Age Grade Ttournaments Should Not Be Staged Outside Schools, NASCOM Insists

To check age cheat in sports, National Academicals Sports Committee, NASCOM, has said that age grade competitions should not be organized outside the school system.

Its Chairman, Yemi Idowu, while unveiling NASCOM calendar for 2013/2014, says age grade competitions are not supposed to be staged outside schools, stressing that the body need to send a clear message to all stakeholders that age grade competition should be undertaken by school children and it should be domiciled in schools.

Also in its efforts to bring vibrancy to school sports across the country, NASCOM has once again reaffirmed its support for Nigeria School Sports Federation NSSF and Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria, YSFON.

According to him, the body was set up to compliment the efforts of NSSF and YSFON, saying the committee has agreed not to organise any new competition which would be in conflict with the work already being done by NSSF and YSFON rather the body will raise awareness and funds for the promotions of schools sports and improvement of age grade competitions at the school level.

Idowu says the calendar encompasses the timetable of activities of bodies like, would be made public across the country by NASCOM.

 He says they need to create bigger talent pool for sports, which can only be achieved by increasing the percentage of school age kids participating in competitive sports, hence the reason why the committee introduced Rythmn N Play as brand to attract more children to participate in sports.