ChrisKels:


Sometime one has to take a step or two backward to be able to leap to the highest point. Most people saw this guy as a failure the moment he left Gent for lowly Mouscron. A certain komekn started mocking him that he will never be good enough for Liverpool or a championship club, bkus, to him, Solanke was a god. Today, who is the most rated and sort after? Most interesting thing about this news is that the said clubs aint just registering interests buh are making approaches. Remember the kinda clubs(middlesborough, Shifield Wednesday, Norwich, moribund Huddersfield) that fought for Solanke's siggy bfor he finally went to Bournemouth feeder team. Compare those clubs to what are queuing up to have Awo my boy.

Odunayaw:
The thing is, capital investment in Sports/match coverage and production(especially Live) is way above most media houses in Nigeria. Except Amateur videography doesn't put you off like me

One idea I have been nursing for a while is this;
Since NTA owns half of the Startimes franchise, how about pulling the weight of government (Ministry of Sports) to birth a deal where Startimes(Chinese half) raises funds for refurbishment of a channel, say NTA Sports 24 for coverage and production. It would first be test run for 2 seasons and would cover selected games live (say 3 per week) and host talk shows & highlights.

In the short term the league on screen (especially the matches that generate interest), thus forcing/encouraging sponsors/advertisers to approach since their brand can get to more eyes.
After the test run and positive feedbacks, its expected/hoped that Startimes/NTA would have brought Nigerians attention to their decoders riding on the league- short/medium term
As sales(of Decoders) increase they can then become TV(money) sponsors of the league and even Cup and the only way from there is up!

This is just a rough sketch of my idea, in the short term the clubs/league may only get interest(Which can increase ticket sales) and spotlight but in the long run the league,Channel & the decoder will profit big! Who knows it could run into other sports e.g Basketball, Athletics( All the National senior & youth games) etc..

Hindrance; Bureaucracy in Ministry (codename Dalung!), zero foresight

tbaba1234:

Unfortunately, the clubs won't release everyone

Danielnino00:


Don't depend on NTA for anything my guy.

As long as that station remains under the belt of the Nigerian govt, nothing good can come out of it.. We haven't heard anything after the so called deal they signed with the lmc last year.. NTA will rather broadcast political rallies for us..

The best the NFF can do is to renegotiate with supersport!

andrew444:


Are you sure Milan will still come for osimhen ?

Danielnino00:


Don't depend on NTA for anything my guy.

As long as that station remains under the belt of the Nigerian govt, nothing good can come out of it.. We haven't heard anything after the so called deal they signed with the lmc last year.. NTA will rather broadcast political rallies for us..

The best the NFF can do is to renegotiate with supersport!

charlesemeka85:
you forgot bukayo saka

gamaliel9:
our u23 sef


you did not include Porto wonder-boy Kelechi Nwakali

also Musa Yahaya...Sincere Seth...etc

charlesemeka85:
i will prefer he moves to toulouse or nice, schalke is a top bundesliga team and the pressure to deliver immediately may be too much for him to handle. awo will bang in goals for fun in the french ligue !

ChrisKels:


Osimhen isnt short of suitors, bar the two Milan clubs. He even has more attractive suitors than Awoniyi. Osimhen is a sure banker for a top club in any of the top five leagues, come summer.

ChrisKels:


We discussing something serious here and u mentioning Nwakali? The topic is football not instagram and fashion where KC Nwakali resigns supreme. Be careful.

Yahaya dey my list. Seth was in Brazil in the last Olympics

Odunayaw:


Supersport has openly said the investment in NPFL is no way yielding benefits for them as it has not increased the patronage of Multichoice decoders (Remember same company owns the Decoder and the channel). Supersport would rather show Zambian matches (dear God! )
Am of the idea that no one will/can do better for you/us except yourself/ourselves. I know of NTA's shortcomings but that they are sewn to government apron is actually a blessing depending on how you look at it. The ball is in LMC's court to cajole, strong arm, politick the Government/Ministry to get what they want.

I would bet on StarTimes/NTA collabo right now (Look at Startimes deal with Ghana premier League).

Danielnino00:

I can't blame supersport sha...The cost of broadcasting a game in Nigeria is quite high compared to other African countries (power, security)... But still I can't trust NTA.. What happened to the deal they made with the lmc last year?
Didn't they say it would last for long. This is the second year of d deal now and npfl games are no more on TV..
It might b that NTA diverted funds meant to broadcast the games to show those stupid political rallies..

ChrisKels:


We discussing something serious here and u mentioning Nwakali? The topic is football not instagram and fashion where KC Nwakali reigns supreme. Be careful.

Yahaya dey my list. Seth was in Brazil in the last Olympics

gamaliel9:
our u23 sef


you did not include Porto wonder-boy Kelechi Nwakali

also Musa Yahaya...Sincere Seth...etc

andrew444:


Agreed osimhen isn't short of suitors

charlesemeka85:
ajax is very serious on getting oshimeh

ChrisKels:


We talking reality not illusions. Saka is an English youth International. Though Ovie, Eze and Bashiru have also played for England at one youth system or the other, I had to include them bkus they already have told us they are interested in repping us.

Gush I forgot to add Seyi Ojo of Reims among the pool sef. Please talk about Ojo and co, not Saka

Odunayaw:


Supersport has openly said the investment in NPFL is no way yielding benefits for them as it has not increased the patronage of Multichoice decoders (Remember same company owns the Decoder and the channel). Supersport would rather show Zambian matches (dear God! )
Am of the idea that no one will/can do better for you/us except yourself/ourselves. I know of NTA's shortcomings but that they are sewn to government apron is actually a blessing depending on how you look at it. The ball is in LMC's court to cajole, strong arm, politick the Government/Ministry to get what they want.

I would bet on StarTimes/NTA collabo right now (Look at Startimes deal with Ghana premier League).

BascoVanVeli:



Mehn I don't want no parts of that NTA broadcast. They didn't even put time up and for the commentator to get a single player right was like winning the lottery.

charlesemeka85:
then the likes of eze,ovie and co should not be on your list

Icon4s:


Why dem dey ban you naa. Who you offend?

BascoVanVeli:


Time and time again Gernot Rohr proves he is a top class human being.

tbaba1234:


I can't lie. I struggle to watch some NPFL games. It is not surprising.

Danielnino00:

I can't blame supersport sha...The cost of broadcasting a game in Nigeria is quite high compared to other African countries (power, security)... But still I can't trust NTA.. What happened to the deal they made with the lmc last year?
Didn't they say it would last for long. This is the second year of d deal now and npfl games are no more on TV..
It might b that NTA diverted funds meant to broadcast the games to show those stupid political rallies..

tbaba1234:
Samuel Kalu's mum has been released.

Danielnino00:
In other news,Joachim Loew has told Matts Hummel, Jerome Boateng and Thomas Muller that their international career is over