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Interesting Facts About Olympic Nations – Burkina Faso

Did you know…

Aristide Sawadogo plays in the NBA Development League. He was born on December 28, 1981 in Ouagadougou, the capital city of Burkina Faso. Aristide studied at Lycee Philipe Zinda Kabore in Burkina. His idol is Earvin «Magic» Johnson.

Upper Volta competed at the Summer Olympic Games in 1972. It became Burkina Faso in 1984 and has since competed under that name in 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008.

The two most popular sports in Burkina Faso -also known simply as «Burkina»- are football and athletics.

The National Olympic Committee was founded in 1965.

The 21st African Cup of Nations was held in Ouagadougou in 1998.

Burkina -it is about the size of the United Kingdom, New Jersey and Delaware combined- sent 4 sportspeople to the 1992 Olympics in Spain. It competed in athletics (3) and judo (1).

Many sports websites confused the name of Burkina Faso -an ex French colony in Africa – with the name of Burundi. For example: the website of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), one of the largest sports organizations in the world.

Burkina Faso won the bronze medal at the 2001 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago. Burkina Faso, led by Paul Gorogo, beat Argentina 2-0 to capture the bronze medal. The children received a heroes’ welcome when they returned to Burkina Faso, one of the world’s seven poorest nations.The medalists were: Abdoul Kontougomde, Lassana Kanoute, Hamidou Kere, Zerephin Sore, Ousmane Dabre, Jeannot Bouyain, Amadou Coulibaly, Saidou Pahandetiquiri, Henock Conombo, Abdoul Aziz Nikiema, Wilfried Sanou, Abdoulaye Ouedraogo, Boureima Ouattara, Karim Bamba, Oumarou Ouedraogo, Wally Said Korabou, Paul Gorogo, Aboubacar Fofana.

The Burkinabe Olympic Committee sent six athletes to the Olympic Games in the People’s Republic of China. They were: Elisabeth Nikiema (swimming/ 50m freestyle), Idrissa Sanou (athletics/ 100m), Aissata Soulama (track and field/ 400m hurdles), Julien Ouedraogo (fencing/ individual sabre), Hanatou Ouelgo (judo/ 48 kg), Rene Yougbare (aquatics/ 50m freestyle). Ironically, Burkina Faso does not have diplomatic relations with Beijing.

Burkina won two medals at the 1st Pan African Games in 1965.

This African country finished in 10th place at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Auckland (New Zealand). Burkina Faso won the silver medal at the 1999 FIFA U-17 African Championship. The players were Daouda Diakite, Lamine Traore, Jose Yameogo, Aboubacar Sanou, Soumaila Tassambedo, Charles Pafadnam, Patrick Zoundi, Bourema Maiga, Tanguy Barro, Moussa Kabore, Djibril Campaore, Siaka Sanou, Ibrahim Kabore, Issaka Ouedraogo, Ousseni Zongo, Alhassan Gambo, Gaston Rouamba, Jean Kabore.

Like Kenya and Ghana, Upper Volta boycotted the Olympic Games in 1976 and 1980.

Olivier Sanou won the gold medal in the triple jump at the 2002 African Championships in Tunisia. He was the first athlete from Burkina Faso to win an international gold medal.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gaston Roumba was one of the best young players in Burkina. He once said: «My family lives in Ouagadougou, but I’ve stayed at the Centre for three years, since it was established. We’ve played a lot of games to get this far. Our biggest success so far was to qualify for the youth competition in France during the World Cup. We won a tough game against Mali, winning on penalties after a 0-0 draw. The atmosphere in France was amazing, with supporters from all over the world. I was so happy to be a footballer. I saw five matches, supporting Nigeria. They were unlucky not to go through».

One of the most remarkable athletes is Aissata Soulama (track & field). This sportswoman finished in 11th place in the 400m hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was the flag-bearer for her country at the Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad.

Burkina Faso competed at the Francophone Games in 1994.

Like Laos and Myanmar, Burkina has never won an Olympic medal.

This African country qualified for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates. The team finished in 14th place.

