Dorian Scott not in Daegu

[Time]

Ok, but how recently was he on the money-making circuit? The point that I am trying to make is that I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt until the new job can be verified. This explanation seems to be very plausible given the fact that he NEEDS to work while trying to be a professional athlete in an event that is not financially beneficial to him and his family.

I like the fact Grace Jackson has publicly backed him or his need to work story instead of hamering him for bad planning. Sicko also implied that he is not one to ask for money having cuss out another person who suggested that the JAAA should pay or asked the JAAA for money. I would also give him the benefit of the doubt until we verify that new job.

[Sickko]

Read Observer tomorrow, I just spoke to him for about 15 minutes and he told me what took place

[Sickko]

JAAA and JOA do try to compensate athletes who have to leave work for competition or those whose work interfere with training etc...FYI

The JAAA admitted in June that they did not have enough to spread around as much as they would like but they do the best they can

[Gamma]

yuh a try sell newspaper and website hits ... mi si yuh lang time!! buy my book ...

[Time]

Paul - you are CORRECT. I am following your trend..........

Really, when since you became a follower instead of a critical thinker?. Sicko has done his research. I wonder if he will abandon you on the path when he publish his report in the morning paper. For the record, I don't have a clue what he will write.

[Time]

If your article supports my view then I deserve 10% of the sports writer's fee because if I did not dare to ask questions then you would not have made that call.

[Sickko]

Really? I had to make that call whether you asked questions or not big man plus 10% of what....you would either be greedy or really desperate...LOL!

[Assasin]

find out how much pickney him have and mi will tell you if a true.
Plus did he recently take a spouse??? All a dat can make all the difference in the world.

[Time]

Really, when since you became a follower instead of a critical thinker?. Sicko has done his research. I wonder if he will abandon you on the path when he publish his report in the morning paper. For the record, I don't have a clue what he will write.

Scott clears air on Daegu no-show

BY PAUL A REID Observer Writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
Friday, August 26, 2011

A clash between the start of a new job and the date to reach the Jamaica pre-competition camp in Gyeonasan forced him to miss the 13th IAAF World Championships that will get underway this evening Jamaican time in Daegu, South Korea, many times national champion and National Record holder Dorian Scott said yesterday.

Scott, who told the Observer he will take up the post of throws coach and director of operations at San Diego State University (SDSU) in California, said his request to arrive later in Daegu was flatly turned down by the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) and thus he felt he had no choice.
SCOTT... request to arrive late in Daegu turned down by JAAA



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SDSU only has a female track team and competes in the NCAA Division 1 where former Vere Technical sprinter Shanieka Thomas is a student.
In a telephone interview from his Tallahassee, Florida base yesterday, Scott, who holds the national record at 21.45 metres, told the Observer he was "disappointed" he would not get the chance to compete at the World Championships as his "training had been going well. This is the best I have felt since I came back from injury".
However, he quickly added that he was preparing for his life after track and field and "coaching is where I always wanted to go into and I have to look to the future," adding that he was "excited" by the chance to coach at this level.
"The ideal would be to compete at Worlds and then come back to my job," he said, adding that he had gotten permission from his boss, SDSU head coach Shelia Burrell, a two-time Olympian in the heptathlon, to go to Daegu.
"My complete intention was to go to Worlds and Coach Burrell was OK with that," he said.
He said he accepted the job on August 17 and the date to arrive in Daegu was the 18th and he would not be able to do everything he had to in that time, hence the request for extra time.
Scott, who won successive silver medals at the last two Commonwealth Games, told the Observer he had earlier requested time and had emailed the JAAA in the first week of August asking to be allowed to arrive later, especially as he would not start competing until September 1 in the preliminary rounds.
In addition to putting things in place and making the move across the country, Scott said the only way he could get everything done was to get the flight pushed back.
The Florida State University graduate pointed out that he never drew a salary from competing in shot put and said he needed to think about his future security, especially when it was time to start thinking of marriage and starting a family.
"My throwing career has been awesome," he stated, "but it has not been as financially rewarding as some people think it is." He pointed out that he had no insurance or security blanket to fall back on.
He said he had spoken to a number of his colleagues, including sprint hurdler Dwight Thomas and intermediate hurdler Danny McFarlane, two of his closest friends on the national team.
Scott was full of praise for the young Jamaican throwers who have been making strides in the past few years, describing their success as "awesome."
With Fedric Dacres winning a World Youth Championships title and Ashinia Miller and Traves Smikle both winning regional titles at the Carifta and Pan American Junior Games, he said he hoped the track and field authorities would start paying more attention to the throwing events.
He urged them to continue pushing and said they should use the opportunity to get scholarships and to travel and see the world.





Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz1W8ZXqHge

[Time]

Really? I had to make that call whether you asked questions or not big man plus 10% of what....you would either be greedy or really desperate...LOL!

You have now taken my view. Can you can afford to buy me a Red Stripe out of the money?

[Jangle]

There you go. Slack cut.

[MdmeX]

Really, when since you became a follower instead of a critical thinker?. Sicko has done his research. I wonder if he will abandon you on the path when he publish his report in the morning paper. For the record, I don't have a clue what he will write.

You go figure

[Sickko]

You mis understand, what was written in that story was NOT my view, I was merely reporting what Mr Scott told me.

Try to understand the difference between straight reporting and opinion journalism...