kingphisher
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- Nov 30, 2024
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It is deeply disheartening and utterly shameful that our nation, Tanzania, continues to suffer from a lack of competent intellectuals in decision-making—especially in matters as critical as football. How can we trust a system where those in leadership fail to make fair, logical, and professional decisions that consider the entire football ecosystem? Do they not think about the thousands of fans who sacrifice their hard-earned money to support the game? The massive costs clubs endure to prepare for matches? The contractual obligations with broadcasters like Azam Media?
And yet, in the face of all this, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has once again proven its inability to lead with integrity. Their latest ruling is not just a stain on the credibility of our football, but an outright betrayal of every football lover in this country.
To those sitting in leadership, highly educated individuals with degrees and positions of power—what stops you from applying basic reasoning before making such reckless decisions? Does your education serve no purpose when it comes to critical thinking?
How do you justify postponing a highly anticipated match just because one team, Simba SC, threatened to withdraw from the league? Since when did a club become more powerful than the governing body itself? Since when did an institution that is supposed to regulate and uphold the integrity of football become so weak, so spineless, that it bows down to the demands of a single club?
Tell me, in what part of the world have you ever seen a major derby match being postponed because a team claims they haven’t trained? Training? That’s the excuse you’re giving to rob fans of their money and their passion?
So because Simba didn’t train, the match had to be called off? Is that the level of governance we have now? If that’s the case, then the honorable thing to do would be for all of you to resign. Step down, and let people with true leadership take over. Because this—this is disgraceful.
Where was this same energy when Simba denied Singida Black Stars access to a training facility? Did you postpone that match? No, you didn’t. So why now? What precedent are you setting?
Had Simba traveled to play KenGold and were barred from entering the stadium, would you have postponed that match too? Or is it only in certain cases that such privileges apply? You are making a mockery of Tanzanian football.
And now, after you’ve caved in to Simba’s demands, you plan to reschedule the match on a date that suits them. But what about Yanga? They have already stated that their Derby calendar for this season is closed. What kind of image does this paint for Tanzanian football?
You have lost all credibility. You have abandoned the very principles of fairness, and you have disrespected the very people who fuel this sport—the fans.
No wonder people like Roma had to flee the country. No wonder Nay Wa Mitego’s music gets banned. The truth is suffocated in a system that serves only those in power, while the rest of us—football lovers, loyal fans, the heartbeat of the game—are left in the dark, unheard, and unvalued.
This is not just football. This is a reflection of a broken system, a system that is failing its people. And if this is the road we continue to walk, then Tanzanian football is on a dangerous path to ruin.
Shame on you.
And yet, in the face of all this, the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) has once again proven its inability to lead with integrity. Their latest ruling is not just a stain on the credibility of our football, but an outright betrayal of every football lover in this country.
To those sitting in leadership, highly educated individuals with degrees and positions of power—what stops you from applying basic reasoning before making such reckless decisions? Does your education serve no purpose when it comes to critical thinking?
How do you justify postponing a highly anticipated match just because one team, Simba SC, threatened to withdraw from the league? Since when did a club become more powerful than the governing body itself? Since when did an institution that is supposed to regulate and uphold the integrity of football become so weak, so spineless, that it bows down to the demands of a single club?
Tell me, in what part of the world have you ever seen a major derby match being postponed because a team claims they haven’t trained? Training? That’s the excuse you’re giving to rob fans of their money and their passion?
So because Simba didn’t train, the match had to be called off? Is that the level of governance we have now? If that’s the case, then the honorable thing to do would be for all of you to resign. Step down, and let people with true leadership take over. Because this—this is disgraceful.
Where was this same energy when Simba denied Singida Black Stars access to a training facility? Did you postpone that match? No, you didn’t. So why now? What precedent are you setting?
Had Simba traveled to play KenGold and were barred from entering the stadium, would you have postponed that match too? Or is it only in certain cases that such privileges apply? You are making a mockery of Tanzanian football.
And now, after you’ve caved in to Simba’s demands, you plan to reschedule the match on a date that suits them. But what about Yanga? They have already stated that their Derby calendar for this season is closed. What kind of image does this paint for Tanzanian football?
You have lost all credibility. You have abandoned the very principles of fairness, and you have disrespected the very people who fuel this sport—the fans.
No wonder people like Roma had to flee the country. No wonder Nay Wa Mitego’s music gets banned. The truth is suffocated in a system that serves only those in power, while the rest of us—football lovers, loyal fans, the heartbeat of the game—are left in the dark, unheard, and unvalued.
This is not just football. This is a reflection of a broken system, a system that is failing its people. And if this is the road we continue to walk, then Tanzanian football is on a dangerous path to ruin.
Shame on you.
