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paper, GDP and populations are more closely analyzed than experience, although
experience in international play will be mentioned for each country. Nigeria's
GDP is approximately 357.2 billion, which ranks thirty-second in the world.46
Its population is about 152,217,341, which ranks eighth in the world,47 and it is
currently the most populous country in Africa.48 More importantly, it is a
country rich in natural resources, such as oil.49
Nigeria is the sixth largest exporter of crude oil in the world and it is
estimated to have forty-two billion barrels of crude oil reserves.so Therefore, it
is not lacking in capital to invest in a sport such as soccer. Nigeria is a nation
with an abundance of money to invest in hiring the most experienced and
intelligent managers and administrators in the world, and it has a large
population from which to select and train genetically gifted athletes. It is duly
noted that Nigeria lacks in international soccer experience compared to the
soccer giants around the world such as Brazil, Italy, and France. Yet, despite the
lack of international experience, these monetary luxuries should naturally
produce a robust soccer infrastructure that produces highly skilled players and
coaches, and multiple international tournament championships. However,
similar to developing an ElI, when the members of the governing body in charge
of maintaining and regulating the soccer workforce and resources are complicit
in committing corrupt acts, such maelstroms produce a feeble and susceptible
infrastructure. As an unfortunate result, it is all but impossible to develop a
national team that can be competitive at the World Cup level, much less win the
World Cup.
2. Soccer Infrastructure
Nigeria exemplifies how reckless and wasteful management of resources
begat a shabby soccer infrastructure. To establish a solid soccer infrastructure,
an FA needs to locate and develop numerous highly talented players, employ
experienced and proven coaches, build and maintain quality pitches and practice
facilities, and earn the trust of all of these individuals to have faith in the mission
of the soccer federation.
The first two chapters of this book provide a succinct and brilliant illustration of how this statistical
formulaic hypothesis plays out.
46. CIA - THE WORLD FACTBOOK, https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-
factbook/ (last visited Aug. 4, 2010).
47. Id.
48. STEVE BLOOMFIELD, AFRICA UNITED: SOCCER, PASSION, POLITICS AND THE FIRST WORLD
CUP IN AFRICA 171 (Harper 2010).
49. O.A. Olafuyi et al., Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) Potential in Nigeria, 1 J. ECON. &
ENGINEERING 35, 35 (2010).
50. Id476
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