Falcons earn N70,000 each from England tie

naija4ever · Post by **naija4ever** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:30 pm

The renewed commitment of the Nigeria Football Association to ensure that every need of the Super Falcons, the nation’s female national team are taken care of from henceforth was expressed last Thursday during their international friendly against their English counterparts.

In the match that ended 3-0 in Nigeria’s favour, the Super Falcons were each paid 500 dollars (N70,000) as appearance fee by NFA. The money was handed to the players before entering the pitch. Speaking exclusively to Daily Independent, NFA board member, Alhaja Ayo Omidiran said NFA’s action came to her as a surprise as signals to the gesture never reached her before travelling to England to honour the match.

“Given their antecedent, the NFA shocked me. For the first time, l saw a different NFA. Let us forget l am a member, the fact is that the truth must be said. When l saw the Falcons wear long sleeve jerseys because of the cold weather, l knew that something good was in the offing,” Ogunjobi said.

Speaking on the outcome of the match, Omidiran said the girls performed creditably well to earn the victory as they showed that they had put behind them their drab Olympic qualifier against Banyana Banyana of South Africa..

This will be the second time Nigeria will be defeating the English girls at the senior level. The last time both countries met was two years ago in England with the Falcons then under Sam Okpodu running away with a lone goal victory.

http://www.dailyindependentng.com/daily ... 070403.htm

MI5 · Post by **MI5** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:52 pm

Well done to the Falcons and they've earned it. We shall see how NFA keeps their other promises when the time comes.

marko · Post by **marko** » Tue May 11, 2004 1:53 pm

200 pounds each-whats there to scream about?????

naija4ever · Post by **naija4ever** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:01 pm

marko wrote:200 pounds each-whats there to scream about?????

Many naija civil servants dont even get this in a year

marko · Post by **marko** » Tue May 11, 2004 2:17 pm

well these players sacrficie a lot to play for the country-they deserve to earn more

Cristao · Post by **Cristao** » Tue May 11, 2004 3:31 pm

i think more money would have been earned from that match ... N70000 is too few .. that is not enuff to even pay for the tickets ...

Larry Ashagbe · Post by **Larry Ashagbe** » Tue May 11, 2004 8:56 pm

They were paid $800 and not $500.

shaq · Post by **shaq** » Tue May 11, 2004 11:55 pm

Even $800 is still too little.

How much was the FA paid for this match?

Gboye77 · Post by **Gboye77** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:12 am

I hope NFA maintains high standards of fair player compensation and management. Their perfomance till date have been epileptic at best.

Babalawo · Post by **Babalawo** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:24 am

shaq wrote:Even $800 is still too little.

How much was the FA paid for this match?

And how popular my man do u think female footie is in Nigeria, i can bet that 90% of Naija women don't even know theres a team called the Super Falcons, they got very low sponsorship, except 4 d Indomie deal few yrs ago dunno if they've ever had another deal.
I can comfortably tell u those girls are happy with what they've got, and until we stop this our nonsense compare and contrast with other european countries teams, we would never see anything Good in gradual efforts being developed. Things come at particular paces and not just at once.

Meanwhile i missed the match, Kudos to our Darling Falcons!!!!

MI5 · Post by **MI5** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:43 am

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uzoma007 Da CE Virus wrote:
shaq wrote:Even $800 is still too little.

How much was the FA paid for this match?
And how popular my man do u think female footie is in Nigeria, i can bet that 90% of Naija women don't even know theres a team called the Super Falcons, they got very low sponsorship, except 4 d Indomie deal few yrs ago dunno if they've ever had another deal.
I can comfortably tell u those girls are happy with what they've got, and until we stop this our nonsense compare and contrast with other european countries teams, we would never see anything Good in gradual efforts being developed. Things come at particular paces and not just at once.

Meanwhile i missed the match, Kudos to our Darling Falcons!!!!

shaq · Post by **shaq** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:21 pm

uzoma007 Da CE Virus wrote:
shaq wrote:Even $800 is still too little.

