There was a story going around last week about the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan planning on banning the Nigerian national football team because of their poor performance in the World Cup this year.
I've already said my piece on politics and sport not mixing - I don't need to go into it any further.
Clearly this call would impede FIFA regulations too (Sarkozy has already been warned against taking any further involvement in matters regarding the French national football team after the whole fiasco). It's a good stance that FIFA has taken and I fully support it.
Also, how is the team supposed to improve and stuff by this ridiculous decision? I know football is a big thing not only for the sport itself, but its important social ramifications but here, football is also viewed as though it's a religion, yet if the national team were going to be banned from playing, no matter how bad it has been playing, there would be a huge outcry and massive outbursts from the public.
Anyway, today, it has been announced that Goodluck Jonathan has rescinded any prospects of a total ban ahead of FIFA's final deadline for them to make their decision. Glad to hear it too, as there is no way that FIFA would have just stood idly by and allowed this to happen. He shouldn't be able to rule over matters in football, even if he is the President.
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