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World’s Sexiest Men

Sports Illustrated Women’s Swimsuit Issue selected the Sexiest Men in swim wears. We should accord these winners special importance as they were selected by a large number of women voters.

Apolo Anton Ohno, (Speed Skating): Ohno was overtaken by South Korea’s Kim Dong-Sung in the 1,500-meter short-track speed skating event in Salt Lake City but managed to win the gold medal after Kim was disqualified. Ohno also took home a silver medal in the 1,000-meter event, scrambling to the finish line. Several thousand women admirers watched Ohno skate.

Tiki Barber, (Football): Tiki’s a dynamic full back for the New York Giants. When questioned whether he is sexier than his twin brother and team mate, Ronde, Tiki Barber modestly said «»I’ll have to give it to my brother» but added «He’s vain enough to think he’s the sexiest.»

Landon Donovan, (Soccer): Playing forward for both the U.S. National soccer and the San Jose Earthquakes teams; Landon was named most valued player at last year’s MLS All-Star Game. On whether he considers himself sexy, Landon said «I would say that in everyday life that I don’t consider myself sexy, not extremely sexy, no. But I try. I do my best.»

Jeremy Bloom, (Freestyle Skiing): At the 2002 Winter Olympics, Jeremy was placed ninth in the freestyle skiing moguls competition. Earlier, he was a 100-meter track and field Colorado state champion. He won both the 2002 national moguls crown and the moguls event at the World Cup. When asked, Jeremy said «Athletes are sexier than models, because there are great stories behind each of them.»

Andy Roddick, (Tennis) Last year he became the youngest player to reach the U.S. Open’s men’s quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 1988. Roddick also successfully defended his U.S. Clay Court Championship title against the tennis legend Pete Sampras in April.

Clint Mathis, (Soccer): Clint is playing forward for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars, and he is in the U.S. national team, for competing in World Cup 2002 this summer. When asked whether he considered himself sexy, he said: «Maybe my accent,» Mathis says in his Georgia drawl. «I don’t have the body that everyone else does, but I get the job done.»

Macho men are certainly expected to look muscular and sexy in swim wears. But do women love somewhat effeminate men more than macho males? Scientists report that women lust for partners with more feminine features because they are unable to trust the strong muscular men.

In a recent poll conducted by intersites.co.uk for the one hundred sexiest men 2008, the following men occupied the first ten places:

Rank 1: Colin Firth is an English film, television and stage actor.

Rank 2: Jude Law is an English actor. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and he won awards for several of his roles.

Rank 3: David Tennant is a Scottish actor best known for portraying the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in the television series Doctor Who. He adopted the professional name ‘Tennant’ inspired by Neil Tennant, the lead singer of the Pet Shop Boys

Rank 4: Brad Pitt is an American actor, film producer, and social activist.

Rank 5: Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix and Ted in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey.

Rank 6: Chris Evans is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Fantastic Four (as the Human Torch), Cellular and Not Another Teen Movie.

Rank 7: Johnny Depp is a three-time Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe Award-winning and Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as the titular character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.

Rank 8: Wentworth Miller is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. Born in England, he is a critically acclaimed young actor with amazing performances both television and feature films.

Rank 9: David Beckham is an English professional football midfielder who currently plays for and captains Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy. He is also a member of the England national team. Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 to 2 July 2006.

Rank 10: John Cusack is an American film actor and writer. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for ‘Say Anything’, the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award.

Listed on People magazine’s annual survey, George Clooney was declared the sexiest man of 2006 and therefore a delight to watch in swimwear. He is winning this coveted title for the second consecutive year.

Strangely, the two-time winner, Brad Pitt is relegated to number 15. The other contenders of the People magazine’s annual survey included actor Patrick Dempsey who was awarded the second slot, and Ashton Kutcher the third. Taye Diggs secured the fourth position ahead of Johnny Depp placed at number five.

The remaining five out the top ten in the list are TV actors Josh Duhamel at number six, Enrique Murciano at the 7th position, Leonardo DiCaprio on the eighth spot, followed by comedian John Krasinski at number nine and Jake Gyllenhaal at number 10.

