⚽📍 Women's Football
This weekend there will be no Kenya Women’s Premier League fixtures following a boycott by clubs demanding better terms of engagement for women’s football.
“Football is a career, not a hobby for our sisters, and we must give them the required attention and support.” — Wilson Masaka
#MetaphoricallySpeaking
Let us stop using the “lollipop effect.” In many situations when a child cries, the first thing that comes to mind is giving them a lollipop just to stop the crying. But that solution never truly works. With time, the child will eventually refuse the lollipop and demand something else.
The same applies to football management. Temporary fixes cannot solve structural challenges.
Here are my suggestions:
1️⃣ Annual Stakeholders Forum
The federation should organize an annual stakeholders forum aimed at attracting investors into the women’s game. A structured package should be designed to strengthen negotiation, engagement, and partnerships targeting government, individuals, and companies.
2️⃣ Access to Better Facilities
Women’s teams should be given access to quality training and match facilities within their regions. Many institutions already have well-maintained fields, and partnerships could be negotiated so clubs can access these facilities at discounted rates.
3️⃣ Government Support on Public Facilities
The government should support women’s football by allowing free or subsidized use of public sports facilities such as the Moi International Sports Centre Kasarani annex field for premier league teams.
Women’s football deserves structure, respect, and investment, not temporary solutions.
⚽ When we support women’s football, we invest in talent, dignity, and the future of the game.
Related Article written in 2021
https://wilsenx.blogspot.com/2021/01/15-areas-that-can-pivot-women-soccer-in.html?m=1
📸 Kayole Starlets Fc Est.2008 Vs Zetech University on Sunday 17th January 2021
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