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NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:29pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
After 19 rounds of matches in the Nigeria professional football league, 2017 season, the league goes on a break to give the 20 teams in the league a much-needed rest. However, it is important to examine the successes and the failures recorded in the first half of the season by the League Management Company. As there were positives in the league so also were the downsides.in the earlier article:, we looked at the positives, however in this article, we will dissect the negatives and later on in concluding part of the article, we will talk about the way out. THE BAD ■ LOSS OF TV COVERAGE Just when things were going pretty fine for the NPFL, a major setback occurred when the TV rights owners of the league Supersport, decided to pull out of a three-year deal which was expected to run out in the 2018 season. The cable TV station which has been the sole broadcaster of the league over the years claimed that the blackout of the NPFL matches on supersport is as a result of “breach of contract” by the LMC. Until a stable TV right owner is secured, the may not improve as expected as the importance of the TV can not be overstated because video evidence will go a long way in curbing crowd violence and poor officiating while improving fans interest and followership. The popularity of foreign leagues is majorly due to their accessibility on cable TV and should the NPFL be easily available on TV just like the EPL then more followers will be won over. Imagine what would have happened to Sikiru Olatunbosun’s goal against Rangers, without a TV coverage of the match, your guess is as good as mine; it wouldn’t have been recognised by CNN. However, reports claim that the LMC is trying re-negotiate with Supersport over a new deal, while others are touting Kwese sports to be the league’s new TV right owners. CC: LALASTICLALA,SEUN,MYND44,ISHILOVE Source : http://cheapgoals.com/npfl-talking-points-from-the-first-half-of-the-season-the-bad/
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:32pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
■ HOME WINNING SYNDROME One of the two major reasons why the NPFL lost its fans (the other being security), it’s quite predictable to pick all home teams to win and they all win, just recently in the match day nineteen games, not a single draw was recorded with all home teams winning. This is what a typical person will point out when you persuade them to watch the NPFL, a league that only the home teams always win irrespective of the pedigree of their opponents. It’s therefore not a surprise to see Eyinmba lose to Remo stars in Sagamu or see Pillars defeated by Kastina united in Kastina. The contributing factors to this include biased officiating which was actually was aided by LMC albeit unintentionally in 2013 when home teams were told to pay referees indemnity, of course, this led to a case of “he who pays the piper dictates the tune”. Fatigue on the part of the away teams having to play and travel twice in a week is another reason for the home winning syndrome.
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:33pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
■ POOR OFFICIATING The league has been plagued with a lot of bad officiating from referees so far this season, the opening match of the season between Kano Pillars and Ifeanyi Ubah was abandoned 50 minutes into the game after the referee, Fulosho Ajayi had disallowed a clear goal scored by Ifeanyi Ubah and later sent off the official to the stands. That hasn’t been the only controversial officiating so far this season as Remo stars (against Sunshine stars in Akure), Rivers united (against Gombe united) and a host of other teams have had clear goals cancelled by referees. Also teams like Ifeanyi Ubah, MFM have had late penalties giving to them, albeit some legitimately, more amusing is the fact that these controversial calls have been in favour of the home side, this could be assumed to be a result of bribery and threats against referees by officials of home teams and their fans. All these controversies trailing the referees has further tainted the image of the NPFL as a rapid growing league and also the reputation of Nigerian referees for international tournaments.
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:34pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
■ CROWD TROUBLE A terrible occurrence that has continued to plague our dear league, although bad officiating, crowd trouble happens all over the world, but the case of the NPFL is quite disturbing as it happens more frequently and always violent with officials and opposing players getting injured. In week 18 matchday, Kano pillars lost at home to Akwa united, the result led to bloody attacks on Akwa united players and coaches by pillars fans apart from the 3 points won, Akwa united also took some bruises and injury back to Uyo. On the same match day, Kastina united defeated Eyinmba by 2-1 after the away team had led for the most part of the game, yet violence erupted as Enyimba players were attacked by Kastina fans after the game, with reports that Enyimba’s Ghanaian goalkeeper Fatau Dauda punched a ball boy to coma.
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:34pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
■ CLUBS FAILURE TO PAY PLAYERS SALARIES Although this issue has reduced compared to the recent past, some teams still owe their players backlog of salaries. Players of Sunshine stars had earlier threatened to boycott their matchday 10 match against Rivers united in a bid to get the state government pay their salaries, with the team storming the Ondo state governor’s office in protest of their allowances. Similarly, league champions, Enugu Rangers had their second leg of the CAF confederations cup qualifiers against Zesco united shifted by 2 hours after players refused to travel in protest of their unpaid allowances. Until players are paid as at when due, they cannot be expected to give their 100% on the pitch of play, one of the reasons why privatisation of the clubs is needed.
