If FIFA’s (Federation Internationale de Football Association) decision to appoint members of the Normalization Committee without any connection to football here seemed weird, that feeling is now fully justified.
As it is, the Committee’s first major decision smacks of a group with little or no background in the sport, which also lacks the understanding on how to maintain football’s popularity and standard.
The seemingly simple task of granting permission for the Kashif and Shanghai year-end competition was supposed to be a foregone conclusion. Or so it was thought.
According to a Kaieteur News report though, the Normalization Committee,