MeyouWorld.net conducted a survey to find out the five sexiest men in America and the results were::1) George Clooney 2) Stan Medley 3) Harrison Ford 4) Brad Pitt 5) Daniel Craig.

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FIFA World Cup 2010: Celebrate A Goal With ‘Diski’ and Soda

The FIFA World Cup in South Africa has been the most colourful of them all. There has been no dearth of incidents, whether to do with the modes of celebration or contentious equipment or refereeing. Here’s a sampling:

Celebrating A Goal? Here, Have Some Diski And Soda:

Arguably the greatest contributions of footballers, Peter Crouch and Juergen Klinsmann, are the dances they invented for use in celebrating a goal scored.

But now the time has come to put ‘The Robot’ by Crouch, and ‘The Dive’ by Klinsmann, to pasture.

For here comes the ‘Diski’, that South Afrtica’s Tshabalala and his team-mates have invented…

Nigerian Kaita Falls To Earth:

Nigerian player Sani Kaita has made a tearful apology to his countrymen, for the red card he earned against Greece, resulting in his team’s 2-1 loss in the group E match.

The match was crucial to Nigeria’s hopes of advancing to the round of 16, and the team was leading 1-0 at the time of the incident, thanks to a free kick taken by Kalu Uche.

Kaita was sent off after he kicked Greek defender Vasileios Torosidis in a rough tackle.

No More Pecnik For Slovenia At FIFA World Cup 2010:

In their match against USA, Slovenia forward Nejc Pecnik broke his ankle.

The injury marks an early end to the World Cup, for Pecnik, who will not feature in the starting line up Slovenia take on England on Wednesday.

This is a crucial encounter, especially for England, who will have to pack their bags, if they don’t win. In contrast, even a draw would be enough for Slovenia to qualify for the round of 16.

I Have Seen Many Balls, But FIFA’s Are The Worst, Says Capello:

Complaints about the Jambulani ball used at this World Cup refuse to ebb.

Apart from unhappyplayers, the latest complaint was beleaguered England coach Capello. This is what he had to say about it: ‘This is the worst ball I ever saw’. And he has seen many, in his long career, as coach.

But not all players are unhappy. The Brazilian midfielder Kaka actually kissed the Jambulani, in public view. If you’re wondering why Kaka finds FiFA’s new ball good enough to kiss, there’s a simple enough explanation. Kaka is a brand ambassador for Adidas, the company that manufacturers the Jambulani.

Referee Undiano Undone by Klose Call:

The Germans were hard done by in their match against Serbia. For what appeared to be a relatively innocuous foul committed on Dejan Stankovic, Klose was given a second yellow card and marching orders, by referee Undiano.

The card happy referee went on a whistling spree, issuing four cards in the first ten minutes. His final tally was a gasp inducing 10.

Referee Coulibaly Ends With Kek On Face:

The USA Slovenia match ended bizarrely with ref Coulibaly disallowing what appeared to be a legal goal by Maurice Edu, of the USA, thus denying the Americans of a deserved win.

The decision was all the more weird as Coulibaly chose to ignore an offside in the second goal Slovenia scored. Slovenia’s coach Kek was the only happy man, on the night.

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Role Definition For College Basketball’s Associate Head Coach

College basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world. Head coaches at the Division I level are paid handsomely as are many of their staff members. The make up of coaching staffs is a confusing issue for the average fan. This article will clear up the role of the head coach associate head coach assistants, and support staff.

During most college basketball games on television a fan notices a large collection of suits. These suits represent members of the coaching staff of each respective school. Five, seven, or ten staff can be present on the bench during games. Who are all of these people?

The average college staff comprises the head coach and his assistant coaches. The number of assistants depends on the size and level of the program. A smaller school can have one, two, or possibly three assistant coaches. Mid level colleges, such as Division II and lower Division I, may have three to five assistant coaches. At the highest Division I level a support staff of coaches may reach seven or eight. Assistant coaches make up only part of the entire staff. Managers, trainers, graduate assistants, and statisticians can also be part of the bench make up.

