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  • Slackness is a slippery slope, JAAA- Ja Observer- Editoral

    There's a phrase in Jamaica - never see come see - that aptly applies to those who, having lived their lives in the jaded belief that they'd never make it big in life, simply cannot come to grips with reality when they do.

    Consequently their behaviour comes across as inexplicably bizarre, crass even.

    We'd hate to think that this is the explanation for the spectacle which played out in Berlin between the MVP athletes and the management of the Jamaican team which is getting ready to contest the 12th International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships starting Saturday.

    But can you blame us for supposing?

    As far as we understand, the six athletes at the centre of the controversy - Mr Asafa Powell, the former 100-metre world-record holder; 100 metres Olympic champion Ms Shelly-Ann Fraser, 400 metres hurdles Olympic gold medallist Ms Melaine Walker, 100 metres hurdler Mrs Brigitte Foster-Hylton, 400 metres sprinter Ms Shericka Williams and 400 metres hurdler Ms Kaliese Spencer - were supposed to be at the Jamaica team's six-day camp in Nuremberg.

    Why weren't they?

    After all, it was mandatory, and according to the rules as posited by Mr Howard Aris, president of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA), those who missed it wouldn't be allowed to contest the event.

    So by a process of simple reasoning, having missed the camp these athletes should have been withdrawn from the event.

    And for a while yesterday, it seemed as if they were going to be excluded, as the JAAA had asked that the offending athletes be withdrawn from the entry list. An Associated Press report pointed out that "the request could be rescinded because the final entry list has to be with the organisers 48 hours before the opening event".

    So we were bitterly disappointed, albeit not totally shocked, at the swiftness with which the first report was followed by a second informing us that the JAAA had 'changed its mind'.

    What mind? we ask.

    According to the second report, the IAAF had put pressure on the JAAA to 'change its mind' because the exclusion of the six prominent athletes would reflect badly on the championship itself.

    This from the mouth of none other than IAAF secretary general Mr Pierre Weiss, though understandable, is nothing short of scandalous in our opinion.

    Understandable, because a lot of hype has been riding on the ongoing theme of rivalry between Jamaica and the USA and ideally the organisers would want to see the strongest complement on both sides competing.

    Otherwise, the championship wouldn't be as exciting or as financially lucrative.

    Scandalous because allowing the athletes to compete after clearly defying the rules represented an elevation of a dangerous breed of indiscipline that Europeans would not otherwise tolerate from underprivileged black people.

    Of course, we'd like nothing better than to stomp all over our competitors in this latest round of rivalry. But not at the expense of the spirit of discipline which this country so desperately needs.

    For right-minded people are well aware of the damage that this type of unruliness and disregard for rules have brought to so many aspects of the society.

    And the last thing in the world we need to do is to affix an international stamp of approval to local slackness.

    Good sportsmanship, the type that we want our youth to emulate, is just not compatible with sloppiness and weakness of character.

    And while we believe in discretionary rule-bending to facilitate special circumstances, we don't believe that this particular spectacle qualified, or that what happened yesterday was in the best long-term interest of Jamaica's track and field.

    But unfortunately that - at least from the perspective of those who are responsible for safeguarding our interests - does not seem to be the point.
    Sunday, August 28th, 2011. We will never forget !!

  • #2
    Who dem ah talk bou?

    "Scandalous because allowing the athletes to compete after clearly defying the rules represented an elevation of a dangerous breed of indiscipline that Europeans would not otherwise tolerate from underprivileged black people."

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    • #3
      willi...what are you saying? is not suh unnuh europeans galang?

      Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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      • #4
        Nah,

        I wonder who Observer ah call underpriviliged black people!

        LoL

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        • #5
          Very good opinionated journalistic hack piece, all we need now is the whip .

          I am patiently waiting to see the outcome of the sanctions , I am sure MVP will appeal and take it up as a legal issue and then we will see on whose side arrogance falls.

          I have a feeling the JAAA are in for a rude legal awakening about professionalism , lets hope they have thier email accounts still active.
          THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

          "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


          "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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          • #6
            JamaicaWin.com

            Powell, MVP colleagues face expensive suspensions

            There is now consensus within the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association that the six MVP athletes who missed a mandatory camp will face stiff punishment after the World Championships.

            Former world record holder Asafa Powell, Olympic 100m champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker, hurdler Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Olympic silver medalist Shericka Williams and 400m hurdler Kaliese Spence all face uncertain futures, at least in the short to medium term.

            A source told JamaicaWIN.com that the Disciplinary Committee of the JAAA will meet with the athletes shortly after the world championships to look at the case and hand down punishment. “We know they have been used as pawns in a power struggle by the leadership of MVP,” said the source. “But they are adults and will have an opportunity to present their case without the puppet master being present.”

            The source said that a long ban is likely, stating that the one-month suspension handed to Raymond Stewart in August, 1988 after he ran against Jamaica in a relay, “will seem like one day.” Stewart missed all the top Grand Prix races and lost a considerable amount of money then.
            Suspension of the six could weaken the successful, local-based MVP club as they are the main money earners in the approximately 100-athlete organisation.

            The JAAA moved to withdraw the six from the Championships on Wednesday but was ‘pressured’ against the move by the hierarchy of the IAAF, the governing body of the sport.

            Post a comment below. Should they be banned? How long?

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            • #7
              A fool dem!!!! Ban wah???!!! After reading that, I can now select who I want to win the M 100m. If the MVP athletes perform as well as Beijing, then MONEY talks. The Grand Prix will be empty without medal winners. The JAAA thinks it's about them. Next to Bolt and to a lesser extent Gay, Asafa is probably the most popular athlete in Europe. His IS still a main draw, and when money is on the line, he breaks records.
              Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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              • #8
                Well let the madness continue.My vision tells me that the JAAA are not legally and financially strong enough to defend their case.Present by media through irrational journalist with clear prejudice if not then ignorance is their best form of attack, but when certain facts and cost become present and apparent they all might have to resign.

                To me all of this is a good thing.
                THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

                "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


                "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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                • #9
                  As Historian rightly said in not so many words, Professionalism is not easily grasped by the camel toes of the JAAA.
                  Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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                  • #10
                    i want you to know that i have a high degree of respect for camel toes!

                    Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                    • #11
                      hehehe....maybe my favourite animal appendage
                      Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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                      • #12
                        huh? aren't they supposed to be sweaty, hairy and rather..sandy?


                        BLACK LIVES MATTER

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                        • #13
                          yow ... if mi wa'an fo have a healthy respect fi dat...'low mi nuh?!

                          Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                          • #14
                            the sand can wash off and the hair can trim fe mek dem presentable. Yuh eat your fowl wid the feathers pon it?
                            Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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                            • #15
                              that imagery dere was a lickle too graphic!

                              Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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