Where does it go from here? Football watchers have repeatedly called for an Interim Committee (IC) to correct this sad state of affairs. But the bigger issue is the overall game plan for SL Football. It is not normal for FIFA and AFC to penalize those who don’t tow the line, though SL has suffered from the strong arm of the Football family during the Blatter era! Instead, our delegation practised solidarity with the godfathers because bonuses and personal rewards are inexorably linked to such gravitas!Īnd so, our MoS is left embarrassed and will no doubt receive ample supplications to look the other way and keep the ball in play! No harm indeed, because SL now settles for morsels, when we once walked with kings. The argument that the vote to let nominations come from outside one’s country, which the AFC pushed hard to pass, could have let SL abstain without causing any ripples. This we saw in the recent AFC election, where SL was compelled to vote against the very policy of the State, prompting the MoS to call for an explanation from the FFSL hierarchy. Even stuck at # 201 in global ranking, lowly SL is interwoven into the fabric that keeps this behemoth intact.
The powers that be, both local and international, have been very kind.
Those who talk of blue chips and international licenses, without an iota of integrity or fair play, are the very people who excel in moves that plant them in office and provide them the avenues to spirit away funds that should go to redeem this sport from the nadir to which it has fallen. This largesse is what draws the bees to the honeypot. But those who have associated with the FFSL over the years, know only too well that holding office in Football House is more often that not, linked to the funds that roll unceasingly from FIFA and AFC. And the Referee, the Minister of Sports (MoS), is reaching for his Red Card!Įveryone knows that the Ex-Finance Manager who was everyone’s darling for quite a while, calmly transferred a sum in excess of Rs 25 million from under the very noses of the people at the helm. So it appears that the sorry saga of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) and its financial dribbles has finally come unstuck. Everyone knows that one lie requires another and another to cover up those expressions of untruth. Recent newspapers highlighted the stupendous sleight of hand around the last few audit reports, with affidavits being thrown around like confetti. While his colleagues at Football House play hostage to the one-man think tank who dreamed up the Vision 2030 plan that would have kept him and his cronies in clover for another 12 years, the fault lines have been evident from day 1. Looks like even the much-heralded super coach Pakir Ali cannot revive the fortunes of Sri Lanka (SL) Football. Where does football go from here - Anura de Silva (L), the FFSL President and Minister of Sports Faiszer Musthapha (R) have met quite often in the recent weeks to discuss on policy matters, but the game is in a state of instability
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