A recent development at the college level is the associate head coach This is a confusing situation, and I to explain how this works.

Titles generally don’t mean a lot on college coaching staffs. You are either an assistant or a manager, basically.

The title of first assistant has little value as all assistants work just as hard or harder, in the case of graduate assistants at times.

The Associate head coach has been created to help assistants get head coaching jobs in two ways.

1. The title sets them apart from the rest of the staff externally/image- wise. It gives a coach with the title a little more leverage if the head coach moves on they they may look at the associate head coach first before going outside. Another factor is it can be a way to get this assistant more money, again separating him from the others. This title also can be a detriment in terms of staff chemistry. Egos are bruised and pride kicks in.

2. The associate head coach may help if an assistant looks applies for a head coach position at another school. An Athletic Director may look at an Associate head coach with more interest than «just an assistant.»

Remember that every staff is different in their approach to using the associate head coach title. There may be a plan behind it or just window dressing. Many programs and many head coaches have many different approaches to staff building. I hope this article will help you understand why so many suits adorn each college bench this winter.

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Top Five Off-Field Controversies Of Balotelli In 2011

Mario Balotelli has become a legend of Premier League football in a very short span of time and not just for his on-field antics of which there is no dearth. For some unknown reason, fans love to see characters in sport rather than efficient automatons who perform on the pitch and are unheard of, off it. And that trend makes Balotelli all the more popular with followers of the game.

In this article I take a look at the top five off-field controversies that Manchester City’s star Italian striker was involved in during the year 2011:

Controversy # 5: Balotelli Buys Motorbike, Banned From Riding It: July 2011

The Italian ace bought a Harley Davidson and whizzed around Manchester on it before club manager Mancini got wind of it. The player was immediately banned from riding the motorbike owing to the risk of injury arising from it.

Controversy # 4: Gets His Car Impounded 27 Times In First Nine Days: April 2011

The player set a record average of three parking violations a day in the first nine days of driving his Maserati in England, keeping Man City club valets busy in recovering the car from the police.

Controversy # 3: Tops £300,000 In Club Fines: April 2011

Balotelli set a new record for fines paid at Manchester City when he topped £300,000 after his most recent offence of throwing darts at youth players of the club. He threw the missiles from a first floor window at the club and when questioned is reported to have said he did it because he was «bored».

Controversy # 2: Eats Expensive Curry For £150,000: December 2011

Balotelli accompanied by friends went out for a late night curry eat out 48 hours before the crucial match with Chelsea thereby breaking the curfew imposed by Man City manager Mancini. The infringement cost the star striker £150,000 or a week’s wages, making it the most expensive curry ever eaten, in the history of humanity.

And The Winner Is:

Controversy # 1: Sets House on Fire: October 2011

Mario Balotelli set his house on fire after letting off fireworks in his bathroom early morning on Saturday, October 22, 2011. Two fire crews using breathing apparatus were summoned at about 1 am on Saturday to Balotelli’s house in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire. The police were also summoned and their main challenge was to keep the Manchester City striker from going back into his house to recover belongings.

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What Makes A Complete Striker?

In a gathering of football enthusiast, discussing and debating over football issues; some relevant and some others irrelevant. A few about individual players and others about teams with great exploits, teams that have defiled all odds to achieve extra ordinary success, the debate got hotter, and the tempo was raised, then propped up this topic; «Who is the best striker in Europe»?

Silence there was, each sinking into himself. It was a topic that made me ponder, but there is another side to this controversy; what really makes a striker? What are the qualities of a striker? How do we distinguish strikers from strikers?

Pondering over the interesting topic, ideas sprung up; views of mine came alive. The fundamental question as stated above needed urgent answers to put the debate to rest. First, who is a striker? A striker is a front man in team football, whom the whole team look up to produce goals, that will bring victory, he’s that man who bangs the net with goals

Let’s review what really makes a striker?

Some of the qualities, which I can deduce of a competent striker, are: height, speed, skills, strength, wits, calculation and the ability to tear apart opposing defenses single-handedly and most important of all, good finishing.