How much was the FA paid for this match?
And how popular my man do u think female footie is in Nigeria, i can bet that 90% of Naija women don't even know theres a team called the Super Falcons, they got very low sponsorship, except 4 d Indomie deal few yrs ago dunno if they've ever had another deal.
I can comfortably tell u those girls are happy with what they've got, and until we stop this our nonsense compare and contrast with other european countries teams, we would never see anything Good in gradual efforts being developed. Things come at particular paces and not just at once.

Meanwhile i missed the match, Kudos to our Darling Falcons!!!!

Ok my guy, let me ask these questions:

1) How much does the girls get paid for friendly matches, and how much for real competitions/tournaments?

2) Is there a prior agreed amount (like we used to have for the SE), or is it left to the discretion of the FA at any point in time?

I want to believe we don't have a case of "monkey dey work, baboon dey chop" here.

And BTW, the popularity of female footie in naija is out of the question here, cuz I don't think the FA itself is doing anything to encourage female footie in naija with the way they treat the girls.

Obong · Post by **Obong** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:08 pm

A more relevant question is,how much was the NFA paid for the friendly?I think it is irresponsible to canvass for the NFA to pay them more than the reported $500.00 each,factoring in other costs,and the fact that some money will need to be chanelled to future preparations and camps.

shaq · Post by **shaq** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:20 pm

obong itatex wrote:A more relevant question is,how much was the NFA paid for the friendly?I think it is irresponsible to canvass for the NFA to pay them more than the reported $500.00 each,factoring in other costs,and the fact that some money will need to be chanelled to future preparations and camps.

Yes, I asked the question earlier, but no one seems to know.

But really, what I think is more relevant is if there's some kind of pay structure and not just a willy-nilly kind of arrangement.

There has to be some kind of accountability and a structure here.

No one will ask for the FA to pay more than what it gets from the match, or even pay the girls all that was earned from the match.

And forget chanelling any fund from a match to any camp. When has that ever happened?
I'd like to be enlightened here.

Obong · Post by **Obong** » Wed May 12, 2004 7:27 pm

shaq,regarding the chanelling of funds to future engagements,i'm just working on the premise that things are being done properly-at least in terms of the Falcons.

Post by **nanijoe** » Wed May 12, 2004 11:20 pm

Even $800 is still too little.

Too little for what? Who send them message?

shaq · Post by **shaq** » Thu May 13, 2004 1:07 am

nanijoe wrote:
Even $800 is still too little.

Too little for what? Who send them message?

I know u don't like female footie. So I knew you would say something like that.

OK, $800 is too much. Happy now?

naija4ever · Post by **naija4ever** » Thu May 13, 2004 12:02 pm

shaq wrote:Even $800 is still too little.

How much was the FA paid for this match?

I dont think $800 is too little, at least we shouldnt expect them to be getting $1000 plus like the SE cos probably they need the remaining funds if there is to execute other programmes. In the SE case, there will always be more sponsors and spectators meaning they generate more funds than the falcons. Its a case of pay as u get, if NFA didnt get so much from the money I dont think it would be wise enough to expect Ogunjobi and co to pay from their pockets. Lets give the NFA the props for being prompt in handling players' allowances of late, they may not be saints BTW who is? Even countries like England, france, germany et al with developed footies cant boast of 100% corruption free

:x

. Welldone NFA for settling the players on time too

. Lastly guys, we should all take into recognizance that baring Akide and few others the majority of the team is made up of home based, meaning that $800 could be of much help to them in that country. Maybe next time they should endeavour to discuss the bonuses with NFA prior to any match, anyway I didnt hear any of the players complain which means they seemed to be contented with it. We shouldnt make this players think that money first, b/4 honouring national service, even though they need money anyway

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mapet · Post by **mapet** » Thu May 13, 2004 4:40 pm

considering attitude to falcons, Galadima and those fa guys shld be shot. what is 800dols when the rubbished everything back then @ WC.