Opinion / Columnist
Spare us these politicians
09 Oct 2015 at 07:29hrs | Views
It was so refreshing to hear that the former Zifa president threw in the towel hours before he was booted out from leading the most powerful post of administering football in Zimbabwe . I knew it from the day he was appointed for that post and the way he wrestled it from the jaws of real and passionate football administrators that he was not going to finish the race . His stay at the association was long overdue. He came and killed the game of football when we expected him to resuscitate it.
I read with awe the news that business mogul Philip Chiyangwa is eying for Zifa presidency to replace Cuthbert Dube. I think we should take a lesson from how our neighbouring countries are running their football . Lets take an example from Zambia where a former footballer Kalusha Bwalya is the president of that soccer body.
Surely we must consider someone who has vast experience and knowledge in football or a retired former
respectable footballer who has seen it all, not these people who want to look for popularity , fame and had never set their foot in a stadium watching soccer.
We cannot afford to waste this chance again by choosing a person who needs an introduction to this beautiful game of football. We need a person who will demonstrate a remarkable passion for this sport who should work very hard to bring back the glory days and give a very good image of the Zimbabwean football which has been tarnished by the former Dube led executive.
The leader should be in a position to attract sponsorship from the corporate world by drafting sound policies and make sure that there is no more maladministration at the mother body. That kind of a leader must be given a chance to clean up the mess left by the former and to lead ZIFA not these clowns who just want it to fatten, line their pockets and self aggrandisement. Philip Chiyangwa is extremely out of this equation. Fans are the owners of this game and they must have a say in choosing who should lead the Zifa. Please spare us politicians from leading our football matters.
I read with awe the news that business mogul Philip Chiyangwa is eying for Zifa presidency to replace Cuthbert Dube. I think we should take a lesson from how our neighbouring countries are running their football . Lets take an example from Zambia where a former footballer Kalusha Bwalya is the president of that soccer body.
Surely we must consider someone who has vast experience and knowledge in football or a retired former
respectable footballer who has seen it all, not these people who want to look for popularity , fame and had never set their foot in a stadium watching soccer.
We cannot afford to waste this chance again by choosing a person who needs an introduction to this beautiful game of football. We need a person who will demonstrate a remarkable passion for this sport who should work very hard to bring back the glory days and give a very good image of the Zimbabwean football which has been tarnished by the former Dube led executive.
The leader should be in a position to attract sponsorship from the corporate world by drafting sound policies and make sure that there is no more maladministration at the mother body. That kind of a leader must be given a chance to clean up the mess left by the former and to lead ZIFA not these clowns who just want it to fatten, line their pockets and self aggrandisement. Philip Chiyangwa is extremely out of this equation. Fans are the owners of this game and they must have a say in choosing who should lead the Zifa. Please spare us politicians from leading our football matters.
Source - Leonard Koni
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