Save our eagles!

[gochino]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

[Damunk]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

Maybe SE interest has waned, or maybe it just comes and goes.
However, your experience might not be typical.

But personally I believe the EPL is partly responsible.
It has taken up too much of our football brain time, sucked too much money away from our local game and has laid bare for all to see the mediocre infrastructure we used to think was 'okay'.

[naijaguy]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

The 20k stadium was not full because only a limited number of fans were allowed.

[deanotito]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

Maybe SE interest has waned, or maybe it just comes and goes.
However, your experience might not be typical.

But personally I believe the EPL is partly responsible.
It has taken up too much of our football brain time, sucked too much money away from our local game and has laid bare for all to see the mediocre infrastructure we used to think was 'okay'.

Its hard to sustain a sports team without victory...especially in the face of competing interests. They will come back if the eagles look like they're world beaters again.

[Cellular]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

They claim that only 5000 fans were allowed due to COVID protocol.

But interest in Naijarian football has waned over the years.

Many reasons for that...

[Enugu II]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

The 20k stadium was not full because only a limited number of fans were allowed.

KPOM. However, never underestimate the power of EPL.

[TonyTheTigerKiller]

It's really sad, I was in Nigeria recently and went to a nearby bar to watch a super eagles game, to my surprise the TV in the bar was off, I literally had to beg the lady to put on the TV so that I could watch the game. Her explanation was that nobody really cares about Nigerian football anymore and that the EPL games especially Chelsea games bring them more money and customers. People are seriously losing interest in the Super Eagles. We saw in the last match, a 20k capacity stadium in Lagos was not even half full!
Growing up as a kid, I remember how people blocked traffic by mounting their TV sets in the middle of the road each time the super eagles played, fun memories! The question is what has really happened?Something really needs to be done.

Are there any stadiums anywhere in the world that are more than half full? Remember COVID-19


Cheers.