The rave making strikers in Europe presently, do possess some, if not all, of the above-mentioned qualities of a striker. Possessing of all the above-mentioned qualities makes a striker formidable. The greatest strikers in the footballing history possess all the qualities; the likes of Delima Ronaldo, The great Pele, Roberto Baggio, Romario, etc. which made them famous and deadly during their peak years, in the days of old.

Wayne Rooney, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi, Samuel Eto’o, Cristiano Ronaldo, Diego Milito, Gonzalo Higuain, and the likes, are all proven goal scorers, who will bury any chance they get and will punish any defensive line up.

Analyzing each of the a fore-mentioned players, will bring to the fore the fact that all these are formidable strikers, who score on a regular basis. England has always being blessed with intelligent and proven strikers at different points in time. There was a time it was Andy Cole, one of the best players that ever wore the red and white England jersey, the first player in the history of Premier League to net five goals in a single match, amazing isn’t it? Well his time is past now, but really he mesmerized fans of the then EPL with his exceptional skills and goal scoring prowess.

There was Alan shearer, what do I have to say about this exceptionally good striker? He equaled Andy Cole’s record of five goals in a single match; he scored goals from different angles of the pitch, from different match situations: set pieces, counter-attack, open play and from even unlikely and remote angle of the pitch, as a result of his forceful style of play, some section s of the fans were not friendly with him, same made him one of the most-feared during his time in the Premier League. Although he has not been successful as a manager, failing to save Newcastle UTD from the relegation troubles, which caused its fall.

The English Footballing world woke to the 2009/2010 season to experience something different, an experience of goal banging, an all-round action experience; The Wayne Rooney Experience. Wayne Rooney as a player has grown to be very matured and confident. Watching the Rooney of five seasons ago in comparison to this season’s, one would clearly notice the improvement in his style of play, his conduct on the pitch, team coordinating brilliance and the likes. All these improvements in Wayne Rooney have made him to be a very formidable and fearful striker in the world football. One of the talents which Rooney possess that endeared him to me and the football fans in general, is his ability to terrorize opposing defenses single-handedly with sheer brilliance. Rooney has scored 38 goals so far this season, and most of them have through his individual brilliance, although with the help of team mates, who have mastered his play in recent games.

Team work is another of his talent which he puts on display in each match, he with his powerful and brilliant, has been able to foster unity in the team in terms of field play, he distributes accurate passes, he doesn’t hold on to the ball meaninglessly, positions himself in the best possible position to be spotted for pass release which on a good day results to goal.

Away from England, and unto the European scene, there is this player, who some have wrongly compared to a great football legend, the player who single-handedly destroy opposing teams, not only with his goals, but also with his passes, dribbles, speed, strength and all the rest.

The player, who is the current World Player of the Year, the most dangerous player on the planet presently; Lionel Messi! Some regard him as the «merciless», some others say he’s the greatest player to walk the earth surface, but I strongly disagree to this notion. You run out of adjectives trying to describe him, no doubt he’s a good player, proven goal-scorer, intelligent destroyer of opposing teams and worst of all he causes night mare to defenders, especially in the Spanish La Liga and also the Champions League, the two competitions which he plays his best football.

The «merciless» truly shows no mercy to teams and players that stands on his way to victory. He has scored 40 goals this season; his finishing and goal build-up play clearly spells out his superiority in Europe. He is being criticized for not excelling in big games with high expectation from him; he silenced his critics against Arsenal, after his well taken four goals to send Arsenal crashing out of Europe’s elite club competition.

Resting the debate, I’ll say strikers should be rated with different stats, the inability of a striker to score plenty goals does not mean he’s not a good striker. Fernando Torres is a brilliant striker, but he has not been able to score lots of goals doesn’t mean he’s not a complete striker. A complete striker is one who scores goals, has the ability to turn the game around with individual skill, spaces himself in the right positions to be given the ball and buries it at the back of the net. A striker is a playmaker.

