Nigeria Youth League is to better lot of Nigeria's players -Adakosa

President/Founder, Nigeria Youth League Cup (NYLC), Robinson Adakosa, has said that the purpose of the league is to better the lot of Nigerian footballers and to address all issues that are associated with transfer of players to clubs in Europe and other places.

Adakosa, who stated this at the launch fundraising gala held in Abuja during the weekend, said academy and club owners have lost fortune to agents whose sole aim was to reap where they didn't sow saying it's time for club and Academy owners to enjoy the fruit of their labour.

According to him, the League will give a visible platform to players to display their talents, put a stop to slave contracts by Nigerian and African players. The League he said is also coming up with a technology-driven League where players' progress are monitored.

"The NYLC was borne out of frustration from stakeholders especially Academy owners and footballers. On my own background, I have a football academy and it pains a lot after spending so much money, your resources after training those guys (footballers) and at some point when you expect to make some money out of your investment, then you see clubs and agents from abroad want to get these players free of charge. They'll be asking for free agent and all like that.

"They would say, "I can't really sign this player unless he's a free agent". So, it becomes frustrating. And because the players are also desperate, they also want to betray the club owners despite what we sunk into the business to make sure that they get the visibility they needed. But out of desperation, they want to betray their contracts, they want to sign with these agencies and clubs in Europe.

"Most times, these are not usually not too good for them because they are not the top clubs they are really looking out for, they are just coming to rip off the African market, the clubs and also the players. So, they end up giving them peanut. Sometimes, if you look around and see some of the guys you heard have gone to Europe, you just see some of them roaming the streets. Some of them being deported, some being involved in other criminal activities.”