Challenging Task For Samuel Eto’o

The new president of the Cameroon Football Federation, Samuel Eto’o Fils has a huge task ahead as he takes over the helm of the institution. The 40-year-old footballer has taken over the federation at a time when it has been plagued by intestinal wrangling, legal battles and conflicts of interest for close to two decades.  When Samuel Eto’o took over, he pledged to work with all the actors to bring back Cameroon football glory days. Samuel Eto’o therefore has the major challenge of bringing everybody onboard. In order to achieve this, the new president will have to reconcile the different factions. The new President of FECAFOOT must bring together deeply divided actors whose only option today is the judicial bodies. 
 The Cameroon Football Federation has hardly enjoyed peace during recent years. The federation has had two normlalisation committees and threats for a third. Draging football actors to the courts had been the order of the day. The number of complaints lodged at the Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of the National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSC) and the Court of Arbitration of Sports (TAS) are beyond imagination. Even the national football championship has been disrupted several times and for two consecutive seasons the championship struggled to end due to several suspensions. Samuel Eto’o Fils will also have to restart the competitions. Even though there is a national championship, it is not the same at some regions, divisions and subdivisions that have gone for years without active and regular championships. The impact of all of these is Cameroonian clubs have failed to make their mark on the continental scene for the past decade except Cotonsport of Garoua, other players have become unemployed and resorted to other trades while the quality of players coming through has drastically dropped. The new FECAFOOT Presiden...