A kowane matakin ƙwallon ƙafa — daga manyan filayen Premier League zuwa filayen laka na ƙarƙashin shekara 12 a Lahadi mai ruwan sama — mutum ɗaya kullum yana jan fushi daga taron jama'a: alkalin wasa. Ana yi masa zagi daga masu goyon baya a cikin tangar wasan, ana yi masa hira da muryar ƙara daga horar a gefen filin, kuma iyaye a gefuna suna masa tambaya, don haka alkalin wasa ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mahalarta da ba su sami yabo ba a wannan wasanni.

Duk da haka, duk da wannan ƙiyayya, dubban maza da mata a duniya suna sa rigar baƙi a kowace karshen mako. Me yasa wani zai ɗauki aiki da ke zuwa tare da zargi kusan tabbatacce, ɗan ƙaramin ɗaukaka, da busa wanda a duk lokaci yana gayyatan mafi munin halayen kowa?

Fiye da kawai aiki na gefe

Ga alkalai da yawa — musamman a matakin masu son wasa da na asali — aikin alkalanci yana farawa a matsayin hanyar zama da alaƙa da wasan bayan kwanakin wasa sun ƙare, ko kuma don samun ƙarin kuɗi a karshen mako. Ladan kuɗi yana da tawali'u a matakan ƙasa, amma alhini ba haka yake ba. Alkalai a dukkan matakai dole ne su kammala horarwa ta hukuma, su wuce gwajin ƙarfin jiki, kuma su yi jarrabawa kafin a mika musu busa.

A matakin ƙwararru, alkalai na Premier League suna yin ƙoshin lafiya mai zurfi da haɓaka sana'a na yau da kullum a duk tsawon kakar wasa. Matsin lamba yana da yawa: miliyoyin mutane suna kallon kowace hukuma cikin sake kallo a hankali, kuma wata hukuma mai cece-kuce guda ɗaya na iya tsara sunan alkalin wasa tsawon shekaru.

Matsalar cin zarafi

Wasan asali yana fuskantar rikici mai ban tsoro musamman. Gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta matasan ƙasashe da yawa sun ba da rahoton raguwar kaifi a yawan alkalai masu cancanta, inda da yawa suna ambaton cin zarafi — ba kawai daga masu goyon bayan abokan hamayya ba, amma daga iyayen yara masu wasa kansu — a matsayin dalilin farko da alkalai ke barin aiki. Alkalin wasa a filin ƙarƙashin shekara 12 yana samun kuɗi kaɗan sosai amma dole ne ya sarrafa motsin zuciyar manya waɗanda sun manta tun da dadewa yadda za a sha kaye da mutunci.

Sakamakon yana da gaske: alkalai kaɗan yana nufin wasannin da aka soke, kulob ɗin da ke cikin damuwa, da ƙananan 'yan wasan da suka rasa damar buga ƙwallon ƙafa mai gasa gaba ɗaya.

Me yasa suke zaune

Waɗanda ke jurewa sukan bayyana soyayyar ƙwallon ƙafa mai zurfi da gaskiya, da kuma jin daɗin mulki wanda yana da wahalar sake samunsa a rayuwar yau da kullum. Kasancewa mutumin da ke aiwatar da ƙa'idoji — wanda ke da ƙarshe — yana ɗauke da gamsuwarsa ta musamman. Alkalai masu gogewa kuma suna magana game da zumuncin da ke tsakanin alkalai, al'ummar da ke ba da tallafi sa'ad da zargi ya ƙaru.

Wasu suna hawa ta matsayi kuma suna kai ga manyan matakan wasanni, wanda ke aiki a matsayin ƙarfafawa ga ƙananan alkalai masu ƙwazo. Hanyar daga Premier League na Lahadi zuwa Premier League tana da tsawo kuma mai ƙalubale, amma tana wanzu — kuma wannan fata, ko da nesa take, tana kiyaye masu yawa suna ci gaba.

A ƙarshe, ƙwallon ƙafa tana buƙatar alkalainya fiye da yadda take son yarda. Har sai wasan — a kowace matakin — ya koyi kula da manyan jami'ai da mutunci na asali, ƙarancin alkalai zai ƙara ta'azzara kawai.