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Fact-finding mission ... Football bosses seek details of Burrell's ban today
Published: Sunday | October 23, 2010
Former Jamaica Football Federation president, Captain Horace Burrell.
Jermaine Lannaman, Sunday Gleaner Writer
Western Confederation chairman Linnel McLean and Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) president, Rudolph Speid, say they will be treating today's Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) management committee meeting as a fact-finding mission.
The meeting, which will be held at JFF's offices, will see members of the JFF's six-member executive, as well as the country's four football confederation chair persons, coming together to discuss, among other matters, issues related to JFF president Captain Horace Burrell's recent suspension from all football-related activities by regulators, FIFA.
Management committee executive
Members of the management committee executive includes Spencer, second vice-president Bruce Gaynor, third vice-president Raymond Anderson, treasurer Garry Sinclair, general secretary Horace Reid, and head of women's football, Lorraine Scringer.
Danny Beckford, acting chairman of the Eastern Confederation, is the other confederation chairman.
Burrell was suspended by the world governing body for three months and given an additional three months suspended ban, to be served over a two-year probation period, after he was implicated in a cash-for-votes scandal, leading up to last June's FIFA presidential election.
"I am going there with an open mind," said McLean, whose confederation represents the football authorities in the parishes of St James, Trelawny, Hanover and Westmoreland.
"Ever since the recent FIFA rulings, there have been speculations here and there, and while I am personally a supporter of Burrell, my mission is to attend the meeting, gather as much facts, and then report back to my constituents.
"The confederation will then meet and discuss the details, after which, we will make a decision as to whether or not to collectively support Captain Burrell, or not," he added.
The JFF's management committee meeting, which will be chaired by JFF first vice-president and South Central Confederation chairman, Dale Spencer, who has assumed leadership of the federation in the absence of Burrell, is being held one week before the JFF's quarterly board meeting.
The board meeting, which will see representatives of all the parish associations deciding on the future leadership of the federation, as well as who Jamaica will support at next month's Caribbean Football Union (CFU) presidential elections, will also be held at the JFF's offices.
"KSAFA had a meeting last Thursday with its delegates and elected members, and a decision was taken I should go to the meeting and get all the facts that led to Captain Burrell being suspended," said Speid.
"We then plan to have a meeting on Tuesday where we will decide what should be our next move as it relates to the Captain, as if it turns out that more is in the offering as to why he was suspended, we will have to decide whether or not to support him going forward at the federation's next board meeting," he added.
Published: Sunday | October 23, 2010
Former Jamaica Football Federation president, Captain Horace Burrell.
Jermaine Lannaman, Sunday Gleaner Writer
Western Confederation chairman Linnel McLean and Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA) president, Rudolph Speid, say they will be treating today's Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) management committee meeting as a fact-finding mission.
The meeting, which will be held at JFF's offices, will see members of the JFF's six-member executive, as well as the country's four football confederation chair persons, coming together to discuss, among other matters, issues related to JFF president Captain Horace Burrell's recent suspension from all football-related activities by regulators, FIFA.
Management committee executive
Members of the management committee executive includes Spencer, second vice-president Bruce Gaynor, third vice-president Raymond Anderson, treasurer Garry Sinclair, general secretary Horace Reid, and head of women's football, Lorraine Scringer.
Danny Beckford, acting chairman of the Eastern Confederation, is the other confederation chairman.
Burrell was suspended by the world governing body for three months and given an additional three months suspended ban, to be served over a two-year probation period, after he was implicated in a cash-for-votes scandal, leading up to last June's FIFA presidential election.
"I am going there with an open mind," said McLean, whose confederation represents the football authorities in the parishes of St James, Trelawny, Hanover and Westmoreland.
"Ever since the recent FIFA rulings, there have been speculations here and there, and while I am personally a supporter of Burrell, my mission is to attend the meeting, gather as much facts, and then report back to my constituents.
"The confederation will then meet and discuss the details, after which, we will make a decision as to whether or not to collectively support Captain Burrell, or not," he added.
The JFF's management committee meeting, which will be chaired by JFF first vice-president and South Central Confederation chairman, Dale Spencer, who has assumed leadership of the federation in the absence of Burrell, is being held one week before the JFF's quarterly board meeting.
The board meeting, which will see representatives of all the parish associations deciding on the future leadership of the federation, as well as who Jamaica will support at next month's Caribbean Football Union (CFU) presidential elections, will also be held at the JFF's offices.
"KSAFA had a meeting last Thursday with its delegates and elected members, and a decision was taken I should go to the meeting and get all the facts that led to Captain Burrell being suspended," said Speid.
"We then plan to have a meeting on Tuesday where we will decide what should be our next move as it relates to the Captain, as if it turns out that more is in the offering as to why he was suspended, we will have to decide whether or not to support him going forward at the federation's next board meeting," he added.
The cash-for-vote scandal also implicated former FIFA presidential candidate Mohammed Bin Hammam, who was banned for life from football activities by FIFA, and former CONCACAF and CFU president, Austin "Jack" Warner, who resigned his positions shortly after it was alleged they offered bribes to CFU delegates to support Bin Hamman's candidacy.
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