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🚨 The New Proposal For FKF Sub County League to be Reserved for U17 teams.

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I completely endorse the notion of reserving the Sub County League for U17 (youth development league), as I previously stated in one of the posts before the new planned structure was announced.

Imagine a 35 years old or older playing in the Sub County League; this to me means no future for incoming young stars because most teams compete to win and get promoted to the following levels, thus they tend to opt for more mature players to attain that goal.  In the same league, many players use it as an exit strategy; 'Wacha nicheze mahali hakuna pressure' is all they say.

I also believe that more restructuring is required if we are to close many of the gaps, beginning with grassroots football, which will eventually lead to us becoming one of the most admired rising football giants in the region and on a continental scale.

In addition to age caps in the Sub County League, the unlimited team registration system should also be abolished to ensure that we achieve more quality rather than quantity in terms of teams, which has resulted in teams playing only one match without return matches in some areas.

Let me ask, except from paying the federation's affiliation/league registration cost, what else do they look for before approving a team to join in the league? In my finding there are many teams at sub-county league that lack quality training, limited resources, no space to  train etc.

Teams are founded solely to compete in the lower league, with no plans for promotion to the next level league. For Kenyan football to thrive, we must shift away from portraying the game as a hobby and a means to pass the time and instead instill the culture that make real business and job opportunity, particularly for youth and anyone involved within the ecosystem.

We can't continue to only use football and sports in general to keep youth away from drug abuse, idleness, and crime; instead, we should also (the federation, investors, government, etc.) invest in the right resources and intentionally create opportunities for all to prosper.

Finally, I recommend that the federation form strategic alliances with private and public schools to allow federation-affiliated teams to train and play league games on school grounds.  As things are, teams struggle to make this arrangement work, particularly in areas where communal fields do not or no longer exist.  Football cannot expand at the appropriate rate without adequate or no infrastructure to enable such developments.

Author +throughMylens 📸