Sport is very powerful, and attracts massive attention. Sport gets people talking and I’m very surprised that not many of the candidates, atleast those that I have heard, have really tried to cash in on that. Or like I have posited before, it is a non-issue or ranks lowly in their priorities. It’s well and good to talk about poverty eradication, social ills, job creation, health, but if one thinks about it; Sport can actually play a huge rile in addressing all these problems, or challenges as I would prefer to call them. As it is, Sport is a by the way and is not much of a selling point for many of the candidates.
Sport has the potential to be a source of employment and source of income. It has great potential to keep youth away from social ills and combat crime. Therefore it is one avenue that can be drummed up to counter some of the challenges that I always hear politicians talk about. We are a nation of talented people, all that we need is for that talent to be nurtured and moulded. As it is right now, we are on a hit or miss trail with not too much of a structure.
