A nationwide crew coach requesting a projector for match evaluation and dealing with criticism for it, has triggered severe debate inside Nigerian soccer circles.
Softfootball gathered from on-line experiences circulating on social media that the supervisor of the Nigeria nationwide soccer crew, Eric Chelle introduced 19 necessities with the intention to renew his contract with the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF).
Whereas criticism has adopted the reported calls for, Softfootball’s evaluation suggests many of those are fundamental working circumstances anticipated of a nationwide crew supervisor.
Beneath are the 19 necessities as reported, unchanged:
- Personal automobile (SUV) with a chauffeur and safety.
- Home in a nicely secured setting with 24hrs uninterrupted energy provide (electrical energy).
- Furnished workplace with projector for evaluation.
- Web provision.
- Flight tickets for spouse and two kids (Eric and spouse Enterprise class) kids economic system.
- GPS provision.
- Provide of correct tools in accordance to the coach’s demand.
- Primarily based on opponents, the coach has the precise of selection concerning int’l pleasant matches.
- Tenting applications.
- The coach will provoke applications for youth improvement.
- Provision for the coach to journey, watch, monitor and have interaction gamers of the nationwide groups overseas.
- Provision for the coach to journey to look at the native league to establish potential gamers that will likely be built-in in to senior nationwide crew, A U23, U20 and U17.
- No Interference in crew choice and gamers name up.
- The NFF has to challenge a working contract for my staffs.
- Wage must be paid on or earlier than thirtieth of each month.
- Bonus and allowance as per federation construction.
- Request to incorporate my PA within the bonus and allowance construction.
- Proposed wage of $130,000.00 (100 and thirty thousand {dollars}) month-to-month. The quantity included all my technical staffs and PA.
- Month-to-month assembly with all of the nationwide crew coaches.
Wanting carefully on the listing, questions come up: Ought to a nationwide crew coach need to request secure electrical energy, web entry, evaluation tools, and well timed wage cost? These are elementary instruments for contemporary soccer administration.
In as we speak’s recreation, tactical preparation relies upon closely on video evaluation, scouting knowledge, and digital communication. With out web entry or correct evaluation tools, preparation is compromised. Equally, monitoring gamers overseas and throughout the home league is a core duty of any severe nationwide crew mission.
The clause requesting no interference in crew choice additionally displays a standard skilled customary globally, the place coaches are held accountable for outcomes and subsequently require autonomy.
Nevertheless, a counter-report has emerged claiming that the 19 necessities will not be correct and needs to be disregarded. If the experiences are false, it raises issues about misinformation shaping public discourse. If true, it opens a broader dialog in regards to the welfare, construction, {and professional} setting supplied to nationwide crew managers in Nigeria.
Till official clarification is issued, the matter stays unsure however the dialogue has undoubtedly highlighted deeper questions on requirements and assist methods inside Nigerian soccer.
