I am tired

The controversy surrounding our football has me feeling like a lost navy seal in a war that is violent and seems never-ending.

It is very disturbing to see that our football circle is heading south because of the personal egos that have emerged lately.

People are using the wrong platform in order to tackle the challenges that have tainted the beautiful game.

When I say a wrong platform, I simply mean by going on social media and starting a cold war without actually healing, or changing, the ill mentality people have.

I just do not know if we are ever going to get out of this deep hole that we are in.

Our football leaders must realise that they have to change the way they think and act.

As a son of this soil, I see many dreams that are broken because our football that has been utterly destroyed.

The saddest thing about the Namibian football leaders is that they do not even try to fix it, but rather, prefer to break it even more.

The tribal barriers that we Namibians have are reflected in our football.

Some people are trying to get Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary-general Barry Rukoro out.

But Rukoro is actually not the problem, even if everyone chooses to have a grudge against him.

The problem is that as Namibians we do not think of solutions - we prefer to fan the fire that is burning the beautiful game into the ground.

The time is now for us to make life easier for our players, players that need to feed their children. And we need to keep them playing the game.

I wrote a fortnight ago in my column that many lives have been shattered by individuals that only think of themselves.

To be honest, I actually thought that my column will have an impact on the narrow-minded people.

However, I am writing again to say that things have actually gone from bad to worse after sharing my feelings about the players that have lost hope.

We can never make things right if we choose to be ignorant of the things that can save this football-loving nation and its favourite sport.

Have we football leaders ever thought how Nestor Tobias has managed to become one of the best boxing promoters in the world?

It is because he stood by what he loves and never turned a blind eye towards what he wants to achieve.

However, our football leaders have decided to become blind to what has to be achieved.

Our president, Dr Hage Geingob tried his best to bring the change we all hoped for by inviting the football leaders to State House.

I can assure you that the meeting gave us hope and as a reporter, I started feeling that we can have much to write about football in this lifetime.

All that hope and belief that I had, has been shattered within a few days, because of the chaos that has engulfed our beautiful sport.

We do have to bury the evil of tribalism if we ever want to see our game shine again.

Let us not judge the people in football leadership by their tribe, but judge them by their humanity and efficiency.

I know some people would feel that I am in support of what the football association is doing right now.

The fact is that I do not support them, neither will I support whoever is trying to oust them.

The truth is that us Namibians will talk about problems from the terraces, but once we are in that juicy position, we start doing the same things we once opposed.

Let us just cure the disease of hatred and make things right by becoming football-loving people that actually play the game.

We have to restore the pride and hope that our football players had for so many generations.



Chao!

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