The message coming from the sports call-in radio programmes is crystal clear. There is no doubt that a kit sponsorship deal carries great importance. However, this columnist's view is that the clamouring fans would prefer to hear of iron-clad plans to settle the dispute between the JFF and Craig Butler, the manager of Leon Bailey, the 20-year-old home boy who is setting the German Bundesliga on fire.
The word on the street is that Butler will not consider having Bailey or any other player in his Phoenix Football Academy representing their country of birth so long as Ricketts sits in the driver's seat of the nation's football.
This is an unfortunate situation and needs to be addressed and remedied. Butler is claiming that his two sons, Leon and Kyle Butler, have been disrespected by the JFF and this led to his 'no way they play' stance.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/s...-still-can-jff
The word on the street is that Butler will not consider having Bailey or any other player in his Phoenix Football Academy representing their country of birth so long as Ricketts sits in the driver's seat of the nation's football.
This is an unfortunate situation and needs to be addressed and remedied. Butler is claiming that his two sons, Leon and Kyle Butler, have been disrespected by the JFF and this led to his 'no way they play' stance.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/s...-still-can-jff
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