Kicker, Marcos...I hadda dis you program dis rounds
I doh read it like the man soliciting funds. He says he looking for doers and thinkers...people who willing to work together toward a solution for TnT ball. He using a donation to incentivize men to start brainstorming...he will donate the first $500 as a promise, once we come up wit' something. Read it again and see if you agree.....
I dunno about Marcos, but I didn't mean that he was strictly soliciting funds from the forumites. I understood where he was coming from. If you check my post, I said good luck in soliciting support, ideas, and funds, from people who don't know you yadda yadda.......I worded it like that because the pioneers of any foundation, apart from coming up with ideas, may invest as well.......An attempt at a foundation through a players association formed over the internet is very bold. Yuh dunno who yuh dealing with, and with money matters comes many an agenda...... it may also be difficult/almost impossible to establish credibility form potential donors of funds...........
I commended the idea, but issued a caveat against the means. The level of skepticism that will be involved is very high, and hence people's unwillingness to step up, even if it's just to throw out an idea......People are usually very skeptical when it comes to their own intellectual property.
That's why I said if you really love Trinidad football, and believe that all it takes is an idea and funding you're better off coming up with a business plan and a sales pitch (a football oriented business of course)...and take that to potential corporate sponsors, and possibly seek to develop it on a larger scale over time.....these things usually need to start small....(yeah I realize I delivered it with a hint of cynicism..my bad)
That was my point. Maybe it's that same skepticism that retards progress....but that is where I was coming from. I didn't mean to come off as cynical as I did...cause believe me, I've thought about the same thing many times.