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Go Naija! by stardom: 10:17pm On Oct 24, 2006 |
Black football stars set to play in Nigeria By Steve Wieberg, USA TODAY USA Today Nigeria, it appears, is ready for a little college football. The Atlanta-based Eddie Robinson Foundation will sponsor a black college all-star game in Abuja in December and hopes to stage a black national championship game in the Nigerian capital in subsequent years. "There are so many classics out there. We didn't want to do a me-too event," says foundation CEO Michael Watkins, who'll announce the plans Monday. The Nigerian government will help underwrite the $5 million cost of the game, and organizers are seeking a television home, he says. The Eddie Robinson Motherland Classic, with players from the historically black I-AA Mid-Eastern Athletic and Southwestern Athletic conferences, as well as the Division II Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, will be played Dec. 17 in 60,000-seat Abuja Stadium. A championship game, meanwhile, faces hurdles. NCAA rules changes must be fast-tracked to allow a game in 2007. And MEAC Commissioner Dennis Thomas says he's working toward a black title game on U.S. soil. Copyright 2006 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. All Rights Reserved. 10/05/2006 06:12 link: http://blackvoices.aol.com/black_news/canvas_directory_headlines_features/_a/black-football-stars-set-to-play-in/n20061005080409990051 |
Re: Go Naija! by BlackMamba(m): 1:52am On Oct 25, 2006 |
I hope we're talking about Real Football (Soccer). Or there is no point contributing to this discussion. BTW, why in the world would the Nigerian government help underwrite a college game, when so many young smart Nigerians cannot attend a university because they can't afford tuition. |
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