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Fellonigerians:
I get your point, but it is a risk that is worth taking... He has lost billions of dollars in one day all because of the falling Naira, so losing N100m is a drop in the bucket... Dangote is the richest blackman in the world, so if he decides to own a team in Nigeria, you will see changes instantly in the league, and football in general...

They way millionaires in Nigeria compete in every measurement of wealth and success, e.g., to see who has the biggest houses, most expensive cars, biggest yachts, biggest jets, etc, other millionaires will follow him, and start competing to see whose team wins the most trophies, both domestic and international... Viewership will increase, merchandises will be sold worldwide, more players all over africa and the world will rush to Nigeria, etc... See as millionaires in Nigeria are all scrambling to get on Forbes List... It is good for Nigeria's economy, and can also be good for our football...

The administrators of football just dont know how to market our football, so the need external pressure...

Fellonigerians:
This is not sentiments, it is all about potentials of an untapped market... There is no money in the league because it is run by docile people without ideas, and teams are owned by another group of docile people with no interest in the growth of football in the country... If the likes of dangote, Otedola, Ovia, Elumelu, Otudeko etc buy clubs in Nigeria, they will influence the administration of the league because the are people that will demand for newer policies that will protect their interests and make money for them...

They will demand for more sponsors of the league, more opportunities to recoup their money through merchandising (which does not exist in Nigeria at all), their names will be used to boost the league as a battle of Nigeria's billionaires, they will participate in the negotiation of new deals for the league (TV, etc), and so many other changes which they will bring to the sector...

As long as State governments run the clubs, people will not see the potentials in the sector...

free2ryhme:
He has nvr bought nor sponsored any nigerian football club let alone sponsor our local league yet he wants to buy and sponsor a foreign league which has put in place infrastructure and equipment to make it attractive for investors

Dangote charity begins at home. If wealthy nigerians are afraid to invest in local sports what is the hope of sports in Nigeria?


Nigerians are hypocrites. You made your money through the corrupt corridors of power within this country to give back becomes a problem

anigold:
Please invest in Nigerian football league....
ARSENAL IS ALREADY WELL FUNDED...

shakazuldadon:
he cant



why can't he buy hull or Sunderland and make them a force to be reckoned with.....




by the way how many Nigerian clubs has he bought or sponsoring..

Ishilove:
I still can't read it