The Sierra Leone Premier League (SLPL), is a laudable initiative by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), previous administration performance was 40% though the standard of many players are still low due to the status of the league over the years. The lingering question is, do we really have the required infrastructure or finance to adequately fund a football club, there seems to be serious bottlenecks that may prove to be inimical to its overall success.

The SLFA top objective, there may be far reaching ramifications if it fails. Therefore, they may wish to go back to the drawing board for an honest review of implementation strategies. Some duly believe that Parliament stands ready to support any football proposal that aims to develop football academies and human resource capacity.

Accountability and transparency are critical elements for the growth and development of Sierra Leone football. A paradigm shift in this direction is there for an imperative view. Perhaps government and FIFA need to reflect on the past and reinvent them to be able to muster the courage to stand up against corruption and bad leadership regardless of which government or party is in power.

The benchmarks for democratic good leadership appears to have been largely ignored by past and present administrations of SLFA regimes; so there is need to go back to factory settings.

Football development is real and therefore no amount of propaganda can replace it. However, slow progress is surfacing in football owing to poor foundation because 95% of clubs are unable to meet the Barmio Declaration in 2004 which states that all premier league clubs must have standard office, football field, sport club, structure executive to name a few.

But contrary, majority of the 18 Premier League teams do not meet the required international standards. Football lovers are asking if the 2022/23 Sierra Leone Premier League winner and rounds up would represent the country in the upcoming Africa Club Champions base on the above endless challenges.