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Not long ago there was a whole lot of talk centered on some of our leading national footballers. Speculation was rife about them playing in Europe, which would have been a very important landmark in the annals of Nepali sports. The news spread like wild fire largely because of massive coverage on part of both national print and electronic media. Local bloggers devoted to sports also had a field day and left no stone upturned. This obviously generated unprecedented buzz, interest and excitement in the sport fraternity. The media frenzy gave everyone the impression that it was going to happen. I don’t blame them because they were led to believe. As for the media they were somewhat guilty of jumping into the band wagon. The source of the news should have been authenticated before giving it full credence. Here I...