X Critical Reading for you, ...

[Assasin]

As long as the schools continue to lead we will only be producing one and two players and many substandard players with talent who have no idea what a real training session is like with competitive players.

[Jawge]

You really think it's cute and clever, don't you?

[OJ]

ok what does harbour view, cavaliers and MBU has or knows that other clubs dont. You moving like a waste youth...

[Assasin]

Is it also ironic that many of the top high school players from Kingston also play with Cavalier, HV, Portmore, or MBU?

[Sir X]

OJ

Why persists with your ignorance ? Why ?

You are asking me to comment on the differences in clubs strength,what does it have to do with what the Initial post is about ?

You are off on a tangent,to justify what ?,the concacaf director said school boy football is leading the way In youth development ,that's an indictment against the clubs you mentioned.

Attacking me personally or cherry picking points of Reid's article does not change that fact.Of note he said it's a 2to 3 month program.

You are slow!

[Sir X]

Pointing out that you cherry pick your context , yes ..lol

[Paul Marin]

Good suggestion about the mandating and exclusion but Reid mentioned resources needed in fact significant to fund the clubs also they will have to compete with sponsorship from corporate J A ?

How do you propose that is dealt with,mandating corporate JA don't sponsor school boy football ?

Obviously you can't mandate sponsorship. However, sponsors go where they can get a return on their investment. There is WAY MORE UPSIDE for sponsors with products and services that can be purchased outside the country (or companies from outside the country) if we have a successful club system. Companies like: Grace Kennedy, Sandals, Citibank, Scotia Bank, JMMB, Beaches, Denoes & Geddes, Wray & Nephew, Cable & Wireless, etc. etc. etc. all could be tapped and attracted with a reasonable financial proposal that would mean funds specifically for youth development. I will have to post again - no time now, but the bottom line is that there is MORE $ to be made by sponsoring the National Premier League than there is HS football, but it would cost more, so there is that too.

[OJ]

Daley from clarendon college the striker from "Dinthill" and all the so call top of the top are with clubs like Cavaliers not to mention Alex Marshall and others but those are exceptions.The facts is we could have more of this player if we created a sensible program.

[OJ]

That's.like saying the nicest girls are at a strip club but it don't mean I want to marry one

[Sir X]

I am waiting for that follow up post,the Crux to me on youth development is the financing ,realitically it would be prudent to mandate that the JFF mandate school boy footballers attach themselves with clubs,than that they not,having an antagonistic relationship will turn off everyone esp sponsors.

Like you said sponsors want a return on investment by being visibly associated with it's customers.

I see no reason why both can't co exist,clubs and school boy football and given the reality of the economic climate they have to.

[Sir X]

Actually that's like saying you are asking about one thing,you got stumped by the response so you changed the subject and attack the messenger 😏

The director of concacaf said a 3month school boy football system is doing a better job at development than clubs and clubs will have to source substantial financing to overhaul that set up.😏

A NUH MI SAY SUH DIS TIME!

[Jangle]

School boy football should be left alone for the recreational purposes that it was intended for.

[Sir X]

Should be,you fail to realise that it is ! And that's the kicker,it is bettering the clubs at youth development and will continue to do so ,as long as the clubs don't.

Stating the obvious that we all agree on does not change that fact,more so ,it opens a can of worms,in questions that are being asked,how is that possible,will the trend continue ,will the trend be tweaked to be better,can the clubs compete,how can they,is there a middle road that can serve both in fact all club,school and national youth teams?


I suggest you/ we look at funding,the cultural link why school boy football is better funded,then proceed with a solution!

[OJ]

Turn it around , mandate that clubs in the premier league must meet specific requirements that includes a youth development structure or affliation. Keep in mind not every club wants to be a npl club those at the community level also develop players so we need a national development model that incorporate best practice from grass root up to I8. So how do you do this. It is no different than how we do this in Atlanta or Toronto or Turkey. You identify the best players and put them in a Centre of excellence. This way everyone plays a part. We may even guide the process by allowing players to represent their schools during the season and monitor their recovery but ensuring they have high quality long term development. This is very high level as I think we need to look at factors such as periodization and cross mixing of sports which can be beneficial and important.

[Jawge]

It's my belief that you played a lot of marble games whilst in primary school. Yes?