One must wonder what the relationship between football and terrorism is? Well it's not difficult. Football stadiums are some of the few places, if not the only places in the world that can attract thousands of people week in, week out. Any terrorist would fancy striking such a place with a potential for maximum damage. Over the week, the world witnessed a series of shocking events across Europe. People were gunned down like chickens in the least likely place anyone would have thought such a thing could happen. Paris!

Just after that, there was condemnation from every quarter. World presidents expressed shock, disbelief and sadness over the unfortunate and pathetic events. The world united across social media to speak against this sick act of terrorism. People used French flags as their display pictures across different social media platforms, the Prayfor Paris hashtag was trending. The incidence shook everything and everyone. Even football fans were not left out, as it was revealed that a suicide bomber tried to gain entrance into a stadium where the French national team and the German national team where playing football. The ‘son of Satan’ however succeeded in detonating his bomb outside the stadium, killing a few and wounding others. The device was loud enough to be heard inside the stadium and it triggered events that saw fans running to the pitch, after the match, before being clearing out from the stadium.

In the midst of all the condemnation for the ISIS which claimed responsibility for the act and the solidarity for France from all parts of the world, the French team decided to proceed with their next match against England. What a perfect opportunity to ‘boo’ the ISIS and actually show love for France through the game we all love. The French national anthem was sung by all and sundry, speeches given, minute of silence and an emotional football match. A befitting tribute to the lost ones.

Wait! The English FA wasn’t so comfortable. They felt hey! Let’s spread the feeling across England. Let’s rekindle the lost flame of war. Let’s remind everyone of the gruesome murders, let’s put our grounds under unnecessary security risks by chanting the French anthems across all Premier League matches.

This is where the problem starts. The selective sympathy and genuity of the west’s desire to end terrorism. These gestures are the reason why we are where we are today. The reason why a Syrian nationality or any other nation that has been ravaged by the west’s weapons living in the UK or US, wake up and head to Syria to join ISIS. Now that the heart of Europe has been affected, human lives count. Now the massa commands the slaves to upload flags with the French flag.

The statement from the Syrain coach in the aftermath of the killings tells you all you need to know about what terrorism might become in a few years.

“We stand now for 30 seconds for French, but all Syrian people killed, no one stand for one second”

We are not talking of 180, 300, 1000 here. We are talking of more than 250,000 people. In this day and age, the West speaks of sanctity of human lives. Where was the minute of silence across England for all members of the Russian aircraft Metrojet Flight 9268 taken down in an act of terrorism? Let’s even leave Syria and Russia and come down home where many slaves never forgot their masters. Where was the minutes of silence for the over 20,000 Nigerians whose life have been snuffed out by Boko Haram? What has the Premier League we all follow religiously done to show concern? When has Scudamore ever spoken against the crimes perpetrated by these people? Can we even begin to estimate the number of fans of the Premier League in Nigeria? Why the insensitivity to our plight.

The truth is these people only care about themselves. I am not saying we should go on a ‘no watching Premier League games’ protest. I am saying it’s time we begin to sound these clubs making millions and billions of pounds from us to be a little bit sensitive. Care about others and not just your own, so we don’t keep sending angry youths to ISIS and Bokoharam. Let the west not keep fuelling wars with weapons but let the message of love in Wembley be spread across the shores of Europe to Africa and places in the MiddleEast suffering from terrorism. It is possible that if they begin to show this act of care, maybe wear a poppy or a black arm band or even sing the Nigerian anthem in one of the match venues as a way of sympathizing with those gruesomely murdered and standing against these terrorist acts, maybe just maybe, we would be more encouraged to deal with this scourge. There’s no justice in crying for France and turning the face for Nigeria or Kenya. Supporters, fans speak up against all these little unimportant things. They are the things breeding terrorists today. To be frank, there are not more supporters of the premier league in France than they are in Nigeria. While the English FA bothers about it's image, it must be careful not to make people avenge this selective sympathy. Thank You

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MrLouisVanGaal:
One must wonder what the relationship between football and terrorism is? Well it's not difficult. Football stadiums are some of the few places, if not the only places in the world that can attract thousands of people week in, week out. Any terrorist would fancy striking such a place with a potential for maximum damage. Over the week, the world witnessed a series of shocking events across Europe. People were gunned down like chickens in the least likely place anyone would have thought such a thing could happen. Paris!

