(Sami Mahin, Karachi)
THE Rise Of Football Followers and The Fall Of Football: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that." ( Bill Shankly) The most Fan crazy and the most famous game in the world or not just a game as Fans would tell you.In cricket mad Pakistan,football followers are increased by a large number after the World Cup 2014.A corner of Karachi will forever be Brazil, in the Lyari neighborhood, the talk is all football.People have shown great support for their favourite clubs in all over the Europe and the clubs themselves showed great gratitude by thanking them in different ways.But on the same hand the Quality of Football has fallen and fallen.With no improvement seen in the last 5 years puts a question in mind is football is also cursed by corruption?FIFA announced that Pakistan Football Federation will receive a total of $1.3 million (Rs13 crore) this year through various bonuses and allowances.With similar amount of fund given in the past two years the answer seems to be Yes.A low profile National football league with limited funds and no media support just where this money is going?Being a Football Fan My Self,Maybe it's my emotions talking but you needs guts just to dream of becoming a professional footballer,that sums up the level of Football in Pakistan and even with great plans proposed for the future by Pakistan Football Federation making fans to dream but it still hard to believe that any of them would could come true.