Zavon Hines, extremely talented.......

[Muadib]

It takes Cash to Care..

Maybe if dem qualify for 2 WC and Confed Cup dem can afford it..

IMF ah get tight pon wi..

[Don1]

IMF?? Oh I see....but this "pending status" of an academy is pre-IMF. FIFA GOAL money was allocated when? 2000?

What do you guesstimate is the annual cost for a development program for say 60 kids in a football academy? Maybe US$5k/player?

What we have here is a total failure of leadership....enabled by a failure of the public to hold the JFF accountable

But no biggie. Dat development ting tek tuh much ah big man time....wi all know dat wi cyan always guh shop ah Englant :

[Muadib]

Tell yuh ahready di prablem wid di Academy.. but yuh nuh like di news..

How bruk Federation can have development program.. yuh nuh si dem ah heng on pon schooboy football fi develop dem playahs..

Certain elements like it dat way tuh..

[Don1]

It's NOT a money problem. The money argument is a convenient cop out.
There are high schools that raise more than what an academy would need annually.

That's a leadership & followership problem.

[TheDread]

The really disturbing situation is the myopic, shrill focus by so many on UB40's "instant solution" when WC qualification starts and, conversely.... the lack of attention by Jamaicans headed by the JFF to the long term development of Jamaican players....yes those much maligned yutes in Jamaica who are the victims of this perverse fraud

The exception to that lack of attention to Jamaican player development is the occasional, token and perfunctory crocodile tears some shed over the waste

Now that's what's really disturbing

Who is responsible for player development, is it our schools, football clubs, or the JFF?

[Don1]

Who is responsible for player development, is it our schools, football clubs, or the JFF?

The associated question to yours is who should be responsible?

Ultimately the JFF of course... secondly clubs. High schools exist to educate students....not to produce fine players. The few who play organized football for schools should be doing so primarily because it's a healthy extra-curricular activity

That Jamaica has foolishly depended on HS ball as THE integral part of youth player development is the fault of football administrators...not high schools

Wi specialize in misinterpreting reality