Rose was undermined

Feb 15, 2011 Sports

By Edison Jefford

Trevor Rose was not disappointed when he lost the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Presidency Sunday afternoon, and maybe he had good reason not to be, since as popular as he is, he did not enjoy the full gamut of support in his single term.
It is a strange phenomenon that plagues the administration of the sport; the same mouths that call for administrators of their choice are the same mouths that condemn them when decisions, and an assortment of other factors, does not work in their best interests.
It was a wake-up call for Rose, and his introduction to politics. He had never before experienced such destabilisation in his administrative life, which was based in the fashion industry before the GABA Presidency that he resoundingly won in September, 2008.
But where did Rose go wrong? There can be no honest assessment that can accuse the optimistic and at times underrated Rose of inactivity. Maybe, there was more that he could have done; maybe he did his best in the given circumstances, who really knows?
Some criticised him for his sometimes youthful approach, calling his decision to remain an active player while he was the President of the GABA a conflict of interest and more notably, some had the view that he was steeped in micromanaging the association.
Against all that, Rose still managed to raise $11m for the rehabilitation of Burnham Court; linked the sport to important corporate entities in Georgetown, so much so that Ansa McAl alone was in the vanguard of the Super-Wards, pumping $500,000 into the contest.
Apart from those elements of success, he brought back the Georgetown inter-ward tournament and revived the Division I and III Leagues in the City. Rose had a vision, but unfortunately, those who gave him resounding support for the Presidency initially, abandoned him over time.
His explanation was that he simply would not allow things to go awry based on individual desire and will. There were some who believed that Rose, given his previous inexperience in basketball administration, was in no position to manage their GABA offices.
So why was Rose elected in the first place? He was elected because some felt that they could have taken advantage of his boyishness and when he held his ground, the next best step for those who are known corruptors in the sport, was to abandon Rose’s vision.
And so, the accusations flowed against Rose at the grassroots level, emanating from one primary source, who even told the new GABA Executive at the National Gymnasium on Sunday that they should have nothing to do with this writer if they want to progress.
It was those types of officials, who parade as having the best interest of the sport at heart, but are really undermining its development, that Rose had to put up with for two years. It was not easy by any stretch of the imagination, but Rose, albeit alone, stuck it out.
If the new GABA Executives take the coercion of that particular official to ignore this newspaper seriously, then it will also succumb to the venom that poisoned the administration of Rose.
It was a surprising revelation to learn of the continued mischief of that official. Without even giving the new Executive time to perform, and this newspaper time to make informed assessments of the new administration, that official was unnecessarily attempting to stir up conflict and tension.
It would be out of the ordinary to think that a new Executive of an association with no track record in the administration of basketball at that level will want to ignore a newspaper that, only yesterday, topped 86,000 readers.

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