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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Tallman on January 16, 2012, 08:20:56 PM
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Brent on success.
By Brent Sancho (Wired868).
Arghhh another early rise; it's the only way possible to beat the Diego Martin traffic and make it into downtown Port of Spain in time for court.
One thing's for sure, I have had good practice as this case has dragged on for five-plus years. Although the past year or two has been more about legal wranglings and the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation's (TTFF) shenanigans, the reason I have and still continue to attend each court date, is to not only witness for myself the audaciousness of key figures like Mr. Warner, Mr. Camps and Mr. Groden but also in hope that Judge Rampersad puts an end to this fiasco.
When one thinks six years ago we were coming off the plane to a hero's welcome and everyone wishing us well only to be later blacklisted and called names—the blacklisting cost me my international playing career. My last game for Trinidad & Tobago was in June 2006.
The funny thing about it is we played like true warriors in 2006; we dug in and fought not just for ourselves but for our country. Obviously I was of the belief that, after a good showing in the tournament, the bigger clubs would come banging down my door–-they did to a degree but a combination of bad choices and a false sense of "ah reach" syndrome, which most Trinis have in abundance, caused my demise.
No need for the handkerchiefs just yet as I do feel that the Brent Sancho of 2012 is not a bad place to be; actually he's great.
Life has changed a lot since then; I am a new father and soon-to-be husband, an owner of a Japs restaurant mobile outlet, Chief Executive Officer of Pro League football club, North East Stars and a jack-of-all-trades–-no pun intended.
My days are no longer dotted with cones and footballs but starts with a wake up call from my eager son at 6.00 am, followed by a prompt opening of Japs at 9.00 am. Football still monopolizes the majority of my day while the odd football commentary or acting job—mostly advertisements thus far—pops up now and again.
It was difficult returning to Trinidad after all those years abroad, one gets used to a certain level of: professionalism, respect, workmanship, attitude and the list goes on. I love my country, so please understand that my criticism is for its betterment and maybe that's what really gets me to court every time–I want a better Trinidad and Tobago.
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Hmm...if Brent thought he reach after scoring an own goal, then I cah even imagine where Aurtis and Denzil and them mind were. They probably thought they would be playing for Real or Barca.
I understand where he coming from though. Keep the struggle going. At least we on the website still keeping the fire burning in our own way for the Soca Warriors.
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Hmm...if Brent thought he reach after scoring an own goal, then I cah even imagine where Aurtis and Denzil and them mind were. They probably thought they would be playing for Real or Barca.
I understand where he coming from though. Keep the struggle going. At least we on the website still keeping the fire burning in our own way for the Soca Warriors.
@ least the man was honest in his assessment, i've seen board members who had the same head in the clouds "we reach" syndrome after the WC in 2006. they were doggin jamaica when they were doing bad flunking out the hex and the gold cup. it had man even saying that "we will not be like JA" who were one time visitors to the WC, only to do worst! you eh see how much boasters gone missing since nov 2009.
i have tuh congratulate sancho, the man have heart! he talked about the same things that most xpats hate to acknowledge and would rather sweep under the carpet.
T&T is ah real slack place, and the worst part is, it don't have to be like that. we have the resources and the potential to be the jewel of the caribbean, but instead, the ppl who have the power to implement change have no vision, ideas and know how, and would not give up power to capable hands even if their mammy's life depended on it.
what he's saying is what i've been saying all along. most trinis have no "true love" for their country, and the concept of patriotism amongst trinis home and abroad is donning or waving ah flag, boasting of how proud they are to be trinis and talking other nations bad, but when it comes to true commitment to country, they either fall way short or back peddle into oblivion.
but rest "assure" that none of these trinis who claim to be sooooooo proud and glad to be trini, would pay the ultimate price of patriotism, not with their time, their money, let alone their blood! it's all rum talk and nothing more.
PS: that's why dempsey and dem always buss we arse! those guys does truly play for the pride of being american.
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Brent said "we dug in and fought not just for ourselves but for our country"
And now your country owns you MILLIONS ?
Makes you wonder who did he really fought for ?
Brent of all people should be the last to talk, his own goal probably cost T&T a chance to progress to the next round of the world cup.
Brent, how much does a own goal worth ?
Look at the funny thing, week in, week out, Sancho and Kelvin in the press talking this and that and not one of them willing to take it further, all they do is give off hot air, now let someone else come in and take their own money and invest it in T&T football, you will see how fast Brent and company try to jump on the ship.
These guys just looking for the quick way out and not one of them have they country or football at heart.
North East Stars is a perfect example of how Sancho can run football. They are last on the table considering they have played more games that Police (3 games in hand) and Defence Force (5 games in hand). They have a foreign coach and about 5 foreign players and still cant cut it. Their top scorer is Seon Power with ONE GOAL.
Ask Sancho how to throw fetes, he is good at that.
Carnival is around the corner and teams will go on break again, expect to see the whole NE Stars team in every fete.
Sancho needs to fix his house before he can fix someone else.
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Listen hear Jack Horner, the country do not owe them players nothing. Is Warner who owes them. He control everything. That is why we need term limits to prevent this crap from happening. Everybody talks about Patos was a dictator and all of them have the same socalled dictatorial tendencies. Jack and Patos, allyuh made from the same cloth. Stubborn and hard head. You skating on mango skin with you comments dey, horner.
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Warner took his OWN money for years and invested it into T&T football, something no one TODAY willing to do NO ONE !!!!!!, dont you think he deserve to get some back ? its is a business !!!!
These guys never took their money out and do nothing for the game, NOTHING !!!!!!
Who today wants to take their own money and run T&T football ? not even the people currently there.
Jack said many things in the past and no one heard him, now all of a sudden they hearing, once money involved, they hearing.
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Warner took his OWN money for years and invested it into T&T football, something no one TODAY willing to do NO ONE !!!!!!, dont you think he deserve to get some back ? its is a business !!!!
These guys never took their money out and do nothing for the game, NOTHING !!!!!!
Who today wants to take their own money and run T&T football ? not even the people currently there.
Jack said many things in the past and no one heard him, now all of a sudden they hearing, once money involved, they hearing.
Warner took his OWN money for years and invested it into T&T football, something no one TODAY willing to do NO ONE !!!!!!, dont you think he deserve to get some back ?
Show me.....just show me. I really want to know how a school teacher made millions to invest in football. I think it was the other way around Mike mate. I think Warner made money out of football, then Re invested the money he made from football in order to obtain power.
Thats smart, but not quite the sacrificial benefactor that you're describing!!
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Warner took his OWN money for years and invested it into T&T football, something no one TODAY willing to do NO ONE !!!!!!, dont you think he deserve to get some back ? its is a business !!!!
These guys never took their money out and do nothing for the game, NOTHING !!!!!!
Who today wants to take their own money and run T&T football ? not even the people currently there.
Jack said many things in the past and no one heard him, now all of a sudden they hearing, once money involved, they hearing.
Lets be honest fella, i know yuh like and appreciate mr warner, but lets be sensible and admit that warner didn't have to do that, and if he did, then he's even dumber than i thought.
every federation under the FIFA banner gets ah stipend from fifa every yr to operate, and depending on their economy, they also receive cooperate sponsorship from the business community. jamaica who has less industries than us have kept afloat by these methods, and they have enjoyed much more success than us to date.
as ah matter of fact, cpt burrell does not spend ah nickle out of pocket to fund the JFF, he goes about it the way many have, and to be honest, i think he might be on top of the game as far as making money from football without govt funding.
now lets examine jack warner's claim of funding T&T's football with "his own" money! fist off, jack hosted like about three WC finals here, i think the under 20ies, womens under 17, and another big fifa tourney. in those tournaments he was handsomely paid, by fifa, cooperate sponsors from all over the globe, and i believe he had the TV rights and gate receipts.
he also had the tv rights to all gold cup appearances in the last 15 or so yrs, he also had the rights to ah few WC final in the past, he also had TV rights to the hex matches of which T&T competed in every one except 1997, he also had gate receipts for every WCQ games that played either in the oval at the stadium, he also had sponsorship from adidas, puma, carib, beewee, the ministry of sports and ah few big name sponsors right here on the island, so if jack funded the mens national team with his own money, then where did all the money he got for gate, TV, and local sponsorship and the govt went?
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Warner took his OWN money for years and invested it into T&T football, something no one TODAY willing to do NO ONE !!!!!!, dont you think he deserve to get some back ? its is a business !!!!
These guys never took their money out and do nothing for the game, NOTHING !!!!!!
Who today wants to take their own money and run T&T football ? not even the people currently there.
Jack said many things in the past and no one heard him, now all of a sudden they hearing, once money involved, they hearing.
you have proof of that Jack took his own money? Has he shown you any documents, etc. And maybe he did. But he has made a thousand times over the years than what he put in. You can fall for that. Not me or most people on this site.
Who today wants to take their own money and run T&T football ? not even the people currently there.
I would not? Until We known what TTFF liable for or to whom, why put money in there. Plus, the people who running TTFF is Jack people. You think them buisness don't know about Jack or what. That entire cabal has to go before people feel confident to sink substantial money in TTFF.
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I am not talking about using they money to give the TTFF, I meant, using their money to actually take over and run the federation or T&T football.
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So many people in the news lately just talking and if all of them come together they will do damage, but that will never happen, its only individual fights.
They should take a page from the TTFF, if is one thing the TTFF have, is unity this is why they always comes out on top.
Sancho, Kelvin Jack, Shaka, Flex, de ther 14 Warrriors, Gally, Lasana, Fenwick, Tallman,.... etc etc come together they go do some damage.
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I like this article by Sancho....it was honest. Much respect
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Nice read Sancho, not clean yet, but good job.
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I am not talking about using they money to give the TTFF, I meant, using their money to actually take over and run the federation or T&T football.
Well let's say some rich Trini with more money than Jack want to pump money into footbal and put a proposal that for him to put money he must have all the say. Hiring, firing, scheduling friendlies, using his own companies to do everything. You think Jack and his boys go care for that. You friggin' mad.
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I like this article by Sancho....it was honest. Much respect
Now getting a chance to read this and lookie, lookie, Diamondtrim and I agree on something...... ;D
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Brownie..........
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Brownie..........
What?? ;D
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Sancho: No offer was made.
By —Ian Prescott (Express).
BRENT SANCHO, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Players Association, has denied that former T&T Football Federation (TTFF) special adviser Jack Warner made a $15 million offer to 13 former Trinidad and Tobago footballers in a bid to settle an outstanding dispute over 2006 World Cup revenue.
Warner made the statement yesterday in an interview with I95.5FM, but Sancho denied it.
"I don't know why Mr. Warner would say that, especially today when he is expected to furnish the courts with accounts pertaining to the funds raised during the 2006 World Cup campaign."
The players have sued the TTFF in a dispute over earnings generated during the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign. On Wednesday, representatives of 13 former and current T&T players took levy action against the Federation which is in breach of a High Court judgement.
The court had ordered that TTFF had to pay the players $4.2 million within seven days of its October 11, 2011 ruling. Wednesday's levy action saw the TTFF office at 43 Dundonald Street, Port of Spain, stripped of furniture, computers and even trophies.
Sancho said that some time back, he remembered Warner's lawyer Om Lalla speculating about what kind of money might end the impasse. The former England-based T&T national defender felt it was basically delay tactics which came after players insisted on seeing the audited accounts of revenues collected during the World Cup campaign.
Based on public records and statements attributed to former Sport Minister Roger Boynes, Sancho estimated that close to $200 million was raised in 2006.
"It was a set of bush talk between their lawyer and our lawyer, where they were asking what figure might be appropriate to settle the matter. They never once made a concrete offer," Sancho declared.
"The court has given Mr Warner until today to provide the books concerning the 2006 World Cup revenues. If he does not do it we will further explore our legal options and we will also be going after (former TTFF president) Mr. (Oliver) Camps to recoup some of the money owed to us," Sancho said.
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drive the wood een Big B
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Pong dem :busshead:
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Sancho will be vindicated. Stay tuned.
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Sancho: No books from Warner
By Ian Prescott (Express).
BACK TO COURT
THIRTEEN Soca Warriors footballers will hold an international conference call today to plan strategy with their lawyers before heading back to court on Tuesday to renew battle against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF).
The players are involved in a multi-million dollar legal battle with the TTFF over 2006 World Cup revenues and on Wednesday took levy action after their former employers breached a Trinidad and Tobago High Court judgement which instructed the TTFF to pay the players who represented T&T at the 2006 World Cup, a total of US$724,000 as an interim payment.
Port of Spain High Court Justice Devindra Rampersad had given the TTFF until October 18, 2011 to make the payment. Justice Rampersad also ordered the Federation to have its former special adviser Jack Warner present all relevant documents regarding all the finances of the country's participation in the 2006 World Cup. Warner was given a Friday, February 10, 2012 deadline.
Yesterday, Soca Warriors spokesman Brent Sancho revealed that Warner had not presented them with a copy of the financial records as mandated by the High Court. He said they must now determine their next step before heading to court early next week.
