{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Mathematical 7","provider_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7","title":"The pathetic plight of Nigerian Sports heroes! - Mathematical 7","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7d0zD8h4yh\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/the-pathetic-plight-of-nigerian-sports-heroes\/\">The pathetic plight of Nigerian Sports heroes!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/the-pathetic-plight-of-nigerian-sports-heroes\/embed\/#?secret=7d0zD8h4yh\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The pathetic plight of Nigerian Sports heroes!&#8221; &#8212; Mathematical 7\" data-secret=\"7d0zD8h4yh\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/mathematical7.com\/m7\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/NFF-Taiwo.jpg","thumbnail_width":640,"thumbnail_height":640,"description":"\u00a0 \u00a0By the time you are reading this, my late friend, Taiwo Ogunjobi, would have been finally laid to rest in the city of Ibadan.\u00a0Taiye did very well for Nigerian sports, first as a football player and later as an astute football administrator. He captained the country\u2019s national football academicals and represented the country as a member of the\u00a0Green Eagles. After his playing career in football ended he went into football administration and served in\u00a0different capacities as general manager of some football clubs, Chairman of a State Football Association and Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Association.\u00a0He lived a good and fulfilling life with a degree in Textile Technology from Clemson University in the US, but never did anything outside of football for a living. He was lucky, very lucky.\u00a0The same cannot be said of most other football players, as well as athletes across all of Nigerian sports. Taiwo Ogunjobi was an exception. He was a self-driven and self-made man living very well and never needing any handout from government, or anyone to meet his obligations.\u00a0Unfortunately, his story is not replicated in Nigerian sports.\u00a0"}