Adamu Canvasses Awareness For Beach Soccer

Managing Director, Kinetic Sports, Samson Adamu, organisers of the recently-concluded COPA Lagos Beach Soccer Tournament, has said that the event could only grow through more viable partnerships. Adamu made the remark during an interview with newsmen in Lagos.

He stressed that organising an international tournament of the magnitude of COPA Lagos required huge sums of money, which, according to him, were not easy to come by. “Because I can tell you, based on my experience with COPA Lagos that it’s not a one man thing; the more sponsors you have the better and the merrier,’’ Adamu said.

When asked about his views on the creation of a Beach soccer league in the country, he said that he was not in a position to spearhead such a campaign. Adamu added that the Beach soccer league concept was still in the realm of speculation.

“I can only speak for COPA Lagos and Kinetic Sports, but in terms of the proposed league, I have only heard about it just like any other person. “If at all there is a plan for a Beach soccer league, there is need to generate more interest before we talk about creating a league.

“There is need for a followership and supporters for any league to thrive. “And to do that, you need to work on the awareness to build a followership and to build the support base,’’ Adamu said. He went on to say that for such a league to thrive, a massive Public/Private sponsorship had to be in place for its successful take-off.