Wow! What happened here? I went to work and came back to all these questions on different topics! Diambars, mate, you got to stop being paranoid! I have to work for a living mate, so I can only do this stuff out of work. You're beginning to sound like another TTFF mole!
Ok, firstly, no call has been made to UK based players that I am aware of to represent Trinidad in two weeks time. That suggests to me that there is no match arranged, because if there was, you would expect at least Kenwyne to get a call (and, of course, there is no blacklist).
Because its an international break, this worked out well, particularly as its the 2nd anniversary of Bahrain.
Sorry to disapoint you, Licks, but I will probably be one of the DJs together with some of my compadres. (We DJ regularly in East London. Sorry to say, its mainly 80's soul & RnB, but we may find a little Soca along the way!)
As for the questions from Diambars. I think its up to the players to disclose their personal incomes if they wish. I don't think Lampard or Ronaldo disclose their match fees.
I agree that transparency is important, so I suggest this:- Mr Warner, Mr Camps, Mr Roden declare there total incomes and the sources of that income, together with FULL & ACCURATE TTFF accounts , and I will onvince the players to do the same.
As this will never happen, I suggest that it is none of our business how much any player is paid. However, it becomes public interest if a player is lied to, fed alledgedly false and inaccurate accounts, has money witheld from him, is publicly libled and then has his career seriously hampered out of vindictiveness.
I agree, every story has two sides, and everyone on this site would love to hear TTFFs version. However, the only statements made have since been proved inaccurate. TTFF has its own press department, but has as yet failed to issue a statement concerning the $173 million, which, if you recall, they promised to do the day after the story was released.
Diambars, I'm not having a go at you, but I think you should write a letter to TTFF requesting their side of events, as they certainly don't seem keen to release this in the media. Also, although I do not know players exact match fees, I am aware that they have been seriously reduced since the world cup, and those guys that stepped up after the blacklist have been seriously ripped off.
In the meantime, I hope to meet loads of you guys at the lime on the 16th. We are close to securing the venue, but this is a fundraising event, so we need to make sure the costs are as low as possible.