African Sports Monthly Vol I. Issue II February 2018 | Page 22

FEB 2018 • VOLUME I ISSUE II
THE NIGERIAN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE SPONSORSHIP PROBLEM
Is the League
Management
Company (LMC) to
blame ?
By Sunday Orji
The Nigeria Professional Football League,
NPFL, commenced the 2018 season
without any major sponsors; a situation
that places the survival of the league
under threat. Quite clearly, the League
Management Company, LMC, is terrified
at the possibility of keeping the league
alive. But this, irrespective of urgency,
doesn't seem like an emergency. It was
coming but perhaps the managers of
Nigeria sports esteemed it lightly.