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The latest saga involving what must now be the most inept of the four Jamaica Football Federation’s Confederations, the Western Confederation, must spur the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) into serious action.
If the other recent acts have made the once-respected confed a laughing stock, the latest one must be the icing on the cake.
Less than three weeks after being re-elected unopposed to his third term as Chairman, Everton Tomlinson is now facing a no-confidence vote. Earlier this week a letter was sent out to the four parishes inviting members to a meeting called specifically to discuss the ousting of the chairman.
Tomlinson might not be the best sports administrator we have ever seen, but what could have gone so wrong in the last three weeks since the elections?
It would have appeared that the tenuous relationship that has existed between the Westmoreland and Hanover Football Associations, forged out of the need to hold unto what some think is power, has finally snapped.
While it is still not sure exactly which straw broke the camel's back, there are many allegations and counter-allegations flying, and it looks like things are
Everton Tomlinson
going to get nasty.
The JFF's involvement is past due and the body elected to oversee the game on the national level must step in and seek to rectify the situation.
While I am not sure whether there are any grounds to declare the most recent elections null and void and start over from scratch, what is certain is that there is the need for a clean break from the sordid politics that has dogged the game for the past few years and the need for a fresh start.
One suggestion is to allow just the six delegates from each of the four parish associations to cast votes at a special general meeting after fresh nominations have been made.
While unfortunately this will not guarantee there won’t be the now usual underhand dealings that have plagued elections in football, what it would do is at least allow for a fresh start.
It is disappointing that the JFF has not seen fit to step in already, but one gets the feeling that someone is fiddling while Rome, or in this case western Jamaica’s football burns.
The whispering of financial impropriety is not good either and if Horace Burrell is hesitant to step in as the president of the JFF, he should step in as the sponsor of the competition and find out how his money is being spent and whether it is going to those to whom it is intended.
In the spirit of openness, maybe the JFF should enact a law that all football associations be mandated to submit audited financial reports prior to each AGM, but maybe that is a column for another time.
Western ‘Poppy show’ continues
If the other recent acts have made the once-respected confed a laughing stock, the latest one must be the icing on the cake.
Less than three weeks after being re-elected unopposed to his third term as Chairman, Everton Tomlinson is now facing a no-confidence vote. Earlier this week a letter was sent out to the four parishes inviting members to a meeting called specifically to discuss the ousting of the chairman.
Tomlinson might not be the best sports administrator we have ever seen, but what could have gone so wrong in the last three weeks since the elections?
It would have appeared that the tenuous relationship that has existed between the Westmoreland and Hanover Football Associations, forged out of the need to hold unto what some think is power, has finally snapped.
While it is still not sure exactly which straw broke the camel's back, there are many allegations and counter-allegations flying, and it looks like things are
Everton Tomlinson
going to get nasty.
The JFF's involvement is past due and the body elected to oversee the game on the national level must step in and seek to rectify the situation.
While I am not sure whether there are any grounds to declare the most recent elections null and void and start over from scratch, what is certain is that there is the need for a clean break from the sordid politics that has dogged the game for the past few years and the need for a fresh start.
One suggestion is to allow just the six delegates from each of the four parish associations to cast votes at a special general meeting after fresh nominations have been made.
While unfortunately this will not guarantee there won’t be the now usual underhand dealings that have plagued elections in football, what it would do is at least allow for a fresh start.
It is disappointing that the JFF has not seen fit to step in already, but one gets the feeling that someone is fiddling while Rome, or in this case western Jamaica’s football burns.
The whispering of financial impropriety is not good either and if Horace Burrell is hesitant to step in as the president of the JFF, he should step in as the sponsor of the competition and find out how his money is being spent and whether it is going to those to whom it is intended.
In the spirit of openness, maybe the JFF should enact a law that all football associations be mandated to submit audited financial reports prior to each AGM, but maybe that is a column for another time.
Western ‘Poppy show’ continues