you asked me the difference between the elite referees and pork joint referees is negligible.
Nothing should stop football being played unless the reasons are purely “footballing†or security. Board room scores should not be settled on the field of play but rather in the board rooms. It is the players and the fans that suffer when administrators choose that unfortunate path. Take for examples, the FIFA-Budwiser standoff didn’t stop the FIFA 2010 World Cup from going ahead but behind it are power struggles between Europe’s Elite clubs and the governing body. So let us unite and pursue the common good.
The writer is the SC Villa director of football strategy
I woke up recently to listen to renowned artists using radio air space to call the Bell Super League, the Kabenge Cup.
The classic of all opinions was that the USLL was inextricably linked to the Angola defeat and were ahead in their preparations to fail the Cranes hopes against Kenya in October.
My mind wondered further; truly the Cranes have failed to make the final hurdle in the last two qualification campaigns before the inception of the USLL.
A visit to the bars and listening to radio sports programmes, the divide is deepening whether the league should kick off or not. Pro FUFA arguments maintain that the governing body must give its blessing before a ball can be kicked, while pro USLL arguments stress the need to kick off on time due to the financial obligations with the sponsors.
I am on a hike again with another troubling thought reflecting on the FIFA fair play codes. Football must be played unless in breach of football rules and security concerns for both players and fans. The ball used in the multibillion Kabenge Cup was not egg-shaped, was it? And teams fielded 11 players.
Next was the referees fuss. How can the USLL pick cobwebbed officials from pork joints to officiate televised games; most so called “football critics†questioned? Most of the performances last season of the “elite†referees left a bad taste in this country. The governing body continues to skirt around the principle of developing a transparent accreditation system for referees.
The Arrow boys and friends of the officials continue to be fast tracked to the A-list and favoured for the FIFA badges. So if you asked me the difference between the elite referees and pork joint referees is negligible.
Nothing should stop football being played unless the reasons are purely “footballing†or security. Board room scores should not be settled on the field of play but rather in the board rooms. It is the players and the fans that suffer when administrators choose that unfortunate path. Take for examples, the FIFA-Budwiser standoff didn’t stop the FIFA 2010 World Cup from going ahead but behind it are power struggles between Europe’s Elite clubs and the governing body. So let us unite and pursue the common good.
The writer is the SC Villa director of football strategy