"Warner was required to give the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation the financial record and also present as a copy of the records at the same time by the end of Friday. We have not received any," Sancho declared. "He did not present the financial records. So again he has defied the courts. We have a Government minister who feels that he is above the law."
The Express also contacted attorney Om Lalla, who has represented Warner and the TTFF for a long period during the ongoing legal battle. Lalla said he was not sure if Warner had complied with the court request.
"There was a request made of him. I did not deal with it," Lalla said. "It may have been done, but I cannot say for sure because I did not deal with it," Lalla said.
Efforts by the Express to contact Warner yesterday were unsuccessful.
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Om are u no longer d man lawyer? I guess u 2 busy wit d CRIME WATCH fella
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Sancho says players patriotic not greedy
By RENALDO MATADEEN (NEWSDAY).
Brent Sancho, has emphatically denied that the levy of the ex-footballers against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) last week is one of malicious intent.
“It isn’t about funds or some selfish act of grabbing money for our pockets. It’s a bigger picture we are looking at and that is the federation being held accountable and for failing to restructure local and national football,” he said
The former national player vehemently stated the position of the players, after Justice Devendra Rampersad ruled for an interim payment of $4.2 million to the 13 2006 Soca Warriors.
The fiasco, which boiled over with the raid on the TTFF headquarters and subsequently Jack Warner’s recent radio interview, saw the Works and Infrastructure Minister incessantly lambaste the footballers as ‘greedy’.
“It’s a travesty for Warner to throw these words around when he and the TTFF are showing no transparency. What transpired with the raid was the judicial system at work.
They ruled in our favour a few years ago for the monies after the World Cup so for Warner to also say that there was never any obligation or contract shows how wrong he is. That’s why the courts ruled in our favour back then, and that’s why they are ruling towards us right now,” added Sancho.
Sancho professed that the issue was the administration and institution of the TTFF in its entirety as he voiced concerns over the credibility of the federation.
“They’re just sitting back and doing nothing. Warner said he produced the relevant books but why did (Justice Devendra) Rampersad rule in our favour? From the case, the judge deemed what the TTFF produced as unacceptable, hence the event that transpired.
It is clear that something is wrong and needs to be clarified,” Sancho claimed.
Sancho also highlighted a poignant issue into what the annual FIFA grant was being used for.
“Where are these developmental programmes? FIFA has nothing to show for it. You can’t fool the public continuously and the court ruling will bring this to light,” affirmed the North East Stars CEO. Sancho admitted that FIFA intervention was inevitable and it may be the only way to institute change and restructure local football with strategies to regain a top status in the region.
“We do not want any funds nor reprisal for ourselves, nor from the Government. There is a bigger entity to be tackled here. Where did the money the TTFF possess for football and its development go? It’s millions of taxpayers dollars and no one is accounting for it?
Lennox Watson says they have no funds yet they still are trying to operate,” remonstrated Sancho. “Everyone needs to join and discover where these funds went because that’s what will be used to further our younger players in the game and foster a future for TT football,” he elaborated.
In closing he divulged, “Watson is just waiting for nothing. The TTFF is fading and broken.”
Sancho said that while last week was depressing and sad, it was the step needed for transparency and accountability.
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The importance of this action is more than any of us can ever imagine. It stretches beyond the corridors of football and sport to a national level of institutional oppression that has cascaded the society for years.
This is justice being served, and we not talking about bandit and murderer but the perception that white collar crime in this country is unpunishable. I cyah even lie, i want the revo 13 to crush d TTFF and bring it down to its knees, might sound bad but i don't care about any existing program that may be affected. In introspection i concluded that the sentiment is not just about football but a societal toxin that is actually getting the proper treatment.
Morale is improving
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This is a test case for accountability and transparency as Sancho has stated! This is beyond football! Justice Rampersad has the entire nation looking at him and much wider I imagine!
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Well put Mr Sancho!!! :applause: :applause: :applause:
Add some more pressure while yuh at it!
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Correct me if I'm wrong but FIFA is the most corrupt institution in the world, they lack transperancy and legally accept bribes, they can't be challenge. Does Sancho and company really expect postive change with FIFA intervention....... :rotfl:
I find it strange that everytime Sancho is in the media he is calling for government or FIFA intervention knowing it would cause football in T&T to cease. Why hasn't he called for the establishment of a FIFA Normalization comittee to ensure that the football at least goes on while the federation is investigated and reconstructed.
Is it because local members of the Normalization Comittee won't be legible for Federation elections ???
He has not once mention Under 17 or Under 23 and their current campaigns and the negative effect a suspension would cause. Does he not care about the youth the future of T&T football.
And if he should succeed and Fifa suspends the TTFF times passes and he becomes head of the TTFF does he expect these players to respect him ???
The former players are not wrong to pursue the matter, matter of fact it is their legal right, I sincerely hope they are doing it for the right reasons otherwise the they will inherit a cycle that wanted to stop.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but FIFA is the most corrupt institution in the world, they lack transperancy and legally accept bribes, they can't be challenge. Does Sancho and company really expect postive change with FIFA intervention....... :rotfl:
I find it strange that everytime Sancho is in the media he is calling for government or FIFA intervention knowing it would cause football in T&T to cease. Why hasn't he called for the establishment of a FIFA Normalization comittee to ensure that the football at least goes on while the federation is investigated and reconstructed.
Is it because local members of the Normalization Comittee won't be legible for Federation elections ???
He has not once mention Under 17 or Under 23 and their current campaigns and the negative effect a suspension would cause. Does he not care about the youth the future of T&T football.
And if he should succeed and Fifa suspends the TTFF times passes and he becomes head of the TTFF does he expect these players to respect him ???
The former players are not wrong to pursue the matter, matter of fact it is their legal right, I sincerely hope they are doing it for the right reasons otherwise the they will inherit a cycle that wanted to stop.
Try to read and understand, Government intervention into JACK WARNER and how he spent GOVERNMENT FUNDS...got that?
ANd a normalization committee will set shit right, FIFA is not appointing FIFA executives, they are appointing locals
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Try to read and understand, Government intervention into JACK WARNER and how he spent GOVERNMENT FUNDS...got that?
ANd a normalization committee will set shit right, FIFA is not appointing FIFA executives, they are appointing locals
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I understand the government intervention into JW but Anil Roberts is his minion, that is NOT going to happen anytime soon.
And I know Normalization Committee are locally staff, my point was that those same staff appointed in the NC can't take part in run for a postion in the new federation elections.
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Try to read and understand, Government intervention into JACK WARNER and how he spent GOVERNMENT FUNDS...got that?
ANd a normalization committee will set shit right, FIFA is not appointing FIFA executives, they are appointing locals
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I understand the government intervention into JW but Anil Roberts is his minion, that is NOT going to happen anytime soon.
And I know Normalization Committee are locally staff, my point was that those same staff appointed in the NC can't take part in run for a postion in the new federation elections.
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Fella, or lady, it matters not if Anil is Jack's jock strap as you imply. Sancho is rightly calling for what should be...and that my friend is what is important.
And so what if they are stop gap administrators? It gives us time to get rid of the cock suckers that are there, set up elections, change the ketch ass constitution that Jack set up to control we football..in other words it allows us the chace to NORMALIZE we ball.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but FIFA is the most corrupt institution in the world, they lack transperancy and legally accept bribes, they can't be challenge. Does Sancho and company really expect postive change with FIFA intervention....... :rotfl:
I find it strange that everytime Sancho is in the media he is calling for government or FIFA intervention knowing it would cause football in T&T to cease. Why hasn't he called for the establishment of a FIFA Normalization comittee to ensure that the football at least goes on while the federation is investigated and reconstructed.
Is it because local members of the Normalization Comittee won't be legible for Federation elections ???
He has not once mention Under 17 or Under 23 and their current campaigns and the negative effect a suspension would cause. Does he not care about the youth the future of T&T football.
And if he should succeed and Fifa suspends the TTFF times passes and he becomes head of the TTFF does he expect these players to respect him ???
The former players are not wrong to pursue the matter, matter of fact it is their legal right, I sincerely hope they are doing it for the right reasons otherwise the they will inherit a cycle that wanted to stop.
Not sure if you're new to the site (10 posts might suggest that) but most of you questions have answers right here.
Yes football will cease. But that has to happen in order for radical change. Its sad, but its like the small pain you receive from the dentists injection to avoid the pain of an extraction. Its necessary to endure to avoid continuing pain in the future.
A normalisation committee is everyones wish, as documented on many occasions.
Who cares about elections? The point is to remove the cancer in existence. Once there has been a 6 month break from the old school, elections would be arranged and the zones etc would hopefully vote for change.
Sancho has consistently mentioned the U23's. 4 players are from North East Stars, brought there by him. One, he personally took into his home for 3 months. FIFA, upon enquiries, have confirmed that the U23 qualifiers would not be affected if a normalisation committee was in place. Meanwhile, under this regime, they received $200 for playing against Finland, while the "broke" TTFF administrators lived it up in a posh hotel. Also, when Corneal talks about the poor youngsters, Anthony Wolfe, Kenwyne Jones and Chris Birchall were all U23's in 2006. Look how the wonderful TTFF treated them, and the Corneals were part of that regime.
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When we fought the afgans, dey use to say, "You own de watch, but we control de time"
Brent show who control de time!
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Breaking News: Brent Sancho is the new Minister of Sport
As proclaimed by the Prime Minister....
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Poor timing IMO, this Government has months left in charge.
Goodluck to him though.
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Should make for a long thread.
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
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My initial reaction................
:puking: :puking: :puking: :puking: :cursing: :cursing: :cursing: :banginghead: :banginghead:
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
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Central go get they subventions for the least
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
ruttin carcass is for cobo and manicou
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
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Here we go......
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
ruttin carcass is for cobo and manicou
Damnnnnnnn
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
ruttin carcass is for cobo and manicou
not my thing, but sure?
makes for good fertilizer for healthy seedlings.
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
ruttin carcass is for cobo and manicou
not my thing, but sure?
makes for good fertilizer for healthy seedlings.
not dat carcass all dat leadin to is economic failure
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Hmmmm let me see
The sports ministry under which the controversial Lifesport program falls all of a sudden gets a new minister of sports? At the same time the AG, whose name has been mentioned as being part of a wider conspiracy involving this same program is relieved from his position.
We all know this AG was the bulletproof of this government. Wonder what they trying to hide in Sports Ministry that they need to remove a sitting MP from being minister to bring a newbie....A newbie with links to a favored government contracting firm as well. With only a couple months to go before election, this reshuffle was necessary?
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f**kin eat ah food lost all respect for him
what if d man think he can achieve some good in the few months left? If anything you'd think it would benefit football? Just saying aloud eh.
ruttin carcass is for cobo and manicou
not my thing, but sure?
makes for good fertilizer for healthy seedlings.
not dat carcass all dat leadin to is economic failure
que?
actually.. lets get off the politics.. this part is for sport.
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
:thumbsup: it's not about party..it's about who will do the job properly.. to many times we put the politic before the individual..rest the tribal crap..help the man/woman or whoever handling the stuff good
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
FS......really??!! Really??!! Let me just say, if anyone in THIS government tell mih to stand up, ah running. If dey tell mih run, ah standing up..........Sancho good yes......and ah one of his most vocal supporters....I real disappointed.............
The unease started with the SIS sponsorship, then the acceptance of the government rayment......but nah. He score ah own goal here pardna.......but say what. Its only 7 more months to go........he eh goh have the burden for too long.........
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
FS......really??!! Really??!! Let me just say, if anyone in THIS government tell mih to stand up, ah running. If dey tell mih run, ah standing up..........Sancho good yes......and ah one of his most vocal supporters....I real disappointed.............
The unease started with the SIS sponsorship, then the acceptance of the government rayment......but nah. He score ah own goal here pardna.......but say what. Its only 7 more months to go........he eh goh have the burden for too long.........
Brownie, I know you're PNM thru & thru, but you really prefer to have another TV presenter in the Ministry? Not everything in govt is just politics. Sancho feels he can bring something to the table without getting wrapped up in party politics. That won't be easy, but he'll give it a try.
When we went to SIS for sponsorship, hardly anyone had heard of them. Despite their controversies, we managed to keep away from their politics and built a very strong team. SIS have not provided any political favours for Central F.C. We had to wait two and a half years for the damned subvention!!
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Brownie, I know you're PNM thru & thru, but you really prefer to have another TV presenter in the Ministry? Not everything in govt is just politics. Sancho feels he can bring something to the table without getting wrapped up in party politics. That won't be easy, but he'll give it a try.
When we went to SIS for sponsorship, hardly anyone had heard of them. Despite their controversies, we managed to keep away from their politics and built a very strong team. SIS have not provided any political favours for Central F.C. We had to wait two and a half years for the damned subvention!!
Hold on dey!!! Back up pardna!!! Ah doh like it when people label mih like that.
For the umpteenth time I am not affiliated to any political party. I've said it before and I'll say it AGAIN. I voted for this government in 2010. Is not my fault they start to fack up from early so my patience ran out real fass and I calling out dey shit from early. Its been 5 years of shit.....
