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Letter to the Sports Editor…From all indications Shawn Collins fails to fully comprehend the administration of association football

Dec 01, 2012 Sports

 

Dear Sir,
Editor, kindly permit me the space to respond to a letter published in K.N. 13.11.12 captioned “A desperate attempt at recapturing support for Kashif and Shanghai” by Shawn Collins. Wherein the individual’s intended tone of content, in his opening paragraph remains pellucidly clear of an ulterior motive. This in actuality translates to attacking the messenger and not the message.
Quote. “It is clear as day that the Letter Factory which has firmly implanted its tentacles in our nation’s newspapers, via relentless operatives, has begun to whip up what would soon be revealed as a boldfaced attempt by a concealing outfit to recapture support for the Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament.”
Apart from being illogical in his comments, I can’t envisage no plausible reason as to why the publication of two letters side by side in Kaieteur News – Sports pages, can be construed as” A desperate attempt at recapturing support for Kashif & Shanghai.”
Upon examining the contents of both letters, they both clearly outline two completely different subjects. My letter captioned “GFA executive overstepping its boundary”, in no way attempts to recapture support for Kashif and Shanghai.
But rather outlines the rules of engagement for the association, of which sad to say, the GFA executive, remains oblivious to the facts. Is Shawn Collins prone to defend the indefensible, to the extent that the GFA’s President cannot differentiate the difference between the Upper Demerara Football Association and the non-existent Linden Football Association?
Is Mr. Collins also saying that it is right for GFA executive to breach the norms of procedure by inviting teams from outside of Georgetown, to compete and be sanctioned by the GFF thereafter?
Sir, the other letter ‘’what is Banks DIH interest” was written by a Shareholder of the Company, who is also a businessman.
And again the content in no way is bent on “A desperate attempt at recapturing support for Kashif and Shanghai”. But rather is an expression of the dogfight, with its main rival Ansa McAl. The shareholder in my estimation as he puts it, isn’t against Banks providing sponsorship, “but not at that magnitude”.
He feels the $9,000,000 can be better spent towards creating a proper facility where International Football could be played. Isn’t he free to express his opinion, likewise Mr. Collins? With the difference being Collins’ comments is far from reality.
In the final analysis it was a political overtone that called for the boycott of last year’s K & S Tournament, due to Kashif’s endorsement of PPP/C government at the last National Elections. While I have different views politically, with my choice the AFC, at the end of the day I still have to respect his democratic choice. Would it be prudent for me to say publicly boycott products of Banks DIH, since they are supporting a colossal failure in the GFA President, and a Secretary, who was banned from football due to financial misappropriation of funds from the very coffers of Banks DIH? Maybe the shareholder should also comment on this malpractice.
Orin Davis

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