Senator David Nakhid says the Secondary Schools Football League should be played over six months to better develop future national footballers.
The former St. Mary’s College standout was the featured speaker at the 2025 awards ceremony, where he encouraged the SSFL to extend beyond its traditional September-to-December season.
Nakhid, a former national football captain, argued that a longer season would give coaches more time to properly develop players, while reducing disruption to players’ education.
However, critics told 103.1FM that with CONCACAF youth qualifiers usually staged early in the new year, the SSFL could face a mass exodus of national players during the latter stages of a proposed six-month campaign.