Whenever her Majesty decides to pull de election date out she bra, I will vote PNM. And when dem start to fack up too (because lawd knows dey will evenutally) I will be right back here cussing dem too. So acknowledge your error and den we could continue de discussion...........
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
FS so what his his role actually, is he there as an interim? I believe he can do a good job and will support him in the position. IF, he and the TTFA can work together we should be able to regain national support in the development of football and sport in general.
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Brownie, I know you're PNM thru & thru, but you really prefer to have another TV presenter in the Ministry? Not everything in govt is just politics. Sancho feels he can bring something to the table without getting wrapped up in party politics. That won't be easy, but he'll give it a try.
When we went to SIS for sponsorship, hardly anyone had heard of them. Despite their controversies, we managed to keep away from their politics and built a very strong team. SIS have not provided any political favours for Central F.C. We had to wait two and a half years for the damned subvention!!
Hold on dey!!! Back up pardna!!! Ah doh like it when people label mih like that.
For the umpteenth time I am not affiliated to any political party. I've said it before and I'll say it AGAIN. I voted for this government in 2010. Is not my fault they start to fack up from early so my patience ran out real fass and I calling out dey shit from early. Its been 5 years of shit.....
Whenever her Majesty decides to pull de election date out she bra, I will vote PNM. And when dem start to fack up too (because lawd knows dey will evenutally) I will be right back here cussing dem too. So acknowledge your error and den we could continue de discussion...........
Yuh see how people can make misconceptions? :devil:
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
FS so what his his role actually, is he there as an interim? I believe he can do a good job and will support him in the position. IF, he and the TTFA can work together we should be able to regain national support in the development of football and sport in general.
I think he basically feels that he may be able to begin to bring change. Obviously, he's aware that this may only be a brief spell. I suppose he's like a caretaker coach who may get the opportunity to become permanent if he makes some good decisions.
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Always knew there was a political motive behind his rants
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Always knew there was a political motive behind his rants
I wish you had told me, coz I never knew that!!
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LOL... where to start? I call this scenario months ago and was accused... by Football Supporter... of all kinda thing. I heard a rumor, which I didn't want to believe at the time, that the PP planned on putting Sancho up for Jack's Chaguanas West seat in the next election. I was essentially denounced as an idiot... "Sancho is a successful businessman, why would he want to give up his business running his club to go be in government?" etc. etc. I also suggested that the WC bonus would both become an election campaign issue, and that it would set the stage for Sancho to make a play for the TTFA leadership. After all that I stop commenting on anything involving the TTFA because I realized with everything I've been saying the past year enough was said at that point, who want to consider what I've been putting out in the forum had enough information to work with. Who didn't want to believe it would just continue attacking the TTFA as they see fit. Well, I haven't been proved 100% correct yet, he ent run for office and hasn't made a move for TTFA presidency... yet ;)
Brownsugar that is why I love you and why we does see eye to eye... yuh good at connecting the dots, and yuh mouth doh hold water fuh anybody. Yuh see how easy FS peg yuh as a PNM stooge? lol. Anyways, I will just toss these nuggets out there... more fodder for discussion:
...the Government itself could undertake an investigation, and hopefully prosecution, of the circumstances under which GOVERNMENT monies were misappropriated. But nah, Kamla and them just interested in pappyshow. Mark my words, watch this make the rounds on the election platform next September. And Sancho and them like some willing muppets just riding shotgun to this f**king charade... grinning like some Sambos with dey checks.
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4. This is "quixotic" because anyone reading between the lines can see that this pursuit of 'justice' in searching for missing funds is mere pretext to the real purpose of all this agitation by Sancho... which is complete overhauling of the TTFA, where he would stand to be a prime benefactor should any vacuum in TnT football arise.
5. Unrelated to anything that you said... but since we talking about 'elephant in the room' and elaborating on "quixotic"... Sancho should think twice about any aspirations for replacing the TTFA as the officially recognized footballing body in TnT. FIFA is unlikely to be accommodating to any such overtures. But of course, nobody can deny him his right to try.
When one is without anything relevant to say, I guess there are two options: say nothing or spout :bs:
I actually don't have any issue with them going after Jack, but they want to get to Jack by going thru the TTFA and eradicating them. To what end... so that Sancho could then offer himself as heir apparent to the dead TTFA? Would FIFA stand for that? In the end I could be wrong about Sancho... and I hope I am. I don't know him personally but I am good friends with his sister and he's a fella I always had the utmost respect for. This however smells like naked ambition to me, as strategically, there seems no other logical explanation for it.
Doh worry FS... ah know yuh'll come and spin it and explain that this is really rain, and not more piss from the PeePee government falling on we head. We should be grateful! :beermug:
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LOL... where to start? I call this scenario months ago and was accused... by Football Supporter... of all kinda thing. I heard a rumor, which I didn't want to believe at the time, that the PP planned on putting Sancho up for Jack's Chaguanas West seat in the next election. I was essentially denounced as an idiot... "Sancho is a successful businessman, why would he want to give up his business running his club to go be in government?" etc. etc. I also suggested that the WC bonus would both become an election campaign issue, and that it would set the stage for Sancho to make a play for the TTFA leadership. After all that I stop commenting on anything involving the TTFA because I realized with everything I've been saying the past year enough was said at that point, who want to consider what I've been putting out in the forum had enough information to work with. Who didn't want to believe it would just continue attacking the TTFA as they see fit. Well, I haven't been proved 100% correct yet, he ent run for office and hasn't made a move for TTFA presidency... yet ;)
Brownsugar that is why I love you and why we does see eye to eye... yuh good at connecting the dots, and yuh mouth doh hold water fuh anybody. Yuh see how easy FS peg yuh as a PNM stooge? lol. Anyways, I will just toss these nuggets out there... more fodder for discussion:
...the Government itself could undertake an investigation, and hopefully prosecution, of the circumstances under which GOVERNMENT monies were misappropriated. But nah, Kamla and them just interested in pappyshow. Mark my words, watch this make the rounds on the election platform next September. And Sancho and them like some willing muppets just riding shotgun to this f**king charade... grinning like some Sambos with dey checks.
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4. This is "quixotic" because anyone reading between the lines can see that this pursuit of 'justice' in searching for missing funds is mere pretext to the real purpose of all this agitation by Sancho... which is complete overhauling of the TTFA, where he would stand to be a prime benefactor should any vacuum in TnT football arise.
5. Unrelated to anything that you said... but since we talking about 'elephant in the room' and elaborating on "quixotic"... Sancho should think twice about any aspirations for replacing the TTFA as the officially recognized footballing body in TnT. FIFA is unlikely to be accommodating to any such overtures. But of course, nobody can deny him his right to try.
When one is without anything relevant to say, I guess there are two options: say nothing or spout :bs:
I actually don't have any issue with them going after Jack, but they want to get to Jack by going thru the TTFA and eradicating them. To what end... so that Sancho could then offer himself as heir apparent to the dead TTFA? Would FIFA stand for that? In the end I could be wrong about Sancho... and I hope I am. I don't know him personally but I am good friends with his sister and he's a fella I always had the utmost respect for. This however smells like naked ambition to me, as strategically, there seems no other logical explanation for it.
Doh worry FS... ah know yuh'll come and spin it and explain that this is really rain, and not more piss from the PeePee government falling on we head. We should be grateful! :beermug:
Spin what? You keep hearing "whispers" that were incorrect and you incorrectly predicted events that haven't happened? You ever stop to consider that at this point in time, the PP government is in no way guaranteed a second term. So, if Sancho's aim was to get into politics permanently, surely he would at least wait to see who wins the election?
The fact that he's stepped up now should tell you that he believes that he can bring something positive that may lay the groundwork for change in the future.
As for the TTFA, this is a great opportunity for them, as at least Sancho understands football and the need for structure, planning and development.
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Bakes yuh pardna arrite. :devil:
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You will get no argument from me FS, as I said, I was just throwing that out there. We both know that Brent Sancho, his actions, motives and aspirations... are unimpeachable in your eye. No need for us to go back and forth... just watch de ride :beermug:
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My take on this is that this PP government has lost credibility and as such are grasping at straws.
I doubt very much if Sancho even has a clue of what awaits him.
I did not want to say this but this particular appointment reeks of the white house becoming the great house.
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You will get no argument from me FS, as I said, I was just throwing that out there. We both know that Brent Sancho, his actions, motives and aspirations... are unimpeachable in your eye. No need for us to go back and forth... just watch de ride :beermug:
That's not quite true, he really pissed me off one night in a niteclub in the UK!
I just hope that after the expected initial backlash, he's given a fair chance to do some good. Anyone who thinks that he's doing this for financial gain is crazy....I doubt if he'll have time to buy no more than 3 houses and import a couple of hummers before the elections :devil:
To be honest, my real concern is if I can keep Central ticking over in his absence.
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Well, looks like I'm not the only one (http://wired868.com/2015/02/02/the-lone-ranger-rides-out-as-pm-shuffles-her-jokers/) who doesn't know what he's talking about...
Perhaps Persad-Bissessar thinks Sancho, a decent and articulate fellah who is also the managing director of Pro League club Central FC, can give Jack Warner a run for his money in Chaguanas West.
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Well, looks like I'm not the only one (http://wired868.com/2015/02/02/the-lone-ranger-rides-out-as-pm-shuffles-her-jokers/) who doesn't know what he's talking about...
Perhaps Persad-Bissessar thinks Sancho, a decent and articulate fellah who is also the managing director of Pro League club Central FC, can give Jack Warner a run for his money in Chaguanas West.
Come on Bakes, you can't expect people to believe anything that Lasana writes :devil:
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By supporting Sancho, are we supporting/helping the government who we appointed. If one is not happy with a government overall term of office, does that mean Everything they did was bad or made things worse? Worse than what ? If they do something good it happens to be a trick or luck? Forgive me, maybe I have read what real bad governments do, and I may be naive of the life/death of TT political agendas. I will leave the politics for those that know.
I have been satisfied with my observation of how Sancho has conducted himself so far, I wish him good luck and all the best.
This could be his finest duty. I feel it's a good choice. Regardless of what Sanch ultimate goal is. He could be President or Prime minister, once he maintains or exceeds the type of work I have seen, he good for me.
Nb: I am not extremely religous and not equating the man to a saviour , but..ppl don't have to belong to any party to help and support an individual help all his people, including oneself, unless you choose to. Isn't that gang/tribe mentality .Is there really a them an them ?
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/if-jesus-was-a-jew-why-are-we-catholic
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Good luck Sancho, you'll need it. I hope in the next few months you can make an impression on the sport ministry, the infrastructure and football specifically!!
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By supporting Sancho, are we supporting/helping the government who we appointed. If one is not happy with a government overall term of office, does that mean Everything they did was bad or made things worse? Worse than what ? If they do something good it happens to be a trick or luck? Forgive me, maybe I have read what real bad governments do, and I may be naive of the life/death of TT political agendas. I will leave the politics for those that know.
I have been satisfied with my observation of how Sancho has conducted himself so far, I wish him good luck and all the best.
This could be his finest duty. I feel it's a good choice. Regardless of what Sanch ultimate goal is. He could be President or Prime minister, once he maintains or exceeds the type of work I have seen, he good for me.
Nb: I am not extremely religous and not equating the man to a saviour , but..ppl don't have to belong to any party to help and support an individual help all his people, including oneself, unless you choose to. Isn't that gang/tribe mentality .Is there really a them an them ?
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/if-jesus-was-a-jew-why-are-we-catholic
Max yuh cannot be that naive. You watching a chessboard and only seeing checkers moves.
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Sancho appointed new Minister of Sport.
T&T Express Reports.
Former Trinidad and Tobago footballer and member of the 2006 Soca Warriors squad Brent Sancho has been appointed the new Minister of Sport, replacing Rupert Griffith, who had been acting in that post following the resignation of Anil Robetrs last year.
The announcement was made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in her address to the nation late yesterday.
Sancho, who represented T&T at the 2006 World Cup campaign in Germany, was a surprise appointment. Sancho has been at the forefront of a ongoing legal battle for monies owed to the Soca Warriors by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).
In September last year, Sancho, along with 12 others Soca Warriors, received cheques from the prime minister which represented the balance of the money the court said was owed to them.
Despite the pay off, Sancho vowed the players would continue with their legal action.
Sancho said then, “While the procedure has gone before the court we have unearthed a lot of wrongdoing and we intend to find the person responsible for the missing funds. We will continue with our legal battle and bring those missing funds back to the TTFF.”
Sancho, currently managing director of Central FC, also had given the assurance that once those funds were recovered, the players would reimburse the Government.
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Was any reason given for replacing the present MOS or he just hadda take it so.
VB
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Whats the problem?
Once Sancho eh try to spite anyone then go ahead.
He was in sports and know how it works, best man for de job.
Now he go push Kelvin Jack to run for TTFA president.
My question is, what sort of education you need to be a minister in T&T?
