Bahrain players get big rewards after World Cup bid

[trinbago]

Members of the Bahrain National Senior team which lost out to this country 1-0 less than a month ago in final playoffs of the 2006 World Cup were last week rewarded with cash prizes of BD20,000 each.

General Organisation for Youth and Sports president Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa was present when 50 players were given their bonuses as per the directive from His Majesty King Hamad.

The royal package was awarded to all players including substitutes who were part of the Bahrain team during their 18 qualifying matches.

A villa for each player will also be constructed at the vicinity of the Late Shaikh Zayed City in Central Governorate.

Shaikh Fawaz will be holding a meeting with works and housing minister Fahmi Al Jowder in this regard.

The ceremony was held at Bahrain International Circuit on the sidelines of a dinner banquet hosted in honour of delegates attending a FIFA-sponsor workshop to explain the new rules and regulations governing the sport.

The event was also attended by Bahrain Football Association president Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, BFA board members and delegates representing Libya, Qatar, Pakistan, Iran, Oman, Syria, Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, the UAE, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

Thus far, T&T’s senior footballers, apart from the victory bonus promised and delivered to them by the T&TFF and special advisor Jack Warner, have only been told by Government officials of what they shall be receiving for their historic achievement and at the same time have continued making public appearances on request from Government and other local organizations since their return home.
 
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[Grande]

Well, they deserve it for the whole 2.5 minutes of attacking football they play against us. 

[fishs]

Bahrain football " Dust to Dust, Ashs to Ashs".

This de last post about dat shit side.

[Redditch Valiant]

A villa for each player will also be constructed at the vicinity of the Late Shaikh Zayed City in Central Governorate.

..... on top of a volcano, with a bit of luck! 

[Socapro]

..... on top of a volcano, with a bit of luck! 

Is like you reading my mind or what?! 

[Andre]

it must be nice to be from an oil rich island.

but wait a minute...we are.

[KND2]

confusion causing story.

Bahrain have money like rain so they could do things like that.

We need to remember that TnT on the whole is a poor country with many sub standard parts of society.
So money cannot be just handed out to players who did well.

I for one would rather sensible gifts like

10 million donated to primary and secondary school football on bahalf of the National team.

Or 10 million donated to the TTFF for the recruitment and staffing of a feasible organization.

The players will get some money too But it should not be compared to Bahrain nonsense.

The US, Mexico, Costa Rica Make world cup not sure how much mercedes and house them players get.

In professional sports you do not get house and thing for doing good you get what ever your bonus contract stated.

That is am amature never see come see thing

These men and them getting to play in the world cup and getting a showcase to display they talent for the hope of getting bigger money contracts etc.
They also getting world cup level match fees etc.

House and Car and Land let them buy on they own.

[Socaman]

well said KND2....

[morvant]

knd just help out what i was trying to say in another thread

police doh get medal fuh catching teif

win de world cup and thats another story but we expected to go to the world cup since the campaign start and we get that half-spot

but beating that shit side like bahrain should not be of much importance

we have big players and thats what big players do

[PantherX]

confusion causing story.

Bahrain have money like rain so they could do things like that.

We need to remember that TnT on the whole is a poor country with many sub standard parts of society.
So money cannot be just handed out to players who did well......................

That's a load of rubbish TnT is not a poor nation by any stretch.  The problem is the poor distribution of wealth combined with the corruption in government.  Add to that the tendency to give contracts to foreign companies (to send OUR money abroad) instead of nuturing and developing local business to fulfil such contracts so that most of the money can stay where it belongs.

The "substandard parts of society" exist solely because of our leaders lack of desire to truly raise the standard of living for ALL its citizens.  All of the problems of crime and violence stem directly from this single factor.

You can buy a house for each player and throw in a hefty cash bonus as well and that would be insignificant compared to what is going into the pockets of Gov't ministers.

What the players have done is put our nation on the world stage and excorcised the demons of 1989.

I'm not saying that we should make them milliionares but such merit deserves a concrete token of appreciation.

[Ponnoxx]

 Bahrain players get prizes for what...Drawing games and playing ugly football....Go T&T

[canadiantrini]

dat is sum sad situation in bahrain.  wat does dat show the youths?  it pays to fail....T&T pride.