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JFF offering Reggae Boyz contracts
Captain Horace Burrell, JFF President.
Senior national footballers have until December 30 to sign contracts by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
The contracts are being issued to guard against recurrence of the player disturbance in Martinique when out of contract Reggae Boyz competing in the 2010 Digicel Caribbean Cup Championships threatened not to take further part in the competition unless they received per diem of US$100 and 80% of the prize money.
Their wish was granted, and Captain Horace Burrell, JFF President, later admitted it was a mistake not to get contracts in place before the Caribbean Cup.
With this new measure, the JFF is bracing for the fallouts.
"We wouldn't want to be engaged in any other competition or friendly game and have a standoff by players, so we have decided to have the players sign contracts. We are not a rich Federation and we're not able to pay huge sums as some players expect, so it is possible that we might lose some of our players," Burrell said.
The JFF reprimanded the Reggae Boyz for their action at the Dogocel Caribbean Cup, warning that they will be ineligible for national selection for at least two years should a similar offence occur.
In a signed letter last week, the Boyz have apologised to Jamaica and the JFF for what they called "misguided actions".
Captain Horace Burrell, JFF President. Senior national footballers have until December 30 to sign contracts by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
The contracts are being issued to guard against recurrence of the player disturbance in Martinique when out of contract Reggae Boyz competing in the 2010 Digicel Caribbean Cup Championships threatened not to take further part in the competition unless they received per diem of US$100 and 80% of the prize money.
Their wish was granted, and Captain Horace Burrell, JFF President, later admitted it was a mistake not to get contracts in place before the Caribbean Cup.
With this new measure, the JFF is bracing for the fallouts.
"We wouldn't want to be engaged in any other competition or friendly game and have a standoff by players, so we have decided to have the players sign contracts. We are not a rich Federation and we're not able to pay huge sums as some players expect, so it is possible that we might lose some of our players," Burrell said.
The JFF reprimanded the Reggae Boyz for their action at the Dogocel Caribbean Cup, warning that they will be ineligible for national selection for at least two years should a similar offence occur.
In a signed letter last week, the Boyz have apologised to Jamaica and the JFF for what they called "misguided actions".