The football academies in Goa advertise selection trials for various age categories but do not mention if admissions to the academy are free of cost or if fees have to be paid. After a player gets selected, he will be called in private and asked to pay admission fees running into several lakhs of rupees. Firstly, I wonder if the academy owners are aware of this practice.
Secondly, this practice is totally unfair and non-transparent, as Goan parents working in other parts of the country bring their sons for trials to Goa with high hopes of getting them nurtured in the academy.
If there is a mention of fees in the trial advertisements themselves, I am sure no Goan parent would bring their ward for such trials, which also gives me an impression that these academies are meant for non-Goan players whose parents can easily afford to pay any such fees, albeit for reasons other than football.
