FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda)
Modou Nyang
1 March 2008
The meeting between Jammeh Bojang, the GFA Secretary General and members of the sporting media is a welcome development in the relation of this two important bodies.
It was a brotherly chat as Bojang put it. And really it was, I appreciate the meeting/chat a great deal. Next time efforts should be made to get all the different media institutions in the country to be present. It is only through this means where the sporting media are divided that issues of importance can be discussed.
The Gambia Football Association according to the FA's secretary general wants to: "open a new page our relation with the media". The role of the media in football and sports in general cannot be pushed aside. It is the media that makes the image of football and Jammeh honestly admitted this. Hence there is no doubt the FA knows very well the position of the media.
It is good news that the position of a media officer is being advertised this will fill a huge gap in terms of the flow of information and most importantly the handling of media concerns relating to the coverage of matches and football related events. The dialogue should continue in the mean time as Jammeh wished before the coming into office of the GFA media officer to handle pressing issues as they arise.
A way to enable journalist better do their coverage of matches is to improvise a way to list all the players of the various clubs for identification purposes. A database of the registered players of all the clubs is available at the FA secretariat, and since clubs may not be in the position to print the names of their players on their jerseys. Clubs can be compelled to maintain the jersey numbers of their players and the data provided to the media for them use for reference in preparing reports. Reporters will only have to rely on the numbers during matches. This will help to improve the quality of our reports. If this is introduced, changes should only be entertained during the transfer window.
I eagerly look forward to the next meeting/chat to put forward my other opinions which I believe will help further the development of our game.
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