Any way you look at it, football is a business. You look at your future expenditure and check your funds. If there is a shortfall, you look to generate income.
Look what Camps said: "Camp said that an executive committee meeting is planned for next week, and there, he hopes a solution to the situation can be found."
Is this man for real? First they arrange a match and announce it without checking if they can afford to go. Then, once they realise they have no money and can't beg it off anyone, they spring into action....and organise an emergency meeting a week later. Are they f**king mad?
This meeting should have taken place immediately they realised there was a problem. The meeting should have run through the night until a soloution was found. Have they no shame? Cancelling an International match is a seriously embarrassing thing.
And why didn't they notice they were broke months ago? Do they just go to an ATM and withdraw cash without checking their balance? Do they have a tin they collect 25c coins in and thought there was enough?
Everybody on this site can tell us immediately roughly how much cash they have left until payday. Why have they no idea?
We all know they don't keep good accounts, but surely they must know what they have. Are they receiving salaries still? If so, they should be using that money. But probably they have $1 million sitting in account to ensure they still get paid.
An organisation such as TTFF should have networked enough to have options. A phone call here, an email there. This type of thing should have been sent to every large business!
"Dear Sir, as you are aware we have our first International match this year vs Haiti. It is our world reknowned coach, Otto Pfister's first and last opportunity before the 2014 world cup qualifiers to see his best team in action. Unfortunately, due to their much publiscised budget cuts, the promised funding from SPORTT has been withdrawn. As you will be aware, Mr Jack Warner has retired from football and is no longer able to help us, as he did in the past.
In this new era of T&T football, and following on from the superb performance by our Olympic team, we would appeal to your national pride to assist our national football team on the road to Brazil.
We would appreciate the opportunity to present to you, at your earliest convenience, a powerpoint presentation incorporating marketing opportunities available to your business, include sponsorship of travel uniforms carrying your branding, and marketing and promotional opportunities for home matches, which will be televised.
We know the whole country is behind our quest to reach Brazil, and, as such, this can only be a positive advantage to your brand.
My secretary will be contacting you shortly to confirm a convenient date for us to meet.
Yours sincerely
Coliver Amps
P.S. Any freebies would be appreciated by myself and Mr Rodent"
I can't tell you how sick and disgusted I am that this is allowed to continue. They are jokers, but worse, they make us and the govt look like jokers too.
We are proud to tell the world that T&T is an emerging nation, but emerging from what? The Dark Ages? I didn't think these mean could heap more embarrassment on this nation, but each time they surpass themselves. I genuinely feel sorry for the children and grandchildren of these men, as they will forever have the shame of being associated with them even when they are dead.