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Letter to the Sports Editor…The public debate on football

Jun 03, 2014 Sports

Dear Editor,
Allow me space in your column as I make my maiden voyage joining my illustrious compatriots that whets your readers appetite daily in your columnist section.  Sitting at our soon to be remodeled Cheddi Jagan International Airport awaiting my outbound flight to Miami en route to Atlanta GA and usually reading my favourite daily, the Kaieteur News, I stumble upon the sports section Knews 24-04-14 captioned, ‘GFF president call out disgruntled five to public debate and let Guyana judge’, it says if I’m wrong as president of GFF with my policies I will RESIGN and if you the disgruntled are, they should RESIGN.
Editor, as someone who has been part of football development in Guyana for more than a decade I would like to give the president of GFF thumbs up for such an initiative since it represents brevity, however Mr President it represents a big gamble too since the football loving public will not be sympathetic and I hope the disgruntled five take up the challenge and put verifiable facts to your facts to the starving hard working football patrons of Guyana.
Editor the first hurdle the GFF president has to cross is his handling of the now infamous no show of the national beach football team to the CONCACAF qualifiers in Bahamas May 2013, here is what the public will ask:
• Did you as president of GFF sign the document entering Guyana to participate?
• Did the GFF bear any cost for the team’s preparations?
• Did you agree along with the GS Adonis that Mark Xavier will manage the team with Rollin Tappin, Abdulla Hamid coaches?
• Did Guyana receive a fine from FIFA for its no show, if yes, what’s the amount?
• Why did you say to Guyana it wasn’t going to be fined for its no show?
• What is the current amount of the GFF dept?
Editor, these are just a few of the questions the GFF president will have to answer to. Editor, the president of the GFF may be sincere in the way he wants to see things done but the truth is those policies may never see light at the end of the tunnel, but harmonizing the football environment is the most logical solution by allowing our players to feature the most in your dailies because at the end of the day his success will be judged by the quality that is on the pitch representing our more than 750,000 residents covering our beautiful 83,000 square miles.
Rollin Tappin

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