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Much as Jamaicans appreciate the tremendous role of the Diaspora in supporting Jamaica, it’s obvious that ideally the national team should be weighted in favour of locally born and bred.
How do we get to that stage? The immediate problem is that Jamaica’s football is badly under-resourced and underdeveloped in every respect.
Just under a year ago, banker Mr Peter Moses — himself a distinguished footballer in his youth — made a recommendation which we believe needs to be taken on board. Said he: “The (football) clubs need to be owned by businesses that can put money, put equity into the clubs for infrastructure development, for the proper running of programmes, for the nutrition of players and intellectual development of players.” As argued by Mr Moses, that would be the basis for Jamaica’s football becoming truly professional and eventually internationally competitive.
Rome wasn’t built in a day and we shouldn’t expect that Jamaica’s football will be ‘professionalised’ overnight. But we take heart from the recent promotion of the Jamalco Football Club — financed and supported by bauxite/alumina company Jamalco — to the National Premier League.
We are inclined to think that this will have to be the way forward for Jamaica’s football.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edito...to-build_64327
How do we get to that stage? The immediate problem is that Jamaica’s football is badly under-resourced and underdeveloped in every respect.
Just under a year ago, banker Mr Peter Moses — himself a distinguished footballer in his youth — made a recommendation which we believe needs to be taken on board. Said he: “The (football) clubs need to be owned by businesses that can put money, put equity into the clubs for infrastructure development, for the proper running of programmes, for the nutrition of players and intellectual development of players.” As argued by Mr Moses, that would be the basis for Jamaica’s football becoming truly professional and eventually internationally competitive.
Rome wasn’t built in a day and we shouldn’t expect that Jamaica’s football will be ‘professionalised’ overnight. But we take heart from the recent promotion of the Jamalco Football Club — financed and supported by bauxite/alumina company Jamalco — to the National Premier League.
We are inclined to think that this will have to be the way forward for Jamaica’s football.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/edito...to-build_64327
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