The story was everywhere before the competition
started, 18 players dropped from Nigeria under 17
team because they failed MRI test.
A lot of us hailed the innovation because it will
certainly put somethings right. Remember, players like
Luis Figo of Portugal and Mutiu Adepoju played in the
same competition but Figo played active football for
years after Mutiu retired.
The lesson here is that we always end up cheating our-
selves thinking we are being smart.
Despite the MRI machine test, report during the weekend
showed that the captain of the present golden eaglets
was 18 years 7 years ago.
The revelation came from a former Nigeria international
Adokie Amesiamaka. He said the captain was a player in his
academy {The youth team of sharks football club}
and he was 18 years old seven years ago.
Down the years when other players that featured in this
tournament continue playing for 15 years, our players
would have long retired and we will be wondering why we
can't get players for the senior national team.
The attitude of cheating is not only in football or sports
in general, it has eaten into our every aspect of life.
