soe: Guyz...reason...d national assembly has d right to honour nigerians who have made us proud...mikel has shown dat we r a good people great nation...he deserved d honour...ask urself..what hav u.uu..uuu don for ur fatherland......rather than sit down here to envy a successful yung man

mr_man: Instead of them to fix our own league, they are there honouring someone that won in another man's league. . . Na wa oo, infact na very big wa oo.

ibukun obi: I am exceedigly glad thatMikel will continue to shame all his manu and arsenal enemies on this post.

BizBooks:

I usually ignore people like you that take pride in insulting others. But I will make an
exception this time. Mikel Obi has won the EPL and FA cup with Chelsea multiple times in
the past. On none of those occasions was he honoured by an arm of the NASS as far as I can
remember. So you are completely out of line in comparing the Champions League trophy with
some league trophy in France or Turkey.

With the volumes you wrote, you still did not explain what the duties of the Sports
Committee of NASS should be. If honouring a deserving athlete is not part of it, I
will like you to tell us what they are.

BizBooks:

I usually ignore people like you that take pride in insulting others. But I will make an
exception this time. Mikel Obi has won the EPL and FA cup with Chelsea multiple times in
the past. On none of those occasions was he honoured by an arm of the NASS as far as I can
remember. So you are completely out of line in comparing the Champions League trophy with
some league trophy in France or Turkey.

With the volumes you wrote, you still did not explain what the duties of the Sports
Committee of NASS should be. If honouring a deserving athlete is not part of it, I
will like you to tell us what they are.

BizBooks:

It has become quite clear that most of these people complaining are Arsenal and Man U fans.
I find it quite difficult to understand why Nigerians will be fanatically supporting a team
like Arsenal that has not signed a Nigerian player in almost 10 years. Wenger had the
opportunity of signing Osaze last year, instead he decided to price him like a used car.
Ferguson on the other hand refuses to sign African players (not to talk of Nigerian
players) because he does not want to lose them during the Cup of Nations.

Despite all these insults from Arsenal and Man U, you still support them without
reservation. But when it comes to Chelsea that currently has two Nigerians in important
positions, you complain. In case you have forgotten, apart from Mikel Obi, another
Nigerian - Mike Emenalo, holds a top management position at Chelsea.

Delafruita:
dude,you're seriously lost.does chelsea buy players because they are nigerians?chelsea buys players because they have what they need.if you werent such an ediot,you'd realise that arsenal took a big risk by buying kanu despite his health problems.they built him into the player we al came to admire.what am amazed at is how you can defend this stup.idity from the NASS.shows how "wise" you are

ikeyman00: @@@@@@@@



what a country

ikeyman00: @@@@@@@@



what a country

BizBooks:

So what do you want the Committee on Sports to be doing? By their very composition, they
are only concerned with Sports matters. If that is too trivial at this time, perhaps we
should be calling for a dissolution of that committee instead of heaping blames on them
for performing functions that fall within their purview.

BizBooks:

It will be very difficult to engage in a sensible discussion with you if you keep hauling
insults around. Arsenal signed Kanu in 1999 and released him in 2004. If you had calmly
read my post, you will see where I said "a team like Arsenal that has not signed a
Nigerian player in almost 10 years". If you want to be precise, that's 8 years.

It is true that teams do not buy players based on nationality. But if you understand the
politics of international sports, you will know that teams sometimes go out of their way
to buy players from countries where they have large fan base. It makes business sense
because it exponentially increases the revenue they generate from such countries from the
sale of jerseys, TV royalties and advertizement.

Considering the level of support Arsenal enjoys in Nigeria, it will not be out of place to
expect them to sign a Nigerian player. If you notice, they are coming to Nigeria this
summer on a playing tour. Why? Because they have a very large following here. Let's hope
Wenger "discovers" at least one local talent during that tour. It will only serve to
increase their level of popularity and profitability.

If you have something to say, just say it. You don't have to insult another person in the
process. Cyber fights went out of fashion many years ago.

Beautymc: They shuld use that money to put overhead bridge at area 3 and wuye (finance) junction Abuja where people die like chicken when crossing the road. So many appeals on dis issue, yet nothing has be done. The money they will waist on mikel won't benefit nigeria.