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Super Bowl Charters

When you think of airline travel you have two choices. You can either fly commercial or you can charter a plane to get you where you want to be. Both get you to your destination, but have wildly different takes on airline travel. If you are going on a business trip, chartering a jet can allow you to conduct meetings and work en route. But what about for a family vacation or a weekend away? Yes, you can charter to that, and what if you charter to football’s biggest game, the Super Bowl? If you don’t live near the stadium where the game is to be played, why not?

The Super Bowl is an annual event, played on the first Sunday in February and features the winners of the AFC against the winners of the NFC. Back in the day, the AFC and the NFL were rival leagues but they merged in 1970 to form what we know today as the NFL. While the merger was taking shape, they agreed that the winners of both leagues would play a championship game and the Super Bowl was born. The first edition of the ‘big game’ was played in 1967. To be fancy and to stand out, each game after was known by the Roman Numeral for its number, all except Super Bowl 50 which used the numeric in their logo. Another interesting fact about football’s biggest game is that in odd numbered games the winners of the NFC are granted the home team, while in even numbered games that nod goes to the winners of the AFC.

It is also a neat fact that no team has ever played a Super Bowl in their home stadium. In fact, there are four teams that have never played in that game at all. Detroit, Cleveland, Jacksonville and the Houston Texans have never got to that all exciting final game of the season. Teams that have seen success though include Pittsburgh with 6 wins and both Dallas and San Francisco who have 4 wins each.

So, if you don’t live in the designated Super Bowl city, charter your way there. You’ll be happy you did, as you can design a schedule, you will have plenty of leg, shoulder, head and elbow room and you can configure the cabin any way your heart desires. Throw in the lack of long security lines and we have a winner!

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Nigeria Pulls Out of Football Competitions Till 2012

The Nigerian president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan directed on Tuesday that the country should pull out of all football competitions till 2012. This is as a result of the country’s poor performance in the ongoing world cup in South Africa.

The president’s directive did not come as a surprise to me, considering the lackluster performances of our teams in recent time. The last time they gave Nigerians something to cheer about was in South Korea 2007, when the U-16 team conquered the world and came back with the trophy.

Our performance in Egypt 2009 (FIFA U-20 World Cup) was less than satisfactory as we could not advance beyond the second round in a competition that was eventually won by the Black Starlets of Ghana. We eventually hosted the U-16 world cup (Oct/Nov 2009) and lost to first-timers, Switzerland in the final; we should also not forget that we did not qualify for the competition because we were knocked out by little known Benin Republic, and only got there as the host nation.

Why The Dwindling Fortunes?

A lot of things have contributed to this downward spiral of our national teams; I will only mention few of them for the sake of time:

Corruption: This has remained the bane of our football as players get imposed on the coaches by certain people who are highly placed in government. This issue of God-fatherism has contributed to a large extent to the lackluster performance of our players, as those who are backed by these cabals believe no one could ever remove them from the team so long as their God fathers are still alive. So they do not give their best because they never got there by merit but through the back door.

Quota system: The use of quota system in almost all spheres of life has also affected our football as certain areas/zones must also contribute players whether they are fit or not. Players used to be selected to play for the national teams based on merit, skills and fitness and not by geographical affiliation; but today the reverse is the case.

Lack of continuity: Ghana is waxing strong today because they were able to graduate their young talents to replace the aging ones. But in our own case, the old players have held tenaciously to the national team’s jerseys, preventing the young ones from graduating. How do we explain a situation where Kanu Nwankwo, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, John Utaka, Joseph Yobo, Rabiu Afolabi, etc still maintain a regular shirt in the team? Only Haruna Lukman is now playing for the Super Eagles when all his team mates to South Korea – Rabiu Ibrahim, Yakubu Alfa, Oseni, etc. have all been left out. What also happened to Coach Sampson Siasia’s Olympic squad?

What Should We Do?

Administration: The old hands in NFF should be flushed out and ex-footballers should administer our football. They would bring in passion and commitment, unlike the present people who are after money.

Continuity: Our young players who have done well at various levels should be graduated to take over from the aging players who are struggling for fitness: we should borrow a leaf from Ghana.

Stop quota system: Players should be invited to the national teams based purely on merit and not on quota system that is bringing mediocrity into the teams.

