Absentees will lose CAF Awards? This is ridiculous if not pure, unadulterated, sour stupidity. This is an insult to the likes of Frederic Kanoute who won the award on basis that the actual winner did not pitch. Players who accept the accolade under such circumstances will never be fully acknowledged by soccer loving people since that dark cloud will always be hanging above their heads. As for what happened last year, my candid opinion is that CAF deliberately held the awards ceremony while the AFCON was taking place at a different country and expected players to leave their team camps to attend the awards. This is pure madness and is one of those ridiculous issues that make one to be ashamed of being an African.. That absentees who genuinely deserve their award will be stripped of their award is absolutely daft.
Absentee nominees from the CAF Awards Gala in February will automatically lose their awards, even if they win, CAF has said.
Director of Communications Suleiman Habuba reiterated the condition at the unveiling of the final shortlist of five for the 2009 awards ceremony.
In 2008, Frederick Kanoute was handed the African Player of the Year Award after Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, who was believed to have received the most votes, opted against turning up.
"Anybody who does not show up, will not be given any award," Suleiman said at the unveiling ceremony on Thursday in Lagos.
This 2009 edition of the Awards Gala will hold in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, organisers announced on Thursday in Lagos.
Since being taken over by Nigerian telecommunications firm Globacom, the award has been held in Lagos, Accra and Lome.
Courtesy: kickoff.com
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