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D-Day averted! — JFF shelves contract deadline; eyes Jan meeting
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sport Editor
Thursday, December 30, 2010
TODAY'S proposed deadline for the senior Reggae Boyz to sign new contracts has been scrapped by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
Instead, the local governing body of the sport, the players and their representatives are due to sit down at the negotiating table in January with the aim of arriving at a consensus regarding the contentious four-year contracts issued earlier this month, which the players resfused to sign.
BURRELL... we believe in dialogue and we aim to have an amicable settlement
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"We will be extending the contracts deadline as we have scheduled a meeting with all stakeholders for the first week of January to find a favourable solution to the current impasse," JFF boss Captain Horace Burrell said yesterday.
Burrell added that all stakeholders in the process have responded "positively" to the "olive branch" his organisation has extended in finding common ground on an issue that has stirred hot debate over the past week or so.
"We believe in dialogue and we aim to have an amicable settlement at the end and hopefully all the stakeholders will be happy," said the CONCACAF Executive Committee member.
Last week, the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) intervened on players' behalf, branding the federation's approach to the matter as "draconian" and accused it of "bullying" the players into signing the contracts.
The PLCA said it met with 16 local-based representatives of the national team who, it claimed, expressed concerns with the contracts and the position of the JFF that they would not be allowed to don the national colours unless they signed.
A meeting scheduled between the heads of the PLCA and the JFF for Ocho Rios last week to address the issue did not take place, with the PLCA chairman Edward Seaga claiming the initial response from him and his organisation was done "without having all the facts".
Debate swirled in the media as some argued that the JFF was autocratic and hasty in the way it went about the matter, but Burrell was quick to disagree.
"I would challenge anyone who thought we were hasty in crafting the new contract... we were guarding ourselves against a recurrence of what happened in Martinique as the business of football continues as we look to have friendly internationals starting as early as next month," he said.
The JFF president also rejected claims that his federation was not inclusive enough in the process of developing the agreement. "I know that the general secretary (Horace Reid) had substantial discussions with the players and thought those talks were fruitful and ended amicably... we had the impression that there was consensus," explained Burrell.
The new four-year contract was crafted and issued as a direct response to the players' ultimatum issued to the JFF for better wages at the recently-concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup in Martinique.
General secretary Reid recently described the new contract as being "very reasonable and attractive", adding that it was aimed at "bringing order and stability to a situation that has become untenable".
"This contract is not to be confused with what happens at the level of the clubs... what this contract does is from day one establish the level of compensation and expectation in as so far as the behaviour of players are concerned," said Reid last week.
Without contracts and a clear understanding of their terms of work, the Boyz threatened to withdraw services at the Martinique tournament unless their demands for more per diem and a bigger slice of prize monies won were guaranteed.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz19aRXBb5x
D-Day averted! — JFF shelves contract deadline; eyes Jan meeting
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sport Editor
Thursday, December 30, 2010
TODAY'S proposed deadline for the senior Reggae Boyz to sign new contracts has been scrapped by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF).
Instead, the local governing body of the sport, the players and their representatives are due to sit down at the negotiating table in January with the aim of arriving at a consensus regarding the contentious four-year contracts issued earlier this month, which the players resfused to sign.
BURRELL... we believe in dialogue and we aim to have an amicable settlement
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1/1 Burrell added that all stakeholders in the process have responded "positively" to the "olive branch" his organisation has extended in finding common ground on an issue that has stirred hot debate over the past week or so.
"We believe in dialogue and we aim to have an amicable settlement at the end and hopefully all the stakeholders will be happy," said the CONCACAF Executive Committee member.
Last week, the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA) intervened on players' behalf, branding the federation's approach to the matter as "draconian" and accused it of "bullying" the players into signing the contracts.
The PLCA said it met with 16 local-based representatives of the national team who, it claimed, expressed concerns with the contracts and the position of the JFF that they would not be allowed to don the national colours unless they signed.
A meeting scheduled between the heads of the PLCA and the JFF for Ocho Rios last week to address the issue did not take place, with the PLCA chairman Edward Seaga claiming the initial response from him and his organisation was done "without having all the facts".
Debate swirled in the media as some argued that the JFF was autocratic and hasty in the way it went about the matter, but Burrell was quick to disagree.
"I would challenge anyone who thought we were hasty in crafting the new contract... we were guarding ourselves against a recurrence of what happened in Martinique as the business of football continues as we look to have friendly internationals starting as early as next month," he said.
The JFF president also rejected claims that his federation was not inclusive enough in the process of developing the agreement. "I know that the general secretary (Horace Reid) had substantial discussions with the players and thought those talks were fruitful and ended amicably... we had the impression that there was consensus," explained Burrell.
The new four-year contract was crafted and issued as a direct response to the players' ultimatum issued to the JFF for better wages at the recently-concluded Digicel Caribbean Cup in Martinique.
General secretary Reid recently described the new contract as being "very reasonable and attractive", adding that it was aimed at "bringing order and stability to a situation that has become untenable".
"This contract is not to be confused with what happens at the level of the clubs... what this contract does is from day one establish the level of compensation and expectation in as so far as the behaviour of players are concerned," said Reid last week.
Without contracts and a clear understanding of their terms of work, the Boyz threatened to withdraw services at the Martinique tournament unless their demands for more per diem and a bigger slice of prize monies won were guaranteed.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport...#ixzz19aRXBb5x
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