NKL - NARADAA KICKER LEAGUE

Shish continues to be adamant about Democracy. Naradaa admits that he (Naradaa, not Shish) is a bit shaken. So, Naradaa has kept aside the introduction of Democracy in NA for the time being.

Shish: So, its Na, Na, Na for Democracy in NA… 

N: Hey, where did you spring from? I was thinking hard and thinking aloud. No, Shish, I have not given up introducing Democracy. I have only postponed it, till some details are properly worked out. In the meantime, we have to find something – some activity – which will not divide us.

Sh: What activity? From the way your brain works, I am sure it will be something complicated.

N: When I was a child, one of my uncle was telling that, he used to read newspaper regularly. He would categorize the newspaper into four sections. One was political which, one could not believe fully because it depended on which party gives the news on which subject. The second one is about people – this also would depend on who writes about whom and the situations?

Sh: Any example?

N: Many. Let us take this simple one about someone writes an article about his boss. If he writes in his own name, he would write all goodie-goodie stuff. But if he writes in a penname, he might let the boss know couple of pieces of his mind – indirectly , of course. And if a rival writes about him, it could turn nastier.

Sh: OK, what are the third and fourth?

N: Third, according to him are the advertisements. Of course, everyone knows these advertisements are not hundred percent true, though some of them you could read just for its fun-value. But ‘sports’ is the subject which cannot be falsified. A team either won, lost or the game ended in a draw. So I am thinking to get into sports. Say I will plan a football tournament like premier league, super league etc.

Sh: You are really going to do it?

N: Why not? I am going to call it NKL.

Sh: NKL?

N: Yes. Naradaa Kicker League.

Sh: Kicker League?

N: Why are you repeating everything I say, like an echo? Yes. I am going to start Naradaa Kicker League with a football tournament.

Sh: Oh, There are already a few football leagues. There won’t be any channel left in TV to show your NKL. Moreover, how do you say that these soccer matches or any other matches are straightforward news?

N: Of course they are. A team wins, loses or draws a match. There cannot be something other than the three.

Sh: Of course, there is a fourth one. Haven’t you heard of match-fixing? And it is such a phenomenon that you never can know the truth. Now, don’t come out and say that it is not complicated as it is either a match is ‘fixed’ or ‘not fixed’.

N: I have anyway decided to make a determined effort with football.

Sh: Then you have to deal with players who will go and shout at referees and other players. There will be players who are so habituated that they cannot play without committing a foul. Either kick a rival player on the shin or head-butt a rival and when caught by a referee, vehemently deny it. I have read somewhere that the coaches even teach the players how to commit a foul without the referee knowing about it, and how to act innocent when caught.

N: Oh, I did not know that. I have heard of cases when someone hit the ball with the hand and never let anyone else know about it. And about head-butting, I have been told that it was just due to a misunderstanding in the heat of things, that he mistook the other fellow’s bald head for the ball.

Sh: But, everybody except the referee had seen it, knew about it and shouted against both hitting the ball with the hand and also the head-butting.

N: But can’t we put heavier penalties if caught? Not just the yellow and red cards? And then, as you say if everyone does it, things will get even, no? I tend to think there is no problem if all the coaches are also coached as to how to coach the teams about all these different kinds of fouls.

Sh: Whatever you say, one of the best things I like to watch in a football match are the coaches. Histrionics from many of them are too funny a treat to watch!

N: Be that as it may, you see I have gained another advantage by naming it Naradaa Kicker League. If there is some problem with football league, I can change the game to Taekwondo or Hockey or Sepek Tekraw or any other game where kicking is part of the game…..