Gold Cup: Phreestyle Set to Plan Players' Future

In order to strike balance between football and reality, the organizers of Gold Cup Pre-Season Tournament have expressed their readiness to go beyond football this time and enlighten participating players on how to plan their present for better future.

One of the leading sports firms in the country, Phreestyle Sport has been given the mandate to talk to players of all the participating teams during the upcoming tournament in Ijebu-Ode, on 'how to imbibe the policy of saving, venturing into meaningful businesses and using football terms to structure their financial lives'.

While describing the model of the seminar, the General Coordinator of the tournament, Tunde Shamsudeen said; "We want to change from the conventional ways of doing things, our footballers need to be aware of the risks and opportunities in football," begins Shamsudeen.

"We realized that injury is practically guaranteed in the game and what tomorrow holds nobody knows and that's why we are bringing in Phreestyle Sport to help enlighten the players on how to save token out of their monthly income for better life in and after the game."

"It's our responsibility as an organization to help Nigerian players understand the reasonable reasons to be prudent in spending because there is no pension nor gratuity in football," said the seasoned sports journalist.

Shamsudeen urged clubs and teams to organize seminars regularly for their players reminding them that football is not yet a profession neither career in Nigeria.

The third edition of the fiesta gets underway on Thursday February 4, and ends on Saturday February 13, 2016.

The participating teams are Shooting Stars, FC Ebedei, Supreme Court, Ikorodu United, Kano Pillars, Crown FC, Remo stars, COD United and Lobi Stars.