Spinning a legacy

[Assasin]

Spinning a legacy
published: Wednesday | April 4, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody rDszF="true">


Peter Espeut

WELL FOR us it's almost over. There is only one more <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Cricket</SPAN> World Cup match left to be played in Jamaica, one of the semi-finals. We have already received about 90 per cent of whatever benefits we were expecting by helping to stage the third biggest <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">sporting </SPAN><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">event</SPAN> in the world. We had some warm-up matches in Florence Hall, Trelawny. In the first round we had with us here in Jamaica four of the 16 teams in the competition, each playing three matches at Sabina Park; for the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; BORDER-BOTTOM: orange 1px solid; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent">semi-final</SPAN> we will have two teams in the island playing one match. Yes, for us it's almost over.

The West Indies is famous for fast bowlers, but in the aftermath of the Cricket World Cup look for the spinners! Spiders spin webs to catch unsuspecting prey. It is we they are trying to catch in their webs! "The payback of the legacy of the World Cup is over the long term. We will continue to reap the benefits of this World Cup decades after the last ball is bowled," they will say. In other words, "Don't look at the billions we have spent and the little actual monetary returns we will have gained. Project into the future and add up all that we will earn, and you will see the real gains! That will be the legacy of the World Cup."

Such an argument is nothing but spin, for whatever you apply it to, there can only be winning, and no losing. For example, "The long-term legacy of poverty, illiteracy and underdevelopment in Jamaica is that hundreds of thousands of Jamaicans ha

[Lazie]

RE: Spinning a legacy

Well as Karl said in a previous post

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