Because I thinking about applying for de AG wok when Ramlogan get arrested.
But I like this appointment.
Sancho was always a leader just hope he eh get corrupted.
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I would have loved to be a fly on the walk for that conversation between the PM and Sancho when he get offer the wuk...
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Was any reason given for replacing the present MOS or he just hadda take it so.
VB
Griffith was kinda temporary from the start. He wasn't actually fired he held two portfolios and can now shift all his attention back to Science and Technology ministry.
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By supporting Sancho, are we supporting/helping the government who we appointed. If one is not happy with a government overall term of office, does that mean Everything they did was bad or made things worse? Worse than what ? If they do something good it happens to be a trick or luck? Forgive me, maybe I have read what real bad governments do, and I may be naive of the life/death of TT political agendas. I will leave the politics for those that know.
I have been satisfied with my observation of how Sancho has conducted himself so far, I wish him good luck and all the best.
This could be his finest duty. I feel it's a good choice. Regardless of what Sanch ultimate goal is. He could be President or Prime minister, once he maintains or exceeds the type of work I have seen, he good for me.
Nb: I am not extremely religous and not equating the man to a saviour , but..ppl don't have to belong to any party to help and support an individual help all his people, including oneself, unless you choose to. Isn't that gang/tribe mentality .Is there really a them an them ?
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/if-jesus-was-a-jew-why-are-we-catholic
Max yuh cannot be that naive. You watching a chessboard and only seeing checkers moves.
https://www.youtube.com/v/OevSKhYnzQA
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Sancho: I’m ready to serve
T&T Newsday Reports.
FORMER Soca Warrior Brent Sancho last night said he is looking forward to his new appointment as Minister of Sport, adding he will continue to represent his country in his new role.
Sancho has taken over the mantle from Dr Rupert Griffith who held the Sports Ministry post in addition to his substantive post of Science and Technology Minister.
Sancho was among several new faces announced in a major Cabinet reshuffle in an address by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night.
The Central FC Managing Director, who was a member of the 2005 Soca Warriors team which qualified for the World Cup in Germany, was in the United States yesterday, but is expected to arrive in Trinidad today.
“I want to get back in the country tomorrow and get my feet under the table,” he said in a telephone interview mere minutes after the Prime Minister announced his appointment.
Asked whether he is qualified to hold the post, Sancho, who boasts 43 national caps stated: “I’ve played sport all my life. Everything I know is about sport. I’ve been a player and then an administrator. I think that answers your question.”
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By supporting Sancho, are we supporting/helping the government who we appointed. If one is not happy with a government overall term of office, does that mean Everything they did was bad or made things worse? Worse than what ? If they do something good it happens to be a trick or luck? Forgive me, maybe I have read what real bad governments do, and I may be naive of the life/death of TT political agendas. I will leave the politics for those that know.
I have been satisfied with my observation of how Sancho has conducted himself so far, I wish him good luck and all the best.
This could be his finest duty. I feel it's a good choice. Regardless of what Sanch ultimate goal is. He could be President or Prime minister, once he maintains or exceeds the type of work I have seen, he good for me.
Nb: I am not extremely religous and not equating the man to a saviour , but..ppl don't have to belong to any party to help and support an individual help all his people, including oneself, unless you choose to. Isn't that gang/tribe mentality .Is there really a them an them ?
http://www.catholic.com/quickquestions/if-jesus-was-a-jew-why-are-we-catholic
Max yuh cannot be that naive. You watching a chessboard and only seeing checkers moves.
So your problem with Sancho is that he have political ambition? Or that he might try to be TTFA President?
What's wrong with any of those? Or should he just hold he corner and be a lil stupid ex-footballer?
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Sell out buy out - now yuh seeing how much government money could afford- will the new minister ensure that past investigations into non payment from 2006 Socawarriors is resolved and that those said footballers who received money with the condition to seek justice back the taxpayers money?
People could put all all the veneer on this appointment - all non partisans talk -all the do gooders talk - all the claim to non political talk - a man of principles after observing the mannerinwhich this ministry has operated may think twice of going to lie in bed with rouges.
A stronger stance would be to denounce any affiliation and to defend public right and justice-then agin defence falters when yuh allowyuh hair to grow fuh style and men could pull on it and bring yuh down. Goal-
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Well, well, well. Now reading this. Not a surprise since they were paid money owed by TTFF. Go brave breds. You have until the election to show what you have. So football eh have to worry money until the election. Tim Kee vs Sancho. This came like a theif in the nite!
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Sancho give Central FC Sharks (Daiz ah football club from Couva in the TTPL if yuh not sure who they is :devil: )they subvention retro active.
Point Fortin & Central F.C. have been receiving subvention for a few months now, as will Club Sando when they join the Pro League.
I'm truly surprised by the reaction here. Sancho is not standing as an M.P., he is not a member of COP, UNC or any other political party. Obviously, you have to be part of the govt to be Sports Minister, but you all been pleading for someone to help turn around football (and sport in general) in T&T.
The man has a degree, has played the game, runs the team at the top of the league, has delivered countless innovative community projects and attracted more corporate money to professional football than any other administrator. So, why not give the guy a chance?
first thing for sancho fund the under 17 team ...
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So the only worse headline would have been Lara name instead of Sancho and Lasana Communications Minister then I would have been hospitalize. Last night in the people Board meeting I was revived via CPR when I got the news.
So for those of you old enough to remember their was a programme on TTT Crime Story where an Attorney became the mob Attorney. If this is the case with Brent and he gone to look for the checque stubs to hand over to the FBI. You better than me I cyah even do that wuk.
If is any other reason then I need to stock up on my supply of gravol.
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You will get no argument from me FS, as I said, I was just throwing that out there. We both know that Brent Sancho, his actions, motives and aspirations... are unimpeachable in your eye. No need for us to go back and forth... just watch de ride :beermug:
That's not quite true, he really pissed me off one night in a niteclub in the UK!
I just hope that after the expected initial backlash, he's given a fair chance to do some good. Anyone who thinks that he's doing this for financial gain is crazy....I doubt if he'll have time to buy no more than 3 houses and import a couple of hummers before the elections :devil:
To be honest, my real concern is if I can keep Central ticking over in his absence.
Where do I send my CV. I need a wuk and I living central less gas less traffic.
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1) The foundations for good sporting governance have been laid time and time again, and lifesport as an idea was extremely brilliant and forward thinking. Corrupt individuals killed it and put the ministry into disrepute. So much so that the board of SPORTT still cannot be filled.
2) No one needs to be convinced that Rupert Griffith couldn't handle the double portfolio. Given the political climate, it was a great opportunity to put up a lot of smoke and mirrors to cloud the real big issues (Ramlogan and Mark)
3) Brent represents a connection to empathetic football (and by extension sports) fans. A connection to afro-centric youths. A connection to Jack Warner (therefore ILP) haters.
4) The overall changes will represent potential platform fodder to run against the likes of the new young brigade of the PNM i.e. Stuart Young etc. Brent falls into that category as a publicly known activist.
5)The only way is up in the ministry of sport after lifesport, so how can he fail? To the casual sport follower, his performance can only be deemed negative if another scandal arises.
6) He gets an opportunity now, that he feels would be many years away in other circumstances. Time to hedge your bets. What's the worse that can happen to a man who was blacklisted out of football after holding down Zlatan for 90 minutes.
I am no politician, but looking at it without emotion, other than the extremely short term in which he can guarantee his position... this has more positives for him than negatives. So what if the PNM wins? He still has the most successful club currently in local football, and he did it with 'private' support.
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Sell out buy out - now yuh seeing how much government money could afford- will the new minister ensure that past investigations into non payment from 2006 Socawarriors is resolved and that those said footballers who received money with the condition to seek justice back the taxpayers money?
People could put all all the veneer on this appointment - all non partisans talk -all the do gooders talk - all the claim to non political talk - a man of principles after observing the mannerinwhich this ministry has operated may think twice of going to lie in bed with rouges.
A stronger stance would be to denounce any affiliation and to defend public right and justice-then agin defence falters when yuh allowyuh hair to grow fuh style and men could pull on it and bring yuh down. Goal-
Has T&T really sunk so low that any person looking to serve their country is automatically considered a corrupt thief?
You all bleating on here about getting people into the right positions, well maybe Sancho's qualifications aren't perfect but they are better than some past appointees. And who else is there?
You all talking about racial divides in politics. Well maybe Kamla appointed Sancho to win african votes, but Sancho not afraid to work with Indians....isn't this how it should be?
You all asking for non corrupt politicians. You don't think Sancho is aware of the muck that's going to be thrown by PNM supporters and jealous nobodies who's only audience is facebook? Yet he still took up the mantle because he believes actions are louder than words.
Hey, Central F.C. are top of the table, heading for CFU and maybe CONCACAF, yet he joins a govt in the midst of scandal facing an election defeat. You really think he's so stupid to start a political career now?
Everyone witnessing the mess in MOS following "Life Sport". Our national teams underfunded and losing through lack of administrative organisation. If you had the chance to make a change, would you be brave enough to step up? And given the bad blood between him and TTFA, he recognises that that must be put aside so that TTFA can become stronger.
Sancho ain't no messiah, but he feels he can make a difference. He will always have haters, but the neutrals should maybe look at the potential positives and watch his performance for, God knows, any little mistake will be jumped on.
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One some level I cannot fault Brent for taking the job as he gets his opportunity to "eat ah food". Don't mamaguy me and tell me he can achieve much in the few months left because that ain't happening. Perhaps because I live in the US, work for a government entity and specifically a politician, it is mind boggling to see how the PM selects her cabinet. It is as if she doesn't vet anyone. Yes Brent played professionally and was in management for some 2 or 3 years, yet, that qualifies him to be minister of sport? Really? Running a budget of several hundred million while managing a massive staff can be daunting subject for most yet still for someone with his relative inexperience? I will never get it. I wish him all the best but I think he just created some political suicide. Hopefully the ones coming behind him will not hold this against him as he is taking a huge political risk considering the political climate in T&T.
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One some level I cannot fault Brent for taking the job as he gets his opportunity to "eat ah food". Don't mamaguy me and tell me he can achieve much in the few months left because that ain't happening. Perhaps because I live in the US, work for a government entity and specifically a politician, it is mind boggling to see how the PM selects her cabinet. It is as if she doesn't vet anyone. Yes Brent played professionally and was in management for some 2 or 3 years, yet, that qualifies him to be minister of sport? Really? Running a budget of several hundred million while managing a massive staff can be daunting subject for most yet still for someone with his relative inexperience? I will never get it. I wish him all the best but I think he just created some political suicide. Hopefully the ones coming behind him will not hold this against him as he is taking a huge political risk considering the political climate in T&T.
Even if these jokers drag it out the latest the election can be is September what can you do in this time? When Weber wrote about a bueracracy is the Public Service in TNT he was writing about. He will accomplish ZERO/ZILTCH. Even with the best intentions you will have some snatty noes wet behind the eyes Clerk who will put something in Registry instead of climbing a stairs and putting it on a desk.
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One some level I cannot fault Brent for taking the job as he gets his opportunity to "eat ah food". Don't mamaguy me and tell me he can achieve much in the few months left because that ain't happening. Perhaps because I live in the US, work for a government entity and specifically a politician, it is mind boggling to see how the PM selects her cabinet. It is as if she doesn't vet anyone. Yes Brent played professionally and was in management for some 2 or 3 years, yet, that qualifies him to be minister of sport? Really? Running a budget of several hundred million while managing a massive staff can be daunting subject for most yet still for someone with his relative inexperience? I will never get it. I wish him all the best but I think he just created some political suicide. Hopefully the ones coming behind him will not hold this against him as he is taking a huge political risk considering the political climate in T&T.
Even if these jokers drag it out the latest the election can be is September what can you do in this time? When Weber wrote about a bueracracy is the Public Service in TNT he was writing about. He will accomplish ZERO/ZILTCH. Even with the best intentions you will have some snatty noes wet behind the eyes Clerk who will put something in Registry instead of climbing a stairs and putting it on a desk.
One some level I cannot fault Brent for taking the job as he gets his opportunity to "eat ah food". Don't mamaguy me and tell me he can achieve much in the few months left because that ain't happening. Perhaps because I live in the US, work for a government entity and specifically a politician, it is mind boggling to see how the PM selects her cabinet. It is as if she doesn't vet anyone. Yes Brent played professionally and was in management for some 2 or 3 years, yet, that qualifies him to be minister of sport? Really? Running a budget of several hundred million while managing a massive staff can be daunting subject for most yet still for someone with his relative inexperience? I will never get it. I wish him all the best but I think he just created some political suicide. Hopefully the ones coming behind him will not hold this against him as he is taking a huge political risk considering the political climate in T&T.
Even if these jokers drag it out the latest the election can be is September what can you do in this time? When Weber wrote about a bueracracy is the Public Service in TNT he was writing about. He will accomplish ZERO/ZILTCH. Even with the best intentions you will have some snatty noes wet behind the eyes Clerk who will put something in Registry instead of climbing a stairs and putting it on a desk.
