Why Planet FC should not join S League

14 years and four World Cup tournaments ago, Roger Milla, Thomas N'Kono, Francois Omam-Biyick and Emile Mbouh Mbouh were part of the Cameroon team who captured the footballing world's imagination and helped to re-define the African game. Led by their flamboyant, talismanic striker Roger Milla, the Indomitable Lions stormed to the quarter-finals of Italia '90, bringing to attention and acclaim the tremendous potential of teams from the African continent. Today, Planet FC - a team purportedly …

…local club being forced out because of Planet FC's possible arrival? Will gate attendances drop if the Cameroonian club enters the S.League? If local fans are not keen on supporting their own professional league, why should we deny expatriates and foreign workers here a chance to support a team from their own homeland? For all the outcry over the participation of foreign teams, Singaporeans have shown precious little loyalty or enthusiasm for their own.