A lot of razzmatazz is going on in Brazil, the latest being the news of
Kevin Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari of Ghana. These two players have been
sent home by the Ghana FA for gross indiscipline in their training session on
tuesday. There have been speculations that the footballers planned to boycott
their last group match against Portugal due to their appearance fee
brouhaha.
Before this recent news from Ghana, Cameroon had similar issues with
appearance fees. This was followed by a show of disgrace by some players on the
pitch in their game against Croatia.
Leaving the matter of discipline and the lack of it aside, as it seems
that not only African players are undisciplined after all we saw a world class
player like Suarez employing his teeth on another player.
What is the issue with this appearance fees saga? Why is this issue
pertinent to only the blacks on the African continent? Who is to blame?
Same issue rocked the SuperEagles camp last year prior to the kick-off of
the Confederations Cup. Now other nations' boats are rocking with the same
problem.
Why do the nations FAs keep the appearance money meant for the players in
their coffers? And why do the players also make a big deal out of just a small
fee as appearance money?
Is football as we enjoy it all about money? Or, shouldn't passion supercede
money? Its just so annoying if one must say.
As it is now, i guess the Ghanaians should arrange their luggage, because
there's no way they can advance to the round of 16 with such a matter arising
from their camp.
In between, BlackStars of Ghana played fantastically against the German
team, thinking we were going to see a wonderful display today. Well your guess
is as good as mine.
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