Just after that, there was condemnation from every quarter. World presidents expressed shock, disbelief and sadness over the unfortunate and pathetic events. The world united across social media to speak against this sick act of terrorism. People used French flags as their display pictures across different social media platforms, the Prayfor Paris hashtag was trending. The incidence shook everything and everyone. Even football fans were not left out, as it was revealed that a suicide bomber tried to gain entrance into a stadium where the French national team and the German national team where playing football. The ‘son of Satan’ however succeeded in detonating his bomb outside the stadium, killing a few and wounding others. The device was loud enough to be heard inside the stadium and it triggered events that saw fans running to the pitch, after the match, before being clearing out from the stadium.

In the midst of all the condemnation for the ISIS which claimed responsibility for the act and the solidarity for France from all parts of the world, the French team decided to proceed with their next match against England. What a perfect opportunity to ‘boo’ the ISIS and actually show love for France through the game we all love. The French national anthem was sung by all and sundry, speeches given, minute of silence and an emotional football match. A befitting tribute to the lost ones.

Wait! The English FA wasn’t so comfortable. They felt hey! Let’s spread the feeling across England. Let’s rekindle the lost flame of war. Let’s remind everyone of the gruesome murders, let’s put our grounds under unnecessary security risks by chanting the French anthems across all Premier League matches.

This is where the problem starts. The selective sympathy and genuity of the west’s desire to end terrorism. These gestures are the reason why we are where we are today. The reason why a Syrian nationality or any other nation that has been ravaged by the west’s weapons living in the UK or US, wake up and head to Syria to join ISIS. Now that the heart of Europe has been affected, human lives count. Now the massa commands the slaves to upload flags with the French flag.

The statement from the Syrain coach in the aftermath of the killings tells you all you need to know about what terrorism might become in a few years.

“We stand now for 30 seconds for French, but all Syrian people killed, no one stand for one second”

We are not talking of 180, 300, 1000 here. We are talking of more than 250,000 people. In this day and age, the West speaks of sanctity of human lives. Where was the minute of silence across England for all members of the Russian aircraft Metrojet Flight 9268 taken down in an act of terrorism? Let’s even leave Syria and Russia and come down home where many slaves never forgot their masters. Where was the minutes of silence for the over 20,000 Nigerians whose life have been snuffed out by Boko Haram? What has the Premier League we all follow religiously done to show concern? When has Scudamore ever spoken against the crimes perpetrated by these people? Can we even begin to estimate the number of fans of the Premier League in Nigeria? Why the insensitivity to our plight.

The truth is these people only care about themselves. I am not saying we should go on a ‘no watching Premier League games’ protest. I am saying it’s time we begin to sound these clubs making millions and billions of pounds from us to be a little bit sensitive. Care about others and not just your own, so we don’t keep sending angry youths to ISIS and Bokoharam. Let the west not keep fuelling wars with weapons but let the message of love in Wembley be spread across the shores of Europe to Africa and places in the MiddleEast suffering from terrorism. It is possible that if they begin to show this act of care, maybe wear a poppy or a black arm band or even sing the Nigerian anthem in one of the match venues as a way of sympathizing with those gruesomely murdered and standing against these terrorist acts, maybe just maybe, we would be more encouraged to deal with this scourge. There’s no justice in crying for France and turning the face for Nigeria or Kenya. Supporters, fans speak up against all these little unimportant things. They are the things breeding terrorists today. To be frank, there are not more supporters of the premier league in France than they are in Nigeria. While the English FA bothers about it's image, it must be careful not to make people avenge this selective sympathy. Thank You

Leave the people alone. If e pain you, go watch Nigerian club League. All the people that died from boko haram, did Nigerian premier League mourning them?

Larryfly:




Leave the people alone. If e pain you, go watch Nigerian club League. All the people that died from boko haram, did Nigerian premier League mourning them?

Can you honestly say more Nigerians watch the NPFL than the premier league. Do you pay money to go watch NPFL in view centers? when have you seen a Nigerian proudly w.earing the jersey of Kwara United or Kano pillars? When people do these at stadiums, they do so it reaches the farthest places. Let the terrorist see it. You think if the NPFL was already doing that, you would know. The developed nations are the overlords of the blacks... a gesture like that would go far. Have you forgotten when United wished us happy independence... ppl were pissing on themselves out of excitement. Now imagine our National Anthem at old Trafford... They would enlist in the army the next day.