So true eh! LOL
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Has T&T really sunk so low that any person looking to serve their country is automatically considered a corrupt thief?
Big friggin YES. It also depends on which party everyone assumes you "support". I don't think anyone here believe Brent is a theif. But they certainly believe he is going into the den of "theives". I like Brent. He was a decent player. He went the distance against injustice and paid the price with his career. I admire him for that especially. The irony about this whole affair is he is now in the former party of Jack Warner. The man who has our football in a friggin mess. I have no issue with him taking up the MoS dutuies. Opportunity knocks at your door at (inopportune time or the right time). Take your pick. He is now a political figure. He will get a honeymoon period. But that will last as long as his portfolio is not embroilled in bachanal.
Forumites, we can't have our cake and eat it. We either support the man in endeavour to assist sports or don't. We know definitely football will benefit immensely(at least I hope so). What I want from Sancho is the timely distribution of funds for ALL sports teams. Especially when they have regional and world tournaments to participate.
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I can't believe an argument is Sancho's qualifications better than some past people's and who else is there? Get that ish out of here. Especially when you consider that at most he has 3 or 4 months because let's face it. You have to call elections and then when that machinery starts. That's it. This is not Central FC. This is a multi billion dollar, multi sport, government bureaucracy. He will need time and support which he doesn't have.
I do not doubt his intentions at all. He was always an activist for good, but anybody who can't see this move for what it is are the ones who are being blessedly naive. That is why everybody is shocked and some appalled.
Also, lie with dogs you get fleas eh.
Let's see what happens. Swima say, what's the worst that can happen? I say his reputation is at stake and those are high stakes indeed.
Good luck.
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Leh we wait a few months and then gudge de man nah.
He did very good with Central FC.
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Can a Minister of Sport in one Government, be retained as Minister of Sport or hired by the MIS in a succeeding Government ? ???
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Can a Minister of Sport in one Government, be retained as Minister of Sport or hired by the MIS in a succeeding Government ? ???
YES not likely but YES
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Can a Minister of Sport in one Government, be retained as Minister of Sport or hired by the MIS in a succeeding Government ? ???
YES not likely but YES
thanks Weary So if the road Minister & Ministry doing a fantastic job, people like him, he bringing road & service to the people, like never done before, damn he paving it heself for free..it most likely, he won't be retained because of he's one of them..is that so ?
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I can't believe an argument is Sancho's qualifications better than some past people's and who else is there? Get that ish out of here. Especially when you consider that at most he has 3 or 4 months because let's face it. You have to call elections and then when that machinery starts. That's it. This is not Central FC. This is a multi billion dollar, multi sport, government bureaucracy. He will need time and support which he doesn't have.
I do not doubt his intentions at all. He was always an activist for good, but anybody who can't see this move for what it is are the ones who are being blessedly naive. That is why everybody is shocked and some appalled.
Also, lie with dogs you get fleas eh.
Let's see what happens. Swima say, what's the worst that can happen? I say his reputation is at stake and those are high stakes indeed.
Good luck.
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From Wired 868:
TTOC welcomes Sport Minister Brent Sancho
(Press Release from TTOC president Brian Lewis)
The appointment of former national footballer Brent Sancho as Minister of sport sends a good signal to the athletes of Trinidad and Tobago.
Minister Sancho is to be commended for accepting the position in what can be best described as challenging times for Trinidad and Tobago Sport given the macro economic reality of falling oil and gas revenue , the recent life sport scandal and other systemic issues bedeviling and hampering local sport.
In welcoming the new Minister of Sport there is confidence that his experience as a national team sport athlete , a professional footballer, managing director of Central FC, his advocacy for player rights will give him the context and commitment to make decisions that are in the best interest of sport and the athletes.
In addressing some of the major problems zero tolerance for corruption and poor governance will be essential success factors.
On behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) I welcome the new Minister of Sport and extend best wises to him for a successful , progressive and forward thinking tenure.
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Trinbagonians (all, expats to the locals) full ah shit yes. SMH
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Can a Minister of Sport in one Government, be retained as Minister of Sport or hired by the MIS in a succeeding Government ? ???
YES not likely but YES
thanks Weary So if the road Minister & Ministry doing a fantastic job, people like him, he bringing road & service to the people, like never done before, damn he paving it heself for free..it most likely, he won't be retained because of he's one of them..is that so ?
I think Brian who eh take a vow of poverty wuk for both governments I think as Finance Minister not 100%.
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Everybody, this portfolio is until election. So let's see how he go perform.
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Regarding one's reputation and the Trinidadian public, one just has to look at the fine example Ian Alleyne set during the St. Joseph by-election. A man who's job it was to ensure that crime and corruption was exposed through media suddenly campaigned as a potential government representative to the parliament. People say how he couldn't go back on crime watch whether he win or lose... all his credibility gone.
Guess what, Crime Watch is still the number 1 local show on tv and Ian Alleyne is still "crusading" for the meek. Brent Sancho hasn't yet appeared on a platform, though I suspect he will. Nevertheless, he will be ok.
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Aye, yo, Brent. The MOS missing millions. Ask the Ugly One about that money. You know who he is. It will be interesting to see the relationship between the negligent, delinquent ttfa and the new Minister of Sports. Stay tuned. Uhmmmm.
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Wow, quite a development... Not much else to say - will reserve judgement until I hear how it's going
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Mixed feelings about this. I have liked and respected Sancho fuh a long time but I am really bothered by his acceptance of this appointment. Not because I see him as a snake or anything of the sort, but because he appears to have been "bought" by Kamla and she brigade. When we look back at the payment issued by the government to our 06 Warriors (with Sancho being both the most visible and vocal) it sets the table for what has now occurred. When we consider that the very same governement that partnered with the enemy, and stood watch while that nastiness Warner spewed blatant lies to confuse the ignorant has now appointed Sancho how can we not be skeptical. I am not even concerned by any political ambition he may have, but I am disturbed by any rout taken thru and as part of this government. What makes it even more bothersome is that with such little time remaining, I can't see how he could reasonably believe he will accomplish anything within T&T government that is most notorious for its bureaucracy from hell.
I will observe but this is disappointing.
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Should of appointed him alot sooner though big move- I like Brent for Sports minister! :beermug:
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Glad to see that at least a handful of forumites are able to keep their eyes on the ball. The bulk of missing funds from the 2006 campaign is Ministry of Sports funds, let's see if there's any agitation by the new Minister to go after those funds. As of last week the DPP has been given the entire dossier on the missing funds, so the proverbial ball is in the government's court and Sancho now holds serve.
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why so much negativity? There is a chance he can do well........there have been a few decent performing ministers here and there from PNM past to PP present.........is there something that Sanch has done over the years to think he will fork things up? Is because Kamla give them d money dat PNM didn't? I giving it some time before condemnation. I say well played Sancho. Just hope yuh eh sell yuh soul for a 15 minutes Cobo sweat
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Is because Kamla give them d money dat PNM didn't?
Breds, I think you confuse here. The Manning gov't game them a million each when they came back from Germany. You forget!!?? The money Kamla gave them was what was owed to them by the Jack WarnerTTFF. Remember that Jack was in the PP government, and Kamla defend Jack. Some of us suffering from a dose of amnesia here.
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Everybody, this portfolio is until election. So let's see how he go perform.
Your comments are indeed timely and sobering, Deeks!
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That is a real juicy prospect with Sancho now having the resources and the info to find out about the 06 funds.
And a potential run against Jack Warner.
He have it easy though. Just hold the ship steady until elections. Any failures can be easily blamed on his short term in office and/or his predecessors.
Cobo sweat haha
Just hope yuh eh sell yuh soul for a 15 minutes Cobo sweat
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Is because Kamla give them d money dat PNM didn't?
Breds, I think you confuse here. The Manning gov't game them a million each when they came back from Germany. You forget!!?? The money Kamla gave them was what was owed to them by the Jack WarnerTTFF. Remember that Jack was in the PP government, and Kamla defend Jack. Some of us suffering from a dose of amnesia here.
Dose of stupidity.
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Mixed feelings about this. I have liked and respected Sancho fuh a long time but I am really bothered by his acceptance of this appointment. Not because I see him as a snake or anything of the sort, but because he appears to have been "bought" by Kamla and she brigade. When we look back at the payment issued by the government to our 06 Warriors (with Sancho being both the most visible and vocal) it sets the table for what has now occurred. When we consider that the very same governement that partnered with the enemy, and stood watch while that nastiness Warner spewed blatant lies to confuse the ignorant has now appointed Sancho how can we not be skeptical. I am not even concerned by any political ambition he may have, but I am disturbed by any rout taken thru and as part of this government. What makes it even more bothersome is that with such little time remaining, I can't see how he could reasonably believe he will accomplish anything within T&T government that is most notorious for its bureaucracy from hell.
I will observe but this is disappointing.
this right here is what is striking......if jack was still in gov't.....sancho and rest would be out in the cold.......they were largely ignored and basically shit upon by these very pieces scum that reside in gov't........now u turn cheek and join d parade.....I hate people that are willing to allow themselves to be used as pawns, then try to justify it with self righteous bull about goin to make difference.......steups
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When we consider that the very same governement that partnered with the enemy, and stood watch while that nastiness Warner spewed blatant lies to confuse the ignorant has now appointed Sancho how can we not be skeptical
Quote from Mad Scorpion. Anyone should see why many on this forum are skeptical. But again, forumites. I think we should support Sancho 100% as the Minister of Sport. When election time come, allyuh go make up allyuh own minds.
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When we consider that the very same governement that partnered with the enemy, and stood watch while that nastiness Warner spewed blatant lies to confuse the ignorant has now appointed Sancho how can we not be skeptical
Quote from Mad Scorpion. Anyone should see why many on this forum are skeptical. But again, forumites. I think we should support Sancho 100% as the Minister of Sport. When election time come, allyuh go make up allyuh own minds.
Election eh have to come for us to make up our minds. I living here and seeing the nonesense live and in colour.
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I have lost all respect for Sancho. All this shows is that he is an opportunist and it makes me wonder if this was part of the deal when he accepted money from this Gov't. The mere fact that he associates with these people, who lack any sort of moral compunction states a lot about he as a person. Those of you who say he can help with football are living in lala land as there are 7 months or less left for an election. All budgets have been assigned for the year so all he is there to do is sign off and make the gov't look as if it is inclusive of non-Hindus.
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I have lost all respect for Sancho. All this shows is that he is an opportunist and it makes me wonder if this was part of the deal when he accepted money from this Gov't. The mere fact that he associates with these people, who lack any sort of moral compunction states a lot about he as a person. Those of you who say he can help with football are living in lala land as there are 7 months or less left for an election. All budgets have been assigned for the year so all he is there to do is sign off and make the gov't look as if it is inclusive of non-Hindus.
While he may be an opportunist - if he improves the quality and does his job in a suitable fashion then what is the problem? I think firing the guys who weren't performing and hiring new ones with potential to fulfill the duties ahead of them is the right thing to do - recognizing and dealing with the situation is decent administration. The guys that held the position had alot of time to improve but didn't - so they were replaced.
I think alot of people here are in for a rude awakening if a new administration is appointed, if you think things are bad now, buckle up because it can be way worse.
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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153047459955610
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I have lost all respect for Sancho. All this shows is that he is an opportunist and it makes me wonder if this was part of the deal when he accepted money from this Gov't. The mere fact that he associates with these people, who lack any sort of moral compunction states a lot about he as a person. Those of you who say he can help with football are living in lala land as there are 7 months or less left for an election. All budgets have been assigned for the year so all he is there to do is sign off and make the gov't look as if it is inclusive of non-Hindus.
MEP, I agree with your point also. I had not really looked at budget assignments. It truly makes some sense. But for argument sake. What if PNM was in power and Patos or Rowley had offered the portfolio to him. Would you have called Sancho an opportunist. Was Ato an opportunist when he took the position for PM Panday.
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By the way 3 pages already for this thread!!!
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Lawd Fadder, this is going viral on Facebook :D
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Lawd Fadder, this is going viral on Facebook :D
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:rotfl: :rotfl:
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Sancho appointed new Minister of Sport.
ttproleague.com.
Harrison takes over as managing director at Central FC
Brent Sancho has been appointed the new Minister of Sport, replacing Rupert Griffith, who had been acting in that post following the resignation of Anil Roberts last July.
Sancho was a surprise announcement made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in her address to the nation on Monday night.
Following his swearing-in on Tuesday (today), Sancho said, “For the next couple months, or however long my tenure would be, I want to make sure there is pride, it is athlete driven, and we get the right funding to our athletes to make sure they represent our country in the right way.
We have an abundance of talents in this country and although we have not given them the right support all the way through, they have still done well, and I am looking forward to raising the bar even more for them.”
The 37-year-old Sancho will now separate himself from duties as managing director of Central Football Club, the club he co-owns, meanwhile 52-year-old England born co-owner Kevin Harrison, formerly the operations director, will serve as managing director in the absence of the former Trinidad and Tobago footballer and member of the 2006 “Soca Warriors” squad.