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 2:36pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
■ INFRASTRUCTURAL DECAY OF STADIA IN THE LEAGUE. One can count the number of standard stadia in the league with the tip of the fingers, many of the stadia pitches look more or less a public secondary school playground surrounded by open stands. The few natural grass pitches are poorly maintained while the few good looking pitches are mostly artificial turfs. Apart from the Godswill Akpabio’s stadium in Uyo, no other stadium can boast of a decent natural turf. Playing at the Abia township stadium is a nightmare for players, the turf of the stadium can be likened to a Cassava plantation, yet it was approved by the LMC at the start of the season. The UJ Esuene stadium inCalabarr which used to host super eagles matches in the past, looked awful and painful as it were, was shown to the world on Supersport when MFM FC visited Enyimba in one of the league matches. Also recently parts of the stadium collapsed during one of the heavy rains in Calabar. The LMC need to take actions on some other gory pitches like the Rwan pam stadium Jos, Gateway Intl stadium Sagamu, and most especially the Abia township stadium. In the concluding part of this article, we will look at the viable solutions to this problem with statistics from the first stanza of the league. #SupportTheNPFL cc: Gotaya, Danycrusoe, Franchise21, mathematical, robosky02, Adonis3 1 Share
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Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Franchise21(m): 3:02pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Only in Nigeria they host non-sporting events in stadia |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 3:41pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Franchise21: ah dey tell yu.. church crusade,wedding,public gathering and other ceremonial events.. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Nick4life: 4:26pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Must you mention me ![]() cheapgoals: |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Nick4life: 4:28pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Franchise21:come Enugu come see nah. Phyno fista , kumuyi etc nah for nnamadi zik stadium pitch them dy use ![]() |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 4:38pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Nick4life: No vex you hear 1 Like |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Mathematical(f): 5:57pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
cheapgoals: This got be laughing hard.. Had to take a chocolate before it stops.. Blame the club or officials handling the affair of the pitch for using the stadia for non-sport event. And on crowd/violence issue, this happen all around Europe and all, curbing the growing issue is really important for LMC and other league administrators.. supersport pullin off is a blessing in disguise.. Npfl won't stop cox of vhat.. Home winning mentality.. Bookmakers at work here, club official giving back-tips to arbitrators and match officials.. lmc nd othrz still hv lots of work to do. Lalasticlala com push thz truck up 1 Like |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Gotaya: 6:48pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
This are the problems affecting the league, which is glaring to all eyes watching. if we can turn things around on this and more, our league would be the top in Africa as a start cos we have got the talent and personals to make this happen. The foreign leagues we all envy didn't fall from up above, it was put aright by men like us. let's solve this challenges and see our league catapult to that height we all want to see it. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Franchise21(m): 7:29pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
cheapgoals:It has to do with majority of d stadia in Nigeria been owned by d Govt... Privatize Nigerian Clubs and Stadia is the solution |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Nobody: 8:15pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Franchise21:individuals around the world use football stadiums as open concerts,hosting of shows and crusades... Beyonce pulled an amazing crowd at new York red bulls stadium ... Pastor Chris has used the Johannesburg stadium for church crusades and many more..google is your friend bruh.. So don't hide under the umbrella of bad infrastructure and management in Nigeria to dish out wrong and uncalled assertions to the public.. ![]() |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Franchise21(m): 8:21pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Mathematical:U knw too much of sports for a lady |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Danycrusoe(m): 8:37pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
well SIRS Icon4s, Thegoodjoe, thesupernerd, tbaba1234, fredoooooo, joseph1018, AIG07, bascovanveli please and Miss Safarigirl take a break away from KC debate and see this |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 9:02pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Franchise21: YEA, privitization is the key |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by tbaba1234: 9:15pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Some of the issues are tied together. Poor Officiating is tied to home win syndrome. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Danycrusoe(m): 10:14pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
tbaba1234: you are absolutely right about that. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by BascoVanVeli(m): 10:36pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Franchise21: That is done world wide. It is a way to pay the bills in the place. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by BascoVanVeli(m): 10:41pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
cheapgoals: I am glad we are pointing things out because we all want a fair league but this happens in every single league in the world. Nigeria is not special in this regard. Look at England and Spain, i can bet u they have 100 shady decisions by referees between them this season. We should not tarnish the image of the whole lot for a few bad apples. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 10:50pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
BascoVanVeli: Yea bad officiating is all over the beautiful game, but it doesn't stop us from addressing our own ..this is not tarnishing , |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by BascoVanVeli(m): 10:54pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
cheapgoals: U made bad officiating a reason why the league is not up to par, do u really think that is not tarnishing? Like i already said we should always strive to get better but don't make our referees the enemies. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by cheapgoals(m): 10:59pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
BascoVanVeli: And we should neglect the growing menace? No one is making the ref enemies. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by Danycrusoe(m): 11:11pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
BascoVanVeli: sir Basco we both have interest in the growth of the league but one has to be objective here, the article is about the places where the league needs to improve n if that is the case there is no way poor officiating can be overlooked. The cases of poor officiating by Nigerian referees are just too much and it's almost on daily n weekly basis. when was the last time a Nigerian ref was called to be at the middle of a world cup game across all levels in both male n female football by fifa n even caf? |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by BascoVanVeli(m): 11:24pm On Apr 29, 2017 |
Danycrusoe: I already told u that i have no problem with trying to improve our league but let us not get carried away it is not an epidemic. There are other countries that do not have their referees at the world cup, the best ref in Africa is not from a power house. We can do better in that regard but that doesn't mean that our refs are hopeless. |
Re: NPFL: Talking Points From The First Half Of The Season -the Bad by braithwaite(m): 9:32am On May 01, 2017 |
Lalasticlala come and see snake oo |
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