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Some Ghanaian footballers, as correctly related by Don Bortey sometime ago, sign contracts that are absolutely terrible and unthinkable. 

In 2019 the CIES ranked Ghana as the second highest exporter of footballers in Africa. Not many have happy stories to tell.

In view of this Adamu Benin Abdul Karim had a conversation with Reuben Ayarna, an MBA in Sports Management holder from the University College of Northern Denmark.

He has climbed the ladder of both football and education, he laid bare first hand information on the topic.

Mr. Ayarna relayed that most footballers cannot play competitively after 35-years. Hence, acquiring education gives you a plan B to prepare for after football life. 

Some players in the Ghana Premier League as well find it a herculean task to be able to express themselves well during interactions with the media. Reuben recounted all these were thought in his educational journey.

Ayarna also recounted that football was considered a job for the street kid as was education some decades gone by.

Daud Arif, the President and Bankroler of Wa Suntaa Sporting Club, a Division One League club based in the northern part of Ghana discusses how it feels like to become a football administrator in the north with Adamu Benin Abdul Karim.

The young enterprising football administrator says the reason he ventured into football administration was a result of a failed advocacy for the people of the north to heed to his calls to take football as a productive venture. He said he felt discourage by the reluctance of businessmen and women to venture into football administration even with his great advocacy through the media.

He said when one  tries to become a football administrator you are seen as an outcast because they don't have successful administrators  to use as point of reference and motivation to upcoming ones.