Harrison assured that new changes wouldn’t negatively affect the Couva based club “because the philosophy we have built will still present.”
“He (Sancho) won’t be involved in the club,” said Harrison. “It is something that we discussed. It is a good move for him although, politically, its not the best time to take that position with all the controversy that’s going on.
“But he has steady hands to the ship. He is just a neutral person and he is doing it for Trinidad and Tobago. We don’t know how long it will be for because election is around the corner, but maybe he can steady things, being a sensible head.”
Harrison said he believes strongly that Sancho can have a positive impact as Sports Minister and with the position can get corporate Trinidad and Tobago involved in sport again.
“He (Sancho) had assisted the government recently and had been the voice of players in the past few years,” continued Harrison. “Maybe the government looked at him as someone well respected with a good head on his shoulders because that’s the type of people that they need right now.”
Sancho has been at the forefront of an ongoing legal battle for monies owed to the 2006 “Soca Warriors” by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).
Last September, Sancho, along with twelve (12) others “Soca Warriors”, received cheques from the prime minister, which represented the balance of the money the court said was owed to them.
But despite the pay off, Sancho vowed the players would continue with their legal action.
Sancho said then, “While the procedure has gone before the court we have unearthed a lot of wrongdoing and we intend to find the person responsible for the missing funds. We will continue with our legal battle and bring those missing funds back to the TTFF.”
He also had given the assurance that once the missing funds were recovered, the players would reimburse the Government.
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Listen all he is a is a non-threatening face for the PPP. As Minister locum tenentes can he realistically do anything while inside there in 7 months or less? No!
Also as one of the people who led the lawsuit against the TTFA/TTFF he is now in a tenuous position because he has a standing issue in the court against them.
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I have lost all respect for Sancho. All this shows is that he is an opportunist and it makes me wonder if this was part of the deal when he accepted money from this Gov't. The mere fact that he associates with these people, who lack any sort of moral compunction states a lot about he as a person. Those of you who say he can help with football are living in lala land as there are 7 months or less left for an election. All budgets have been assigned for the year so all he is there to do is sign off and make the gov't look as if it is inclusive of non-Hindus.
MEP, I agree with your point also. I had not really looked at budget assignments. It truly makes some sense. But for argument sake. What if PNM was in power and Patos or Rowley had offered the portfolio to him. Would you have called Sancho an opportunist. Was Ato an opportunist when he took the position for PM Panday.
I still think he would have been an opportunist. A lot has to be called into question as to why they settled and accepted the bonus from this gov't.
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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153047459955610
"He can't even score in the right goal... He could govern a ministry? Steupse."
Trinidadians is de worse, yes! lol
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So FS, things are looking up for Central. You all definitely getting allyuh subvention now.With all ah that! Nothing less tha CFU champs or vice-champs ;D
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From Wired 868:
TTOC welcomes Sport Minister Brent Sancho
(Press Release from TTOC president Brian Lewis)
The appointment of former national footballer Brent Sancho as Minister of sport sends a good signal to the athletes of Trinidad and Tobago.
Minister Sancho is to be commended for accepting the position in what can be best described as challenging times for Trinidad and Tobago Sport given the macro economic reality of falling oil and gas revenue , the recent life sport scandal and other systemic issues bedeviling and hampering local sport.
In welcoming the new Minister of Sport there is confidence that his experience as a national team sport athlete , a professional footballer, managing director of Central FC, his advocacy for player rights will give him the context and commitment to make decisions that are in the best interest of sport and the athletes.
In addressing some of the major problems zero tolerance for corruption and poor governance will be essential success factors.
On behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) I welcome the new Minister of Sport and extend best wises to him for a successful , progressive and forward thinking tenure.
Ent Gypsy had experience too in the " cultural fraternity" well he was another impact flunky minister before he was let go to pasture ( eat all the food yuh want). What credentials- what overall sports management? What is the big picture thinking for all sports development in TNT?
This is like saying a successful played naturally translates into a successful coach!! Ala Latapy
Review the appointments of this government- from the first one involving false papers - how many appears to be patronage?
This has the stench of a political ploy to win over a specific sector of the population. Next watch for Keshon Walcott as minister of youth Affairs or deputy sports minister lol
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Could it be that Sancho is making a bee-line to the ttfa presidency? And what about Central FC? With the brain of the organization now occupied with the central government in power, what will happen with that ship? Hey Pinky, what's up?
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Could it be that Sancho is making a bee-line to the ttfa presidency? And what about Central FC? With the brain of the organization now occupied with the central government in power, what will happen with that ship? Hey Pinky, what's up?
FS is in charge now. Don't worry they would not skip a beat ;D
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I have lost all respect for Sancho. All this shows is that he is an opportunist and it makes me wonder if this was part of the deal when he accepted money from this Gov't. The mere fact that he associates with these people, who lack any sort of moral compunction states a lot about he as a person. Those of you who say he can help with football are living in lala land as there are 7 months or less left for an election. All budgets have been assigned for the year so all he is there to do is sign off and make the gov't look as if it is inclusive of non-Hindus.
So, help me here.... how is being Minister of Sport for 7 months supposed to be opportunist? Aside from 7 months salary what exactly is this going to do for him? If PNM get in, you think they're going to pay him any notice. So, again, exactly where is this "deal" that he made?
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So FS, things are looking up for Central. You all definitely getting allyuh subvention now.With all ah that! Nothing less tha CFU champs or vice-champs ;D
Again....Central & Point Fortin Civic already receive the subvention along with W.Connection, North East Stars, Jabloteh, Caledonia and Rangers.
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Could it be that Sancho is making a bee-line to the ttfa presidency? And what about Central FC? With the brain of the organization now occupied with the central government in power, what will happen with that ship? Hey Pinky, what's up?
Thanks K.D. what am I to do without The Brain?
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From Wired 868:
TTOC welcomes Sport Minister Brent Sancho
(Press Release from TTOC president Brian Lewis)
The appointment of former national footballer Brent Sancho as Minister of sport sends a good signal to the athletes of Trinidad and Tobago.
Minister Sancho is to be commended for accepting the position in what can be best described as challenging times for Trinidad and Tobago Sport given the macro economic reality of falling oil and gas revenue , the recent life sport scandal and other systemic issues bedeviling and hampering local sport.
In welcoming the new Minister of Sport there is confidence that his experience as a national team sport athlete , a professional footballer, managing director of Central FC, his advocacy for player rights will give him the context and commitment to make decisions that are in the best interest of sport and the athletes.
In addressing some of the major problems zero tolerance for corruption and poor governance will be essential success factors.
On behalf of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) I welcome the new Minister of Sport and extend best wises to him for a successful , progressive and forward thinking tenure.
Ent Gypsy had experience too in the " cultural fraternity" well he was another impact flunky minister before he was let go to pasture ( eat all the food yuh want). What credentials- what overall sports management? What is the big picture thinking for all sports development in TNT?
This is like saying a successful played naturally translates into a successful coach!! Ala Latapy
Review the appointments of this government- from the first one involving false papers - how many appears to be patronage?
This has the stench of a political ploy to win over a specific sector of the population. Next watch for Keshon Walcott as minister of youth Affairs or deputy sports minister lol
Almost a fair point. Now tell me who (aside from Jack Warner) has brought more new corporate dollars into professional football? (And you can't count Jabloteh as their situation is well known)
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Wait!!!!! Somebody left Football Supporter in charge? OMFG.............
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Sancho looks well pleased after the swearing-in ceremony! :devil:
Five ministers sworn in
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From left, Minister of National Security Carl Alfonso, Attorney General Garvin Nicholas, Minister of the People and Social Development Christine Newallo-Hosein, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, President Anthony Carmona, Minister in the Ministry of Works Kwame Mutema and Minister of Sport Brent Sancho at the swearing-in ceremony, which took place at the Office of the President shortly after 8.30 am, February 3, 2015. Photo: Office of the Prime Minister
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Caption this photo folks with the five newly sworn-in ministers! :devil:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/Socapro/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png) (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Socapro/media/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png.html)
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Wait!!!!! Somebody left Football Supporter in charge? OMFG.............
The benefit of ownership, my son, or the folly, depending on your viewpoint!
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Caption this photo folks with the five newly sworn-in ministers! :devil:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/Socapro/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png) (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Socapro/media/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png.html)
SANCHO: "Madame Prime Minister; may I suggest that we all wear numbers on our jackets so you can identify us from a team sheet?"
KPB: "Wonderful idea Mr Sanko, you're making a difference already. Now, run along while the big people talk"
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FS any expenditure under 1 million the PS approves so any Minister has to do is make sure that their friends, family etc do wuk for under 1 million. Let me tell you how creative you can get. When Kamla was MOE she had a company from Penal cleaning the blinds in the Ministry. So doh talk bout is only 7 months salary. There are lots of ways to line yuh pocket with 1 day in govt. By the time the next guy sets up shop monry still running until you realize that the blinds leaving POS to go Penal to get clean.
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Caption this photo folks with the five newly sworn-in ministers! :devil:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/Socapro/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png) (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Socapro/media/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png.html)
Kamla: Ok Kwame, you get de puncheon and let Garvin get some red bull and fry channa for cutters,
Sancho: F00ck them, I looking for check book, is eat ah food vibes I on.
Hosein: She feel I is Bette Midler or wha.
Carl: Shut yuh ass now nah Kamla and run de parasaud.
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Sanch,
Remember whether yuh run as head of Central FC, TTFA or MOS,
Keep yuh eye on de ball and push to have:
1. Jackulito quaking in his boots and toozin' his pants.
2. Uncle Tim and Shell-done fully aware dat dey lazy ass behaviors must stop.
3. De money trail followed for de missing funds ...as far as the legal process will allow.
4. Extradition plans for Jackulito, Horner and de rest finalized.
5. Encouragement for Renraw to travel and tell him yuh have his back. Day of reckoning coming homie.
6. All Football teams and other sport teams on alert to get seriously cracking with early performance goals.
If no money to do anything major, then grab the microphone and talk about the sickness affecting the Jackulito-infected sports mentality and the need to aim high in sports and pay attention to T&T legacy.
People watching closely.
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Caption this photo folks with the five newly sworn-in ministers! :devil:
(http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p12/Socapro/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png) (http://s124.photobucket.com/user/Socapro/media/Prime%20Minister%20Kamla%20Persad-Bissessar%20centre%20speaks%20to%20her%20newly%20appointed%20ministers_1.png.html)
Kamla: "First tings first! I need allyuh to shred these documents on the desk in front of me! It have all kinda evidence about former ministers inside of here!"
Sancho: "I go do it! Hmm... I wonder if I could find anything on Jack here boy?!"
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We supporting them people in the TTFA who eh doing nothing other than begging, and people want to argue that they are qualified and deserving of their posts.
But Sancho on the other hand.........................
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https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10153047459955610
"He can't even score in the right goal... He could govern a ministry? Steupse."
Trinidadians is de worse, yes! lol
This is such an unfair statement. bakes .. let it go ! u remind me of the people who were burning becks shirts etc in england when he got sent off vs argentina. it's just a game.. same thing for latas, had he scored different game but he didn't, i dont see people trying to pin him to a wall for it. sigh.
Give Mr.Brent a chance before you jump to conclusions and make poor statements.
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Honest question: Are there no conflict of interest issues with regards to his holding this position along with his position with Central F.C.?
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This is such an unfair statement. bakes .. let it go ! u remind me of the people who were burning becks shirts etc in england when he got sent off vs argentina. it's just a game.. same thing for latas, had he scored different game but he didn't, i dont see people trying to pin him to a wall for it. sigh.
Give Mr.Brent a chance before you jump to conclusions and make poor statements.
Something wrong with your reading comprehension? Do you understand the purpose/meaning of quotation marks?
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ok so thats not u quoting yourself?.. can't blame me for editing anything lmao! i hadda arks b.c iz bakes we talkin bout here yuh know :D
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ok so thats not u quoting yourself?.. can't blame me for editing anything lmao! i hadda arks b.c iz bakes we talkin bout here yuh know :D
It should be evident to anybody who has completed primary school that the quotation was not mine. Not only that, you didn't "arks" anything... instead like ah ass yuh decide to jump to conclusions talking about who I remind you of.
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ok so thats not u quoting yourself?.. can't blame me for editing anything lmao! i hadda arks b.c iz bakes we talkin bout here yuh know :D
It should be evident to anybody who has completed primary school that the quotation was not mine. Not only that, you didn't "arks" anything... instead like ah ass yuh decide to jump to conclusions talking about who I remind you of.
buh why u quoting ppl without proper linkage my dere .. huneybunch sugar plumage.
i know why.. u want to confuse me! is a setup!
PS: i failed common entrance b.c the teacher name was bakes.
i gone yes.. everytime me and bakes having fun ppl does get demoted etc lmao :rotfl: :rotfl:
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buh why u quoting ppl without proper linkage my dere .. huneybunch sugar plumage.
i know why.. u want to confuse me! is a setup!
