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On The Sporting Edge
Paul Reid
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Just when we thought our national and regional football administrators couldn't get any more ridiculous, we heard Sunday night that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) had fired John Barnes as coach of the Reggae Boys with a month left on his contract.
Or rather JFF president Captain Horace Burrell had decided that Barnes should leave.
I am willing to bet the JFF's Technical Committee which should oversee these things were told of it after it happened, just like in the case of the firing of Clovis deOliviera and Rene Simoes.
What crime did Barnes commit? It would appear he was being punished for seeking to line up employment after it appeared his one-year agreement with the JFF would not be renewed.
What is indeed incredible is how fast things between the JFF and Barnes soured after he was ushered in with much fanfare just over a year ago.
Earlier last week, football suffered two massive black eyes after Jack Warner who has set up himself as president-for-life of CONCACAF sought to banish Peter Jenkins of St Kitts and Nevis from all football for the sin of attempting to run against Burrell for a CONCACAF position.
As if that was not bad enough, later in the week we heard the JFF was mandating that football officials participating in the Claro-sponsored KSAFA competitions must wear uniforms advertising a rival telephone company.
This begs the question as to what these administrators are in football for.
For while no one can fault the JFF for trying to protect one of their sponsors, it boggles the mind that they would actively chase away another who has put over $250 million into the sport.
We expect the JFF to be encouraging any new sponsor who wants to contribute to the game here and not chase them away with hostile behaviour.
Burrell is on record as calling for more corporate involvement in local football, yet when they do come in, they are faced with an unfriendly environment.
In my opinion this issue between KSAFA and the JFF is a simple one that can be dealt with in a commonsense manner that will please all concerned.
The JFF must be careful not to create enemies that can come back later to hurt the sport.
In this ever-changing economic environment, contracts written today could be worthless tomorrow and it would seem logical that the JFF would seek to embrace as many sponsors as possible.
For the simple reason that we never know when one company for whatever reason may pull out of the sponsorship, the JFF should want to ensure that they leave all their options open.
On The Sporting Edge
Paul Reid
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Just when we thought our national and regional football administrators couldn't get any more ridiculous, we heard Sunday night that the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) had fired John Barnes as coach of the Reggae Boys with a month left on his contract.
Or rather JFF president Captain Horace Burrell had decided that Barnes should leave.
I am willing to bet the JFF's Technical Committee which should oversee these things were told of it after it happened, just like in the case of the firing of Clovis deOliviera and Rene Simoes.
What crime did Barnes commit? It would appear he was being punished for seeking to line up employment after it appeared his one-year agreement with the JFF would not be renewed.
What is indeed incredible is how fast things between the JFF and Barnes soured after he was ushered in with much fanfare just over a year ago.
Earlier last week, football suffered two massive black eyes after Jack Warner who has set up himself as president-for-life of CONCACAF sought to banish Peter Jenkins of St Kitts and Nevis from all football for the sin of attempting to run against Burrell for a CONCACAF position.
As if that was not bad enough, later in the week we heard the JFF was mandating that football officials participating in the Claro-sponsored KSAFA competitions must wear uniforms advertising a rival telephone company.
This begs the question as to what these administrators are in football for.
For while no one can fault the JFF for trying to protect one of their sponsors, it boggles the mind that they would actively chase away another who has put over $250 million into the sport.
We expect the JFF to be encouraging any new sponsor who wants to contribute to the game here and not chase them away with hostile behaviour.
Burrell is on record as calling for more corporate involvement in local football, yet when they do come in, they are faced with an unfriendly environment.
In my opinion this issue between KSAFA and the JFF is a simple one that can be dealt with in a commonsense manner that will please all concerned.
The JFF must be careful not to create enemies that can come back later to hurt the sport.
In this ever-changing economic environment, contracts written today could be worthless tomorrow and it would seem logical that the JFF would seek to embrace as many sponsors as possible.
For the simple reason that we never know when one company for whatever reason may pull out of the sponsorship, the JFF should want to ensure that they leave all their options open.
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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