Cristiano
Ronaldo was expelled from school after he threw a chair at his
teacher but now you can apply and study CR7 Degree in a University in
Canada, a whole four-year degree based on the effects of Cristiano
Ronaldo. Am picturing a class 6 pupil in Nyakemincha primary, not
even throwing but trying to throw a chair at the teacher, that alone
guarantees an expulsion and immediate admission at Kamiti Maximum
Boarding Primary or Mathare Mental Boarding Academy (MMBA). Most
likely that will be the end of your relationship with matter related
with school. Am not in support of what he did but saying his parents
took long to notice his talent and career were not dependent on
books. In Kenya we concentrate more on class work education
forgetting talent discovery and development; our kids need talent
discovery centers, rugby, football, athletics, hockey, basketball and
all other sports academies.
At the age of
15 Ronaldo was diagnosed with a racing heart condition that needed
surgery, this condition could have or can end any of the Top flight
Kenyan professional footballer’s career, thanks to the youth
football academy that took care of his medical expenses. KPL, FKF,
AK, all sports associations and Clubs should ensure that all players
have a medical insurance fund that can cater for medical expenses
incase of any ailments or injuries. Better payment is always a
motivation for success, who doesn’t like money and more money?
Nobody I guess but if there is someone not interested in more money
or has made enough not excluding the government because it their
responsibility, then pump the money to the development of Talent
Academies.
CR7 earns
£380,000 a week, nobody earns that amount per week in Kenya but some
earn it within a year or some months, it might take me and several
others more than 20 years to earn it. That shows how talent pays and
we should support talent development as means of creating employment
to numerous youths out there filling the job market every day when
they could have been signed by top clubs or got sponsorships to
develop their skills. Respect and support our very own athletes
keeping the Kenyan flag high always, the Kenya 7s rugby team, women
volleyball team, football clubs, national team and all those
sportsmen with team work or individual efforts.
If CR7 was to
be born in Kenya with the sports infrastructure we have; he might be
a footballer playing for a local club in the nationwide league but I
doubt considering his heart racing condition no club could have
catered for his surgery, University graduate with no job or with a
job, a banker, lawyer but with his attitude I don’t think so,
casual laborer, thieve, con man or an armed robber. Imagine yourself
if you were born in a developed country with an education system that
allows talent development and sports academies, what would you be
doing now? Compare it with what you are doing now in Kenya.