A survey was conducted among over 100,000 members of a Facebook football group in Egypt to understand opinions of Egyptian youth regarding playing football. The survey found that 70% of youth preferred fame over a stable job or income. 95% owned smartphones and used social media. 55% thought they had talent but couldn't show it. 80% couldn't afford to pay brokers to try out for clubs. 65% had videos of their football skills but couldn't benefit from them. In conclusion, many talented youth need exposure, for fame if not professionally, and most can't pay brokers to show their talent.
A survey was conducted among over 100,000 members of a Facebook football group in Egypt to understand opinions of Egyptian youth regarding playing football. The survey found that 70% of youth preferred fame over a stable job or income. 95% owned smartphones and used social media. 55% thought they had talent but couldn't show it. 80% couldn't afford to pay brokers to try out for clubs. 65% had videos of their football skills but couldn't benefit from them. In conclusion, many talented youth need exposure, for fame if not professionally, and most can't pay brokers to show their talent.
A survey was conducted among over 100,000 members of a Facebook football group in Egypt to understand opinions of Egyptian youth regarding playing football. The survey found that 70% of youth preferred fame over a stable job or income. 95% owned smartphones and used social media. 55% thought they had talent but couldn't show it. 80% couldn't afford to pay brokers to try out for clubs. 65% had videos of their football skills but couldn't benefit from them. In conclusion, many talented youth need exposure, for fame if not professionally, and most can't pay brokers to show their talent.
On 5th December 2022, a survey was conducted among in a football group on
Facebook that includes more than 100,000 members by sharing the questionnaire link in the group. The purpose of the survey was to discover opinions of the Egyptian Youth about their practice to the football .
The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to the group
members through link to complete. This questionnaire consists of two sections each with three questions. From the table of data, the most significant items are as follows. In the first section. Regarding people’s preference for their lifestyle, it was found that about 70% of people preferred fame over their preference for a job and a stable source of income. It was found that 95% of the current youth own smart phones and social networking platform. The last question in this section was inquiring about the youth who think that they have the talent to practice football and it found that 55% have a real talent but they are not able to show this to the people. In the second section, inquiring about the possibility of paying a sum of money to a broker to apply for a test for one of the clubs, and it was found that about 80% were unable to pay the amount of money to accept their talent. The last question in the questionnaire was the conclusion that about 65% of young people have videos and data of themselves while playing football, but they are unable to benefit from it. We conclude from this in conclusion that many talents need someone to see them, even if it is for the purpose of fame and not necessarily for the purpose of take the football as a profession, and that most of those who have the talent are unable to pay the required sums from brokers to show their talent.