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Ghana and Azumah Nelson look to AFL and Bulldogs

Authored by: Sean Finlayson
on Thursday, June 11 2009 @ 04:00 pm ACST

Maybe they took some inspiration from this article: http://www.worldfootynews.com/article.php/20070221101605676

As a potential donor, I'd be a bit wary of lip service. Azumah is obviously reputable, but a lot of Internet scams do come out of Ghana. Reading between the lines, the Stage 1 plans are for a soccer field and athletics track - but the Australian Football field is listed as a "future development". The description and "artist's impression" have simply been scraped from Wikipedia. While I'm definitely not saying this is a scam, one could be forgiven for being cynical when you may be donating to the construction of first class soccer facilities in Ghana and never see a cent spent on Australian Football ..... this makes me a bit hesitant to donate. Perhaps if the "football" field was designed in a multi-purpose configuration to support cricket, footy and other football codes (like the Telstra Dome or Sydney Olympic Stadium) then it might be a different story.

Having said that, it certainly is a very clever marketing angle given that Australia is a great source of potential donations and with so many Australians so passionate about footy and its possibilities overseas. A website like that one is something I would love to have seen Mal Michael do with his Mal Michael Foundation for PNG back in 2005. At least Azumah's foundation has a website and PayPal donations facility, something I haven't yet seen from Mal's.

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