League without an end

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Written By: Segun Odegbami

When will the Nigerian football league season of 2010/2011 end? As the year draws closer and closer to its end that is a question that no one seems to be able to answer. The league started so long ago last year that many cannot actually recall the exact date. What is clear is that every other league in the world that started at about the same time has ended long ago, teams and players have had their long vacations, players have been bought, sold and transferred, and new league seasons have started. Yet, the Nigerian football season has refused to end. I am told there are about 7 matches still to go in the Premier league and that two or three of the teams are involved in continental championships that have disrupted their normal schedules. Add to this state of affairs the fact that the league has run without a Chairman all season due to the crisis created during the elections into the board. This past week, an illegal NFF interfered as a third party by supervising the ‘selection’ of a new Chairman into the board of its affiliate member! Meanwhile, it is logical to assume that whatever an illegal body touches also ends up an illegality sometime down the road! So, we are watching to see how this newly ‘elected’ executive members will survive the almost certain rofo rofo fight that will be put up by those aggrieved by the entire process. Add to that also the fact that the league has run without a major sponsor up till the present time. The next few days, weeks and months would be interesting to watch as the rest of the drama surrounding the elections into the board of the NPL continues to play out, and the league drags on ………..endlessly!

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