The link is right there in the post, along with quotation marks and italics... how much more help you need?
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oh iz ah quote from facebook.. nah man.. dat just not right !!!
seriously though what i would do is take a screenshot and then post the image b.c it really looking like u posted that comment eh bakes.. no lie.
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The fact that Sancho has chosen to join a political party that may not be returned to power,tells me he is a silly boy,why couldn't he wait and fraternize with the PNM,assuming they win.Maybe he knows something we don't,one thing though,KPB has acted proper by sacking anyone who has acted underhand,good for her.
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Discussion about Sancho's appointment going on right now on the Sunshine Hour on Street FM at this link: http://www.thestreet919fm.com/
Tune in now!!
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Let me help you ....He works for Central FC ...Central FC is sponsored by SIS....who gets the major contracts from this government?
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Let me help you ....He works for Central FC ...Central FC is sponsored by SIS....who gets the major contracts from this government?
People now starting to make the connection. I pointed this out about 8 months ago... the fact that SIS was the principal sponsor of both the PP and Central FC by itself is not an issue. What was problematic was his antagonistic stance towards the FA and the government's own convoluted role in that antagonism... to the extent that they contributed to the TTFA's problems. Then they turn around and pay these players... rather than give the money to the FA, directly pay the players... that is a huge issue.
A woman name Juliet just call in and make some real cogent points: "You as a young man with a degree, that degree comes with an implication of integrity. So when you see corruption, and you gone and stamp your seal of approval on that corruption, it says a lot about that young man."
Forget about the whole "degree means yuh have integrity" thing... we know that's not the case... but regardless, the ties to SIS, the clear corruption in this government, and you run in there grinning like you win de lotto... Sambo Sancho showing he real colors and he getting tear apart (he and Alonso) for aligning with this government. A number of callers talk about how it likely that the PP will put Sancho to stand against Warner... and that they could never vote for him because of what they now perceive as a lack of integrity on his part. He seriously miscalculate... no matter how FS and elan want to spin it.
The hosts of the show going too far by focusing on the own goal vs. Paraguay though.
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Just like when yuh pardna hire he fadda and it had no conflict ah interest because he is a big goalkeeper coach. Daiz not nepotism, that smart decisions.
Me eh spinning nutten where you see that. I glad for Sancho. Full stop. I see absolutely nutten wrong. If he succeeds fair play, if he fails is he losing sleep not me.
It happens all around the world where ppl connected to a company walk away and take up a position where you can point to a conflict of interest.
How much work Halliburton get in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And Finally I doh tote feeling for man. Especially man I doh know. Hard luck they with the projection.
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I sure I have a link somewhere to a newspaper article or two or three or four where Sancho well waste down this PM and Government definitely in the first two years of their reign.
Now he want to play "yes Prime Minister"? Firetruck Sancho yes!!! He on shit!!!!
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Just like when yuh pardna hire he fadda and it had no conflict ah interest because he is a big goalkeeper coach. Daiz not nepotism, that smart decisions.
Me eh spinning nutten where you see that. I glad for Sancho. Full stop. I see absolutely nutten wrong. If he succeeds fair play, if he fails is he losing sleep not me.
It happens all around the world where ppl connected to a company walk away and take up a position where you can point to a conflict of interest.
How much work Halliburton get in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And Finally I doh tote feeling for man. Especially man I doh know. Hard luck they with the projection.
elan the more you talk the bigger sycophant you revealing yuhself to be. First off Lincoln Phillips is a legend, both as a player and as a coach... so it's not like there was no merit to his hiring. If there was any nepotism it wasn't because my "pardna" as yuh put it hire him, but because Lincoln Phillips' pardna, Randy Waldrum hire him. Waldrum took the TTFA job for free in large part because of his relationship with LP, so even if yuh want to spin it that LP was unqualified for the position that is on the coach who picked his staff, not on the FA. Of course the nepotism talk is utter rubbish, but that's not surprising given the source.
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Bakes -
rather than give the money to the FA, directly pay the players... that is a huge issue.
this is something I wondered about why give it directly that's taxpayers money.
Elan I'm surprised at you. I thought you were a smarter thinker than that. This Government is corrupt. There are no ifs ands or buts. For him to align himself with them is a disgrace. When things were going well they didn't want him...now that things are bad he is welcomed with open arms.
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Bakes -... why give it directly that's taxpayers money.
MEP, not sure if this is the question you're asking... but they could have given it two ways, as a moral obligation to pay off the debt that the man who bought the election for them, arguably with money stolen from the FA... OR, simply as part of th regular disbursement to the FA as a sporting body. Is how many times the FA ask them for help with resolving the issue? There are ways to justify it either way you look. Giving it to the players directly... how could they ever justify that... if not on the same moral obligation grounds? Except this way they try to buy some PR by tugging on the heartstrings of the public. Same thing they did with the CFU payments... promise to pay the salaries, then don't pay it, wait for the TTFA to get blamed by Kenwyne and others, approve the money for payment, but instead of having the FA pay them, call a big pappyshow at the PM's residence so that the press and public could see Kamla handing over check.
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Taking SIS money and being a member of this government is different story. If SIS say that is the only way to get the money then you tell them NO THANKS. So you know SIS is an agent of the government and they using you to be visible that bad enough but your club needs funds so you play along.
You agree to be the MOS and you will go after Jack. You do not think that the missing money will be found at Rienzi? Will you be allowed to connect the dots assuming that you get to the 1st dot?
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Man gone in the jeps nest too... Ministry of Sports/ Lifesport and all that.
Arguably the most corrupt and deceitful administration that has ever governed this land and Sancho and Alfonso run in there with open arms.
The sad thing about it being their appointments being nothing more than attempts to distract the population from the very serious allegations of misconduct facing the AG. The first AG to be facing criminal charges.
Steups....You really allow yourself to be a pawn in this game bai....In this day and age? Cut ur locks too cause ur shaming us rastas.
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It could be that at the moment Sancho has no political ambitions and simply intends to serve for a time as asked to.
As somebody pointed out before, joining this sinking ship so late in the term is political suicide.
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This thing have me singing "bakanal and a million gyurl, oooh aha ah love bakanal"
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Come nah man, Bauer. That image on page 3 of this thread.
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:cursing: :rotfl: :banginghead: few days well I trying to figure out how to upload it
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:cursing: :rotfl: :banginghead: few days well I trying to figure out how to upload it
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Minister Sancho focuses on new venues.
T&T Express Reports.
In one of his first official meetings since being appointed Minister of Sport, Senator Brent Sancho reviewed plans yesterday morning for the opening of the three national venues for cycling, tennis and aquatics with executives of each of the respective National Governing Bodies (NGBs).
The meeting was also attended by outgoing Minister of Sport, Dr. Rupert Griffith. Each NGB has outlined a schedule of events to coincide with the opening of each mega facility. The events are designed to showcase the talent within the various disciplines, promote Trinidad and Tobago as a destination as well as market the modern facilities which will be accessible to elite athletes, local, regional and international.
According to a release from the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Sportt) Minister Sancho was pleased with the progress being made in each discipline and was careful to impress upon the executives the need to get value for money. He also was keen to learn about opportunities to secure investment from the private sector, for these events and beyond, so as to wean the NGBs off their heavy reliance on state funding.
Minister Sancho further stressed the need to increase participation in sports and improve the level of adjudication, officiating and use of timing and other technical systems so that future hosting of events may be driven by local expertise. Comprehensive training programmes in these areas will take place prior to opening of the facilities, the release stated.
Minister Sancho will conduct private site visits to each of the new national facilities over the weekend.
The National Cycling Velodrome in Couva and National Tennis Centre in Tacarigua are scheduled to be completed in June while the National Aquatics Centre, also in Couva, is due to come on stream in July/August.
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:cursing: :rotfl: :banginghead: few days well I trying to figure out how to upload it
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Minister Sancho focuses on new venues.
T&T Express Reports.
In one of his first official meetings since being appointed Minister of Sport, Senator Brent Sancho reviewed plans yesterday morning for the opening of the three national venues for cycling, tennis and aquatics with executives of each of the respective National Governing Bodies (NGBs).
The meeting was also attended by outgoing Minister of Sport, Dr. Rupert Griffith. Each NGB has outlined a schedule of events to coincide with the opening of each mega facility. The events are designed to showcase the talent within the various disciplines, promote Trinidad and Tobago as a destination as well as market the modern facilities which will be accessible to elite athletes, local, regional and international.
According to a release from the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Sportt) Minister Sancho was pleased with the progress being made in each discipline and was careful to impress upon the executives the need to get value for money. He also was keen to learn about opportunities to secure investment from the private sector, for these events and beyond, so as to wean the NGBs off their heavy reliance on state funding.
Minister Sancho further stressed the need to increase participation in sports and improve the level of adjudication, officiating and use of timing and other technical systems so that future hosting of events may be driven by local expertise. Comprehensive training programmes in these areas will take place prior to opening of the facilities, the release stated.
Minister Sancho will conduct private site visits to each of the new national facilities over the weekend.
The National Cycling Velodrome in Couva and National Tennis Centre in Tacarigua are scheduled to be completed in June while the National Aquatics Centre, also in Couva, is due to come on stream in July/August.
Uh oh. Mistake number one. There have been some late payments to the contractors and I heard from good sources that the aquatic centre, which was originally due to be opened in May is not going to be opened before October November. Notice they pushed the may date back to August already. The non-payment wasn't on his watch, but by the same token, Griffith had little control over it either. Drop in oil prices threatening to stagnate progress on may projects right now. That is the ketch-ass for him, he coming in when economy is at an uncomfortable place, and all the talk already about disbursing funds on time could well be his undoing due to a back squeeze from Ministry of Finance.
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Minister Sancho focuses on new venues.
T&T Express Reports.
In one of his first official meetings since being appointed Minister of Sport, Senator Brent Sancho reviewed plans yesterday morning for the opening of the three national venues for cycling, tennis and aquatics with executives of each of the respective National Governing Bodies (NGBs).
The meeting was also attended by outgoing Minister of Sport, Dr. Rupert Griffith. Each NGB has outlined a schedule of events to coincide with the opening of each mega facility. The events are designed to showcase the talent within the various disciplines, promote Trinidad and Tobago as a destination as well as market the modern facilities which will be accessible to elite athletes, local, regional and international.
According to a release from the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Sportt) Minister Sancho was pleased with the progress being made in each discipline and was careful to impress upon the executives the need to get value for money. He also was keen to learn about opportunities to secure investment from the private sector, for these events and beyond, so as to wean the NGBs off their heavy reliance on state funding.
Minister Sancho further stressed the need to increase participation in sports and improve the level of adjudication, officiating and use of timing and other technical systems so that future hosting of events may be driven by local expertise. Comprehensive training programmes in these areas will take place prior to opening of the facilities, the release stated.
Minister Sancho will conduct private site visits to each of the new national facilities over the weekend.
The National Cycling Velodrome in Couva and National Tennis Centre in Tacarigua are scheduled to be completed in June while the National Aquatics Centre, also in Couva, is due to come on stream in July/August.
Uh oh. Mistake number one. There have been some late payments to the contractors and I heard from good sources that the aquatic centre, which was originally due to be opened in May is not going to be opened before October November. Notice they pushed the may date back to August already. The non-payment wasn't on his watch, but by the same token, Griffith had little control over it either. Drop in oil prices threatening to stagnate progress on may projects right now. That is the ketch-ass for him, he coming in when economy is at an uncomfortable place, and all the talk already about disbursing funds on time could well be his undoing due to a back squeeze from Ministry of Finance.
Well beyond that, these facility projects too far along for him to really impact ($$$ woes aside); contracts already signed, funds supposedly budgeted & allocated, palms already greased and hand over is supposed to happen this year. He can't walk in there and cancel plans, alter budgets or even fire contractors. As regards these things he's the project manager making sure they delivered on time.
In the few months he has, he should really ensure that there are strong programs in place to take advantage of these facilities and encourage people to get involved in these sports. Not sure to what extent there were plans in place for this, but he can be the man to make sure it exists and is realistic. The facilities are a sunk cost and they are here, so the time to debate whether we should have built them is gone. Time to maximize what exists and put a structure in place so that they don't end up overgrown with trees and watermelons.
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Just like when yuh pardna hire he fadda and it had no conflict ah interest because he is a big goalkeeper coach. Daiz not nepotism, that smart decisions.
Me eh spinning nutten where you see that. I glad for Sancho. Full stop. I see absolutely nutten wrong. If he succeeds fair play, if he fails is he losing sleep not me.
It happens all around the world where ppl connected to a company walk away and take up a position where you can point to a conflict of interest.
How much work Halliburton get in Iraq and Afghanistan.