Discipline: Our players should be subject to discipline; nobody should be guaranteed a permanent shirt anymore. Anyone who does not do well should be shown the way out, and more committed ones be brought in.

Good developmental plans: The foreign coaches have not done too well for us (except Clemence Westerhof and Otto Gloria). We should therefore begin to develop our local coaches who would show more commitment if appointed to handle our teams. Our football academies should also be improved to produce quality players.

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The NFL and Domestic Violence

Violence is a trait of many NFL players. Let’s face it, football is a violent sport and it encourages violent behavior. Unfortunately, what football does not do is teach players how to behave non-violently to problems off the field, particularly when it comes to relationship problems.

This violent behavior begins when boys start playing football as children. The boys are taught to behave tough and aggressive by their coaches, teammates, and even their parents. Boys are taught to use their body and strength to tackle competing players. Making a good «hit» is encouraged. This positively reinforces boys to behave aggressively. The boys are taught to be strong, to be unafraid, and to be a man. The name of the game is to be tough, dominant and show no weaknesses.

Unfortunately, the boys playing football are not taught that this behavior is acceptable only on the field. As boys who play football reach adolescence and adulthood, they have learned how to use aggressive and dominant behavior to win. It is this behavior that can lead to domestic violence against women.

Football never teaches players how to communicate with a woman. Is this the fault of football coaches or should parents take responsibility? The correct answer is that both should take responsibility. If you are going to reward a child for behaving violently while playing football, you must teach that child how to control their behavior when not playing football. I believe that from childhood all the way through the NFL, football players must be taught how to control aggressive and violent behavior. They need to be taught that violence off the field is unacceptable, especially towards women.

The divorce rate among NFL players is very high. Players bring the violence and aggressive energy they have on the field home. After practice or a game, a player’s adrenaline is flowing and they may have a lot of extra energy. If the player was in a big game that his team lost, this can increase the likelihood of violence at home. When you take the environment of football where problems between players are sometimes solved in scuffles and pushing each other around, this behavior becomes second nature to players. In football, if somebody gets in your face, you push them away. However, there is a huge difference between pushing a strong 275 lb player out of your face and pushing a 130 lb woman out of your face. What seems like nothing between players can be deadly when used toward a woman, and much of the time, it is done as a reflex from years of being physical with other players. That is why it is so important that from childhood on, football players are taught how to control their behavior off the field.

The NFL does have programs to teach players how to behave off the field. The problem is that by the time a player reaches the NFL, it is almost too late to teach behavior control. By this time the player has spent more than half of his life being taught to be physical and aggressive. This behavior is now so deeply embedded in the player’s mind that it is very difficult to change. That is why it is so important that football coaches and parents teach these young boys how to behave off the field and to be gentle with women.

If you are a parent reading this article, please talk to your son about violence and that violent behavior towards other people, especially women, is wrong. Yes, physical and aggressive behavior is OK on the football field with other players, but that is the only place it is acceptable. Off the field, players must be taught to control their aggressive behavior and use their mind to solve problems, not their body.

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Brett Favre’s Backups – Through The Years

Often times when a great player plays quarterback for one franchise for a very long time it is interesting to look at who played backup for him. Who developed into a starting quarterback of their own? Who had started at other places but was winding their career down here? Here we look at Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre’s backups through the years.

1992: Brett Comes To The Green Bay Packers

Backup: Don Majkowski (University of Virginia)

Majkowski had started for the Packers earlier in his career and later on would start games for the Indianapolis Colts, he would also appear in a few games for the Detroit Lions.

1993: Brett’s 2nd Year

Backup: Ty Detmer (Brigham Young University)

Detmer won the Heisman Trophy playing QB for the BYU Cougars and after backing up in Green Bay in 1993 and 1995 he would go on to start games for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1996 and 1997. He would also see playing time with San Francisco, Cleveland, and Detroit.

1994: Brett’s 3rd Year

Backup: Mark Brunell (University of Washington)

Probably the quarterback that played behind Favre and went on to the most success (so far), Mark Brunell would later start games for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Washington Redskins. Brunell made numerous Pro Bowl appearances, and in 1996 he led the league in total passing yards. Brunell also currently ranks in the all-time top 25 in the following categories: Passing attempts, passing completions, and passing yards.

