I am 20 years old (soon to be 21). I want to be professional in football. How do I get into a good club? Do they accept players of 20 years and above? What is any football academy that I can join?
Let you tell you about my childhood friend. He went on to captain the school football team. Then went on to become the only player in the college football team to be selected from the first year. Obviously became the captain in the 4th year. Just like you, he also wanted to play football all his life. And, yes he did get a chance to play abroad! Last year when he was 22, he got an invitation from a second division team in Spain. They called him for a 14 day trial. If they deemed him good enough, he would then be awarded a contract. Accommodation and all would be managed by the club. My friend was only supposed to take care of the travel arrangements. Then came the Visa approval process. My friend had all the documents, flight tickets both ways, invite from the Spanish club and every document that could possibly be asked for during the verification process. Turns out that he was denied a VISA by the Indian Government. The reason stated by the government officials being "We believe you are using "Football" as a means to get to Spain so that you can work there and you will never come back to India. All hail the Indian Government for promoting football!P.S: More important than getting an invite from a foreign Academy or a club is getting your VISA approved for the trials. In case you get an invite, make sure you focus more on the VISA.
Do fathers have the same parental rights as mothers?
The idea that mothers get custody over fathers is really based on the model that 90% of split families (parents don't live together because of divorce or unmarried parents living apart) are households with mothers having primary custody of the children. But that 90% are cases where custody was undisputed. When parents break up, the father usually doesn't want to be saddled with the kids full-time. They may want to have the kids with them some of the time, but it's rare when they want primary custody.In the cases where custody is disputed by mother and father, however, fathers win full custody about 70% of the time. So it isn't true that fathers are less likely to gain custody of children. It's only true that about 90% of the time, mothers end up with the kids because custody is undisputed, or the fathers aren't even around. When custody is disputed, though, fathers get it more than two-thirds of the time.
Why is Pakistan far ahead of India in sports, be it cricket or hockey, despite India being a democracy and Pakistan being a failed state?
Hi Karan! I am going to assume that you have an IQ same as a five year old’s and you do not understand the measures of success. This is how far ahead Pakistan is in sports compared to India:CRICKET:Here, you have to understand that #1 precedes #6 (in Test Cricket) and #3 precedes #6 (in ODI Cricket).Oh look! The women’s team is making us proud too!I might as well mention that Virat Kohli, the current Indian Skipper, leads charts for ODI Batsman and T20 Internationals Top Batsman List.FOOTBALL:Quite recently, the Indian Men’s Football Team broke into the Top 100. They were the best movers in the Year 2016–17.Currently, our neighbours rank an all time low of 198th making them the lowest ranked Asian Team.HOCKEY:You talk about Hockey. The Men In Blue just beat (read crushed) them 7–1 in Hockey World League Semi Finals. I am not even going to give you the rankings.Although, Pakistan does have more wins against us overall. So, credits where they are due.They emerged victorious in the Champions Trophy Final. They played extremely well on the given day and outdid us. That doesn’t mean we are struggling. I could provide you with current ranking of all the major sports that the two countries play and you will understand (I hope you do) that we are presently superior in terms of performances, individualistic achievements, infrastructure and what not.Also, why are you just taking Cricket and Hockey as parameters of success in “sports”. Please name one Pakistani Tennis player who is as successful as our Sania Mirza or Leander Paes or Mahesh Bhupathi? Or have they produced an Olympic medalist boxer like our Vijender Singh? Or a wrester who has won the World Wrestling Championship like Sushil Kumar has? Or a snooker ace, Pankaj Advani? Or immensely successful shuttlers like PV Sindu Saina Nehwal? Or a world class gymnast Dipa Karmakar?I advise you to put in a little time into research before posting such dense and half-witted questions.