It is typical of most Ugandan football fans, welcoming any slight glint of league hope, in dire anticipation of bright futures for the leadership, clubs and fan base growth.
However, one seemingly minor song remains unsung, a would have-been ballad, meant to applaud the risk taker, the first 90 minute hero of the game.
The player, who braves and endures, who ought to benefit first, based on the die-earning drills, battle and gruesome injuries their fragile and ageing bodies are exposed to.
When former Arsenal and Bolton football player Fabrice Muamba suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed during the first half of the FA Cup quarter final match between Bolton and Tottenharm Hotspur at White Hart Lane, Howard Webb the referee abandoned the game, Bolton’s fixture against Aston Villa getting postponed in respect of Muamba’s life and career.
If there is more like collapse to no more heart beat or breathe, then their job at the helm should apparently accumulate returns able to cater for family or ground profitable business for the less active future.
At cost of the low literacy levels of several Ugandan footballers, many languish after decades of football’s meagre salaries. Reports also reveal others continue to demand their bonuses even after several seasons.
And despite clubs being stuck in similar deadlocks, the heroes of the game remain to suffer more, many resorting to beggary.
Therefore the SuperSport-Ugandan football deal must convoke any daring faction, if any of the number one risk takers of the game is bound to probably find a meaningful life at the hands of genuine club bosses.
