Veteran footballer Raju Shakya said in a recent interview with an authenticity that football is a poor men's game. This is why it's so popular around the globe. In a world where 85 richest people own more wealth than poorest 3 billion, football and poverty will certainly have a deep and passionate relationship. Who can be more authentic than Mr. Shakya to say football is popular among the poors? He is a veteran footballer of one of the poorest countries in the world and has seen many a top class player ending up with being a bottom class pauper in his country.
(Cricket is called a gentlemen's game. And golf rich men's game. A gulf player enjoys the service of a personal secretary in the field (that is called the golf course). I find it amusing to think what would go in the mind of the man with a heavy bag of golf clubs. Maybe he would be saying to his boss, 'Master, master, which club thou preferest ?' Or, 'Master, master, thy ball, alas, hath gone to the ditch.' Rich people are always funny, especially, when they are seen through the eyes of the poors.)
Probably the greatest tragedy of football history appeared in Brazil just before the world cup 2014 was begun. A large group of poor people for the first time in the history rose against football. In a country where Pele, Garrincha, Didi, Romario, Ronaldo and many poor people rose (and rising) from football, the angry fists risen against football(FIFA and world cup) was really a gruesome paradox. President Dilma Rousseff had a deadly answer to the protesters with a deadly question Copa Pra Quem? (world cup for who?) And that was- 'Crush 'em.'
