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    Professionalism, Third World-Style

    The quote below sums up in a starkly blunt way our approach to conducting affairs in Jamaica, and NOT only in sport! In many other cases (including the current logistics hub developments - or lack of it) we’re still not truly ready….

    Originally posted by The Observer
    Under cross-examination by Lackston Robinson, Powell admitted that he was not acquainted with the doping control rules, but he knew they existed. “Sir, in this sport there are persons who I have to rely on like my coach and my agent,” said Powell.

    The sprinter, who turned professional in 2002, also admitted that he never attended a doping seminar and didn't know of any in Jamaica.
    (Source: The Jamaica Observer, Wednesday, January 15, 2014)

    Truthfully, we are just not ready for the big times. We have the talent in many sporting (and non-sporting) disciplines, and there is absolutely no question that in the case of sports we have been privileged to witness this talent most dramatically in the sprints (track and field) and in netball, and also to a lesser extent (consistently) in soccer, in cricket, with glimpses in swimming and lawn tennis.

    Outside of sports, we Jamaicans have also been blessed to have sparkling gems in music and the arts in general (poetry, singing, dancing, prose, drama, comedy, and painting and sculpture). Nevertheless....


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    well, asafa isn't but if we are honest with ourselves, we knew that.

    in a way stephen francis protected him from a lot of stuff similar to the way cus d'amato protected a young mike tyson ...

    Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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    • #3
      How many Tysons and Damatos do we have ,that seems to be our blessings and curses...Talent abounds and good people.
      THERE IS ONLY ONE ONANDI LOWE!

      "Good things come out of the garrisons" after his daughter won the 100m Gold For Jamaica.


      "It therefore is useless and pointless, unless it is for share malice and victimisation to arrest and charge a 92-year-old man for such a simple offence. There is nothing morally wrong with this man smoking a spliff; the only thing wrong is that it is still on the law books," said Chevannes.

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      • #4
        The sprinter, who turned professional in 2002, also admitted that he never attended a doping seminar and didn't know of any in Jamaica.
        Poor excuse, and that's an attempt to deflect attention from his buffoonery.
        Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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        • #5
          You think a simpleton is going to go and do research and find out what he is taking and know whether it is banned or not?

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          • #6
            Nevertheless....

            Originally posted by Hortical View Post
            Poor excuse, and that's an attempt to deflect attention from his buffoonery.
            My primary concern/ focus was actually on the second portion of his statement:

            Originally posted by The Observer
            ….also admitted that he never attended a doping seminar and didn’t know of any in Jamaica.
            Was it that he had no coach or manager or anyone in an advisory position? This statement goes BEYOND Asafa and touches on other aspects of the management and development of our elite athletes.


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