Football which is also called soccer is arguably the biggest industry in the globe today. From Brazil to England and from Cameroon to Nigeria, the beautiful leather game is well received. People love to play it. To watch it played weather it is local league matches, International friends or FIFA tournament, the story is nearly the same: people love soccer. Some love it so much that they can give their lives for it. It is amazing how people how people pour overdose of emotions into football. They choose club sides and give them all the supports the could offer. Sometimes they do it blindly. And such attitude is not just for one set of people only. It cuts across the rich, the poor, male, female, old, and young, Christians, Muslims and even traditional worshipers. These people who have their reason for picking and supporting their teams do extra things to show their support for their club. Some of them are rational, others irrational and somewhat fanatic. The irony of it is that those who watch soccer, especially these days seem more concerned than those who actually play it. These supporters who are popularly called FANS sometime overstretch their enthusiasm and defy sound logic in their behaviors and activities concerning clubs and soccer.
The concern however is on Christian soccer FANS especially the die hard (we have than among Christian too!). These set of people allow match to shape other programmes for them. They read their books, go to church activities and work only when there is no match to watch. And when they are not watching matches, they spend their time discussing both the past and future matches.
Some soccer addicts spend both their time money on soccer at the expense of other more responsibilities like their families. Another dangerous aspect of soccer is that people who are addicted to it stake their money on match out comes in form of gambling. They shout, argue and fight. Yes, they fight and even kill and wound themselves all in the name of supporting their varied club sides.
What will ever make a man to die for his club? As on the day Manchester United qualified for the UEFA Champions league final by beating Arsenal 3-1, a Kenyan Arsenal fan in football – madness hanged himself, wearing his beloved team’s jersey. Suleiman Omondi,29 was found hanged at home in a middle –class Nairobi estate shortly after leaving the bar where he had watched Arsenal lose 3-1 in their Champions league Semi-final at the Emirates on Tuesday 5th of May 2009. The bar man said: He took drinks and broke down in tears within the final minutes of the match’’. What will make a man feel that nothing matters again in life because his club lost a match? I call it the victim of idolatry is that club not his idol, his god?
It is a know fact that soccer is some people’s profession, yet it does appear that soccer has been made a god, and those addicted to it its worshippers. May Christian be careful to draw line between supports entertainment and idolatry. Let Christian engage themselves to other things more meaningful than just waste their time on vain debate.
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