And Finally I doh tote feeling for man. Especially man I doh know. Hard luck they with the projection.
elan the more you talk the bigger sycophant you revealing yuhself to be. First off Lincoln Phillips is a legend, both as a player and as a coach... so it's not like there was no merit to his hiring. If there was any nepotism it wasn't because my "pardna" as yuh put it hire him, but because Lincoln Phillips' pardna, Randy Waldrum hire him. Waldrum took the TTFA job for free in large part because of his relationship with LP, so even if yuh want to spin it that LP was unqualified for the position that is on the coach who picked his staff, not on the FA. Of course the nepotism talk is utter rubbish, but that's not surprising given the source.
Me, sycophant, again with the projection. I don't have Sancho Phone number in my phone or know about he wife or he business. I don't have the GS of the TTFA on speed dial or on whatsapp.
I never even see Sancho play football in person.
I am not the person who defend every :bs: that the TTFA do.
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Me, sycophant, again with the projection. I don't have Sancho Phone number in my phone or know about he wife or he business. I don't have the GS of the TTFA on speed dial or on whatsapp.
I never even see Sancho play football in person.
I am not the person who defend every :bs: that the TTFA do.
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Sycophant, like I said. Try yuh best and spin it however yuh want yuh can't run from it. The inanity of your response reveals as much. This has gone from a half-ass defense of the indefensible to yet another thinly-veiled complaint about "Bakes" and he "defense" of the TTFA. I too doh have nobody in the TTFA on my phone (far less speed dial), or even on WhatsApp, but don't let facts get in the way of your over active imagination. Continue to tell us how great a thing this is that Sancho is doing for the country... and why we should feel honored ::)
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Let me ask a serious question. Can it be considered unpatriotic to turn down an offer by a prime minister to serve in his/her administration? I wonder if people feel forced to take up posts when the pm calls..
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Me, sycophant, again with the projection. I don't have Sancho Phone number in my phone or know about he wife or he business. I don't have the GS of the TTFA on speed dial or on whatsapp.
I never even see Sancho play football in person.
I am not the person who defend every :bs: that the TTFA do.
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Sycophant, like I said. Try yuh best and spin it however yuh want yuh can't run from it. The inanity of your response reveals as much. This has gone from a half-ass defense of the indefensible to yet another thinly-veiled complaint about "Bakes" and he "defense" of the TTFA. I too doh have nobody in the TTFA on my phone (far less speed dial), or even on WhatsApp, but don't let facts get in the way of your over active imagination. Continue to tell us how great a thing this is that Sancho is doing for the country... and why we should feel honored ::)
Defense. Why should I have to defend Sancho? Where you see me post anything thing about what Sancho doing for he country or I feel honored. Even if I did so what? Don't let facts get in yuh way. Make it up as yuh go along.
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I just wonder,how many sporting personalities in TT would have refused the job as Minister of Sport,and as bad as I hear the UNC have been ,I suspect the PNM is no better at the moment,there seems to be quite some in-fighting in the party.The PNM don't appear to be the united cohesive force it once was,chances are they could be no better or could even be worse.You cannot help but give credit to KPB for some actions she has taken against some members of her party,she has acted with principle,something that is not known in politics.
My feelings about Sancho is,he thinks the UNC will be returned to power because,there is no doubt KPB and the UNC have done quite a bit to improve the lives of many,it is visible.If the UNC wins,Sancho will be the Minister of Sport,I expect he will get regular cuss,just like JW got when he was a UNC government Minister.
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That is satire, Sando Prince
The Late O’clock News is a news and political satire web publication, which may or may not use real names, often in semi-real or mostly fictitious ways. All news articles contained within thelateoclocknews.com are fiction, and presumably fake news.
Any resemblance to the truth is purely coincidental, except for all references to politicians and/or celebrities, in which case they are based on real people, but still based almost entirely in fiction.
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I just wonder,how many sporting personalities in TT would have refused the job as Minister of Sport,and as bad as I hear the UNC have been ,I suspect the PNM is no better at the moment,there seems to be quite some in-fighting in the party.The PNM don't appear to be the united cohesive force it once was,chances are they could be no better or could even be worse.You cannot help but give credit to KPB for some actions she has taken against some members of her party,she has acted with principle,something that is not known in politics.
My feelings about Sancho is,he thinks the UNC will be returned to power because,there is no doubt KPB and the UNC have done quite a bit to improve the lives of many,it is visible.If the UNC wins,Sancho will be the Minister of Sport,I expect he will get regular cuss,just like JW got when he was a UNC government Minister.
You having a laugh
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Jack Warner on Gary, Ramlogan and Sancho.
http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/Jack-Warner-on-the-firing-of-Ramlogan-and-Griffith-290599251.html
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Jack Warner on Gary, Ramlogan and Sancho.
http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/Jack-Warner-on-the-firing-of-Ramlogan-and-Griffith-290599251.html
I had no idea Sancho was actually employed by SIS... or is that just ole talk by Jack?
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Let me ask a serious question. Can it be considered unpatriotic to turn down an offer by a prime minister to serve in his/her administration? I wonder if people feel forced to take up posts when the pm calls..
STEUPS
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Frico, you correct about the move the PM made by drafting Brent. I think is a good political move. I don't know how much Brent can do before the election. But saying she has principles by firing the AG and Griffith is bit far fetched. When she hired Jack and had him prancing up down doing govt work while squeezing Brent and the rest of the Soca Warriors balls. Jack left the TTFA is so much debt and have Tim taking the blame for His indiscretions. He refused to give them the money, which she in turn came and pay them. She knew all about Jack, FIFA and Sancho. That is principle?
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Jack Warner on Gary, Ramlogan and Sancho.
http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/Jack-Warner-on-the-firing-of-Ramlogan-and-Griffith-290599251.html
I had no idea Sancho was actually employed by SIS... or is that just ole talk by Jack?
This is Jack propagating untruths. Daryan Marcell on I95 repeated this on his show and I wrote to demand that he corrected his statement and issue an apology. It's OK people saying Sancho is unqualified, a bad choice etc, that's their opinion and they are entitled to share it but broadcasters have a responsibility to report the truth, not repeat lies.
I suppose, technically, you can say Sancho was paid by S.I.S. as well as Bankers Insurance, Ministry of Sport, Toyota, PPGPL, Oscar Francois, Gatorade, and many others as his salary from Central was generated through sponsorship deals, but to state that he was employed by SIS is just mischief making.
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This is Jack propagating untruths. Daryan Marcell on I95 repeated this on his show and I wrote to demand that he corrected his statement and issue an apology. It's OK people saying Sancho is unqualified, a bad choice etc, that's their opinion and they are entitled to share it but broadcasters have a responsibility to report the truth, not repeat lies.
I suppose, technically, you can say Sancho was paid by S.I.S. as well as Bankers Insurance, Ministry of Sport, Toyota, PPGPL, Oscar Francois, Gatorade, and many others as his salary from Central was generated through sponsorship deals, but to state that he was employed by SIS is just mischief making.
Thanks for the info... but did he ignore you? I would. Why are you writing demanding apologies?
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I just wonder,how many sporting personalities in TT would have refused the job as Minister of Sport,and as bad as I hear the UNC have been ,I suspect the PNM is no better at the moment,there seems to be quite some in-fighting in the party.The PNM don't appear to be the united cohesive force it once was,chances are they could be no better or could even be worse.You cannot help but give credit to KPB for some actions she has taken against some members of her party,she has acted with principle,something that is not known in politics.
My feelings about Sancho is,he thinks the UNC will be returned to power because,there is no doubt KPB and the UNC have done quite a bit to improve the lives of many,it is visible.If the UNC wins,Sancho will be the Minister of Sport,I expect he will get regular cuss,just like JW got when he was a UNC government Minister.
When did you become a stand-up comedy act Frico?
Tell me where next you are appearing and I'll do my best to attend the show as you do seem to have some comedy talent and I do like to support my fellow SWO posters whenever I can.
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Frico, you correct about the move the PM made by drafting Brent. I think is a good political move. I don't know how much Brent can do before the election. But saying she has principles by firing the AG and Griffith is bit far fetched. When she hired Jack and had him prancing up down doing govt work while squeezing Brent and the rest of the Soca Warriors balls. Jack left the TTFA is so much debt and have Tim taking the blame for His indiscretions. He refused to give them the money, which she in turn came and pay them. She knew all about Jack, FIFA and Sancho. That is principle?
:thumbsup:
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I like the appointment. Sancho is someone who is more 'one of us' and less of the establishment. He would be a good candidate for keeping the TTFA on its toes.
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HISLOP: SANCHO WORTHY OF SPORTS MINISTER POST
TTFA Media
Former National Team goalkeeper Shaka Hislop is backing his ex-2006 World Cup teammate Brent Sancho to fulfill his duties as Minister of Sport with distinction.
Hislop, currently an ESPN football analyst and commentator, played alongside Sancho for several years on the national team, both appearing at the 2006 World Cup Finals in Germany, and also involved in the settlement for outstanding monies with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association last year. That matter stemmed back to 2006 under the TTFF and was settled under current TTFA President Raymond Tim Kee.
Hislop stated, “Congrats and good luck to my friend and former teammate, Brent Sancho, on his appointment as the new Minster of Sport. I have always advocated that sportsmen can and should play a prominent role in the administration of the game and Brent has been deemed worthy to do exactly that.”
The former West Ham and Newcastle United custodian believes Sancho could make a difference in the Ministry, inspite of the fact that there is a General Election approaching.
“Let’s not hide behind from the fact that the position he has inherited does not come with a mountain of challenges, or that with a general election just around the corner, he doesn’t have much time in restoring the credibility of his Ministry. But when you are asked to step up, to make a difference, you have to heed that call, regardless of the trials and tribulations that are staring you in the face.
“Where some have questioned his appointment, or dither at the prospects, Brent has again given himself fully to the betterment of sport in T&T. That alone is worthy of support,” Hislop concluded.
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CONCACAF president welcomes Sancho’s appointment
TTFA Media
Thursday, February 5 2015
Newly appointed Sports Minister Brent Sancho has been welcomed to his position by CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb.
In a letter to Sancho, which was issued yesterday, Webb wrote, “on behalf of CONCACAF, please accept my sincerest congratulations on your appointment as Minister of Sport in the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
“This is an outstanding accomplishment, and one which I know you are very passionate about,” Webb continued. “I am sure that your experiences as a former Trinidad and Tobago footballer and member of the 2006 Soca Warriors squad will bring a fresh perspective to sports in Trinidad, taking it to new heights.”
The CONCACAF boss added, “I wish you all the best in this new position and look forward to working with you in this capacity. To this end, I would be delighted for you to present CONCACAF with your vision and plans for football in Trinidad and Tobago, to determine how best FIFA and CONCACAF can fit into that vision.”
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Socapro,Yuh cyah pay to see me,fuget it. ;D
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This is Jack propagating untruths. Daryan Marcell on I95 repeated this on his show and I wrote to demand that he corrected his statement and issue an apology. It's OK people saying Sancho is unqualified, a bad choice etc, that's their opinion and they are entitled to share it but broadcasters have a responsibility to report the truth, not repeat lies.
I suppose, technically, you can say Sancho was paid by S.I.S. as well as Bankers Insurance, Ministry of Sport, Toyota, PPGPL, Oscar Francois, Gatorade, and many others as his salary from Central was generated through sponsorship deals, but to state that he was employed by SIS is just mischief making.
Thanks for the info... but did he ignore you? I would. Why are you writing demanding apologies?
Because it was me that heard it. Not much point me asking you, or Flex or Socapro to write to say I was offended. I heard it and knew it to be untrue, so I would like him to apologise for repeating untruths. Nothing complicated it that.
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I just wonder,how many sporting personalities in TT would have refused the job as Minister of Sport,and as bad as I hear the UNC have been ,I suspect the PNM is no better at the moment,there seems to be quite some in-fighting in the party.The PNM don't appear to be the united cohesive force it once was,chances are they could be no better or could even be worse.You cannot help but give credit to KPB for some actions she has taken against some members of her party,she has acted with principle,something that is not known in politics.
My feelings about Sancho is,he thinks the UNC will be returned to power because,there is no doubt KPB and the UNC have done quite a bit to improve the lives of many,it is visible.If the UNC wins,Sancho will be the Minister of Sport,I expect he will get regular cuss,just like JW got when he was a UNC government Minister.
When did you become a stand-up comedy act Frico?
Tell me where next you are appearing and I'll do my best to attend the show as you do seem to have some comedy talent and I do like to support my fellow SWO posters whenever I can.
are you setup for pay-per-view? what's the venue?
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Griffith willing to work with Sancho
T&T Newsday Reports.
DR RUPERT GRIFFITH, former Minister of Sports, is willing to work with his successor Senator Brent Sancho, during the transition period from one Minister to another.
Dr Griffith, who held the post as Sports Minister from August until last Monday, described his six-month period at the helm as “excellent”.
“When I went in there, it was a difficult period, everyone knew that, when (Anil) Roberts stepped down from the Ministry, and we had to stabilise things and pull it back up, which I think is what we did. It had always been a temporary appointment. It was a temporary arrangement. So (the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar) made a decision now and I’m happy for Brent Sancho.”
He continued, “I propose to work with him as much as he would want me too, and assist him in discharging the remit of the Ministry. I