1995: Brett’s 4th Year

Backup: Ty Detmer – See Above

Backup: Jim McMahon (Brigham Young University)

McMahon had already been a starting quarterback for most of his career and had won a Super Bowl with the 1985 Chicago Bears. He would also be a sometime starter with San Diego, Philadelphia, and Minnesota. He also spent time with the Arizona Cardinals briefly before spending his last two years in the league backing up in Green Bay.

Backup: T.J. Rubley (University of Tulsa)

Rubley had starting experience with the Los Angeles Rams in 1993 but his time with the 1995 Packers would be his last in the NFL.

1996: Brett and the Packers win the Super Bowl

Backup: Jim McMahon – See Above

Backup: Doug Pederson (NE Louisiana)

Pederson would go on to see time as the starting quarterback with Philadelphia and Cleveland in 1999 and 2000 respectively before returning to be the backup in Green Bay again for the 2001 through 2004 seasons.

1997: A Super Bowl Loss

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

Backup: Steve Bono (UCLA)

Bono had prior starting quarterback experience for both San Francisco and Kansas City. Earlier in his career he had backup experience with both Minnesota and Pittsburgh, and after this one season in Green Bay he would spend two more years in the league (backing up for the Rams and the Carolina Panthers) before retiring.

1998: Brett’s 7th Year and Mike Holmgren’s last year as the Packers head coach.

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

1999: Brett’s 8th Year and the one and only season Ray Rhodes was the head coach.

Backup: Matt Hasselbeck (Boston College)

Hasselbeck would go on to play for Holmgren in Seattle and lead the Seahawks to the Super Bowl, only to lose to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

2000: Brett’s 9th Year and Mike Sherman’s first year as head coach.

Backup: Matt Hasselbeck – See Above

2001: Brett’s 10th Year

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

2002: Brett’s 11th Year

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

2003: Brett’s 12th Year

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

2004: Brett’s 13th Year

Backup: Doug Pederson – See Above

Backup: Craig Nall (Northwestern State)

Nall would throw for four touchdowns in his only action in the NFL during this season. He would go on to backup Favre in 2005 before spending one final year as a backup in Buffalo.

Backup: J.T. O’Sullivan (University of California-Davis)

O’Sullivan saw no action for Green Bay other than two late game kneel downs, he didn’t see any playing action at all in 2005 or 2006, but has gotten on the field for the Detroit Lions during the 2007 season.

2005: Brett’s 14th Year

Backup: Craig Nall – See Above

Backup: Aaron Rodgers (University of California)

Rodgers is the current backup for Brett Favre and has been labeled the heir-apparent to take over after he retires ever since the Packers drafted him.

2006: Brett’s 15th Year and Mike McCarthy’s first season as head coach of the Packers.

Backup: Aaron Rodgers – See Above

Backup: Ingle Martin

Martin made it into the game for the final game of the year and handed the ball off one time and took two kneel downs.

2007: Brett’s 16th Year

Backup: Aaron Rodgers – See Above

There you have it, Brett Favre’s backups through the years. This is by no means definitive and focuses primarily on the quarterbacks who not only were on the roster but made it into the game at some point during the season.

A few observations:

Twice Favre had backups from small colleges in Louisiana (Favre’s home state), with Doug Pederson being from Northeast Louisiana and Craig Nall being from Northwestern State.

The Packers have had two different ex-BYU quarterbacks backup Brett (Jim McMahon and Ty Detmer). The quarterback who spent the most years as Brett Favre’s backup was Doug Pederson and he did it in two separate stints with the team (1996-1998 and 2001-2004).

Brett Favre himself was drafted by the Falcons, only to play sparingly and then be traded to the Packers in 1992. In 1993 the Packers drafted Mark Brunell who played sparingly for them and was then traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars where he went on to star for many years. He is one of the most durable quarterbacks the league will ever see, and these were the guys who backed him up.

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