Why football must move from passion to business in Nigeria – Coach Adebayo

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'Passion alone will not sustain or develop football in Nigeria - we must move the game forward by thinking like business people...'

Nigerian coach, Adebayo Gbadebo, plies his trade in the Thai League. The 46-year-old Gbadebo holds a Pro coaching licence and has been coaching in Thailand since 2004. He became the head coach ofPREMIUM TIMES

I pray he continues to succeed in Albania and beyond. For Drogba, I also say congratulations. Many will say he lost but I tell you, it is a great beginning. We need more people like him – his is a drop but when many drops come together, they will form a big river of water. Herein lies the meaning of passion. I would leave U.I at 5:30 a.m. to Lagos for training, and straight after training, I would be on the way back to meet some lectures. Sometimes, I had to be back in Lagos in the evening to play matches – and many stories were like mine at that time. People sacrificed a lot to play the game and it can only be said to have been fueled by love and passion for the game.

All of us who are not happy with the league are not getting involved. But this is our country and we will just allow these people to keep on doing things that will not improve the league. Insecurity, visionless, and poverty-mentality awesome of the characteristics that have led us to this backward thinking cul-de-sac we find ourselves. Having stolen so much and packed it in a bank account does not mean one is rich. These administrators will continue to live poor amongst the players because they owe them money. How is that life?

 

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