Comments on: Talking Football in KwaZulu-Natal http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-hosts/talking-football-in-kwazulu-natal/ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:33:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: omar http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-hosts/talking-football-in-kwazulu-natal/comment-page-1/#comment-1161 omar Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:51:27 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1797#comment-1161 what was and is missing in the world cup is the existance of a lobby - can someone start a online and grassroot lobby to highlight the lack of state support for sports and for soccer in particular. we could start by asking the Youth League and COSATU to put the issue of sports high up on their agenda at their next executive meeting. Can someone in the sports world initate this campaign. what was and is missing in the world cup is the existance of a lobby – can someone start a online and grassroot lobby to highlight the lack of state support for sports and for soccer in particular.

we could start by asking the Youth League and COSATU to put the issue of sports high up on their agenda at their next executive meeting.

Can someone in the sports world initate this campaign.

]]> By: Sean http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-hosts/talking-football-in-kwazulu-natal/comment-page-1/#comment-1155 Sean Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:43:41 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1797#comment-1155 Solomon, Correct. Part of the problem is that football is, like the state, another means for certain figures/groups in African countries/economies to access and hoard resources (in this case money from the contracts of talented players who can get contracts in Euros or Dollars) Solomon,
Correct. Part of the problem is that football is, like the state, another means for certain figures/groups in African countries/economies to access and hoard resources (in this case money from the contracts of talented players who can get contracts in Euros or Dollars)

]]> By: Solomon Waliaula http://www.footballiscominghome.info/the-hosts/talking-football-in-kwazulu-natal/comment-page-1/#comment-1128 Solomon Waliaula Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:56:05 +0000 http://www.footballiscominghome.net/?p=1797#comment-1128 Thabo Dladla's concern about poor management of football, characterized by corruption and inneficiency is not just a South African problem, it is an African problem. Indeed, the untapped talent among the youth in African villages, townships and slums is staggeringly high, and what's even more annoying, the small fraction of talent that somehow gets to the surface is poorly managed. The epitome of this scenario I think is in Kenya, where for almost a decade now, our football management structures are as strong and as consolidated as the governance structures of our neighbouring Somalia. Thabo Dladla’s concern about poor management of football, characterized by corruption and inneficiency is not just a South African problem, it is an African problem. Indeed, the untapped talent among the youth in African villages, townships and slums is staggeringly high, and what’s even more annoying, the small fraction of talent that somehow gets to the surface is poorly managed. The epitome of this scenario I think is in Kenya, where for almost a decade now, our football management structures are as strong and as consolidated as the governance structures of our neighbouring Somalia.

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