Liberia
has a greater sports future
…Former Lone Star Player Asserts
Charlie in Lone Star shirt
Wednesday, 28th December 2005
By Webster Cassell
A former player of the national flag-bearers, the Lone Star, Jonathon
Sogbie, alias “Boy Child” says if the proposed programs presented by
the transitional government committee on sports would be accepted and
practicalized by the incoming government, then Liberia is expected to
experience a greater sports future.
“Boy Child” who was speaking on the performance of young players in
the country, noted that young players in Liberia are struggling to
make it up to the task, and so they must be commended for their
performance in the absence of needed sports facilities.
He said, just recently, the sports committee of the National
Transitional Government of Liberia came up with a blue print as
regards the development of sporting programs and facilities, and if it
should be implemented, Liberia stands to benefit and enjoy a better
sporting program than ever before.
The former Lone Star player disclosed that most of the young players
in the country are doing their outmost best when it comes to their
performance, and if they are to have the facilities needed to upgrade
their skills, then Liberia will once more get on the international
scene.
He iterated that in order to implement these proposed and planned
programs, the country must first of all begin by training people who
they think will be the forerunners, because as he termed it, we cannot
ask our coaches to bring a team and have them perform good when in
fact the coaches themselves are not qualified.
“We must first of all attack the problem from the top, bring in the
coaches for training, giving them the proper tools that are necessary
to bring them to international standard, and if that is done, they
will in return impart into the young players”, Mr. Sogbie noted.
Mr. Sogbie urged Liberians to exercise some degree of patience,
because the process will take some time and requires proper planning,
not temporary gratification. He disclosed that the minimum sports
facilities in our country will be upgraded, new ones are expected to
be constructed and Liberia will for the first time experience a new
dispensation of sports.
The former Lone Star player used the occasion to commend the NTGL
committee on sports for their efforts thus far, adding that hope is on
the way. He concluded by pledging the commitment of other former Lone
Star players to help improve the sporting program in the country,
stressing that the time has come for everyone to work in togetherness
for the betterment of this glorious land of liberty.
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