1.  African players should benefit from the increased awareness.

2.  But this raises questions about other African players, who have faced hardships and an incredibly competitive situation in attempting to move to big clubs.

3.  But, as Clarin noted, such exploitation has been propagated for many years by European clubs with African players.

4.  European scouts do not routinely travel to Africa, and African players rarely make the big time without the international exposure that comes from traveling with a national team.

5.  Many African players are said to have altered birthdates.

6.  Most top African players start in the smaller European leagues, where they gradually can become socially assimilated and possibly obtain European Community work permits.

7.  The best African players, such as Eusebio and Mario Coluna of Mozambique and Portugal, represented colonial powers in international competitions.

8.  The Dayton Daily News identified six African players Pehoua helped place at NCAA Division I schools.

9.  The NASL was then among the few refuges for African players.

10.  African players were just as good as Europeans, he said.