Thursday, November 21, 2024

Why Other Nigerian National Teams Do Not Get The World Famous Nike Jersey....NFF top Officials Explains


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NIKE JERSEY AND THE MANY QUESTIONS; A TOP NFF OFFICIAL OFFERS EXPLANATION By Adewale Ajayi He has read all the queries and taken all the insults in good faith and now, he has an answer to our many questions even though he prefers that his identity is kept secret. Reasons, he doesn't want to be charged for contempt of court. On why the junior National teams are not privileged to wear the new Nike Jerseys used by the Super Eagles at the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup, he said the deal proper with Nike was to be sealed after the World cup. ( yea I remember them saying this after the official unveiling in London)..... So why have they not sealed the deal I asked. "Wale you can see that the present situation of our football doesn't allow for any meaningful business proposals to be discussed or agreed he replied feeling so dejected and disappointed. No responsible organisation will do business with an FA in crisis. We had plans to seal this after the world cup but the crisis is back to haunt us. Have you forgotten it’s the 2014 crisis that made Adidas to pull out from NFF after the small technical issues at the 2014 World Cup? The crisis was the last straw, so do you now expect NIKE to be excited after this dark clouds have overshadowed their marketing plans and suggestion to start renewal negotiations"? He asked. There is however some ray of hope in the horizon for the falconets he said, as they will have the opportunity to use the New Jersey in France during the Under 20 women's world cup kicking off next month. "The next big project for NIKE is the U-20 women's World Cup and all their kits are ready same time with the Super Eagles World Cup kits and will be delivered to their training camp i think in Austria" he said. Normally, for the other teams, like the flying eagles and maybe the under 15 boys going to Algiers, they could have sent their supplies direct to the match venues as that has always been the case he said. The supplies supposed to have started arriving immediately after the World Cup so all other teams can start using but as it stands, we need to tidy up the final part of the deal to get started and now the crisis is here again to haunt us. We are on the verge of losing other key sponsors as they have threatened to withdraw if these crisis is not sorted out in good time. "This is where we are presently," he concluded
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Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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