2011-2012 Season Recap: Kaya’s diversity is faced with adversity

Source: Soccerpirrs.com

For the longest time, football has been regarded as the world’s sport. Captivating for it’s style, speed and creativity, football has created its profile as the leading sport used to unite nations around the world through magnificent displays of competition. People and countries are identified by unique tactics and skill. Diversity in playing style is something embraced and promoted. This diversity is what has excelled the sport to this day in age. Football’s progression can be attributed to this evolution and the combination of the multitude of cultural identities. The sport is the most exciting in the world for this very reason: Diversity.

Much like most teams in the world Kaya FC is home to many different cultures, ethnicities and identities. The personnel of the team is a proud mix of different contributing profiles from around the world. It is what makes the team unique and it is what makes the team progress. The onset of change, growth, and acceleration lays in the teams ability to embrace differences to promote adaptation and forward positive development. With out such qualities a team remains stagnant and immobile.

Kaya FC’s ideals and principles are reflections of the teams unity and brotherhood. The core values appreciate diversity for the better of the team and the better of the sport. With this in mind and at heart, it has been a true disappointment to the team and a constant struggle throughout the season to have to battle diversity’s ugly enemy: Racism.

The new UFL “Say No To Racism” campaign, introduced shortly after the start of the season, was a big relief for some teams. To know that the league is supporting such a cause to bring about awareness to the players, spectators, and supporters throughout the country, really shows the league commitment to a universal issue. Despite the collective effort by league, racism is still very much prevalent on the playing field.

It remains a constant challenge to Kaya when facing teams that exhibit racist comments and teams that use anti-Semitic remarks on the pitch. Racism is a disgusting and ignorant thing that reflects the lowest form of professionalism and it has no place in football, nor does it belong anywhere in society.

With the growth of football in this country accelerating at a rapid pace, it is Kaya’s goal to not only rise to the top of the league and raise the level of football, it is also important to make sure the sport’s foundation in a developing country reflects worldwide ethical and moral standards. Extensively supported by football’s governing body, FIFA, values such as “Fair Play” and “Anti-Racism” should be a criterion and model for matching the UFL League’s level to the highest ethics.

The challenge will remain until there is a zero tolerance to racism, and even after that point there is no guarantee that racism won’t find it’s way onto the field.  There will need to be a delicate balance of professionalism, in conjunction with the league rules to overcome such mentalities, and hopefully Kaya will be able to display their qualities in character, and show to all that football is much more than sport. It is a lifestyle, philosophy and perspective that replicate respectable values.

For More Information on KayaFC, Check out our NEWLY Launch Website KayaFC.COM

For More Articles for Lexton Moy Check out Soccerpirrs.com and Follow him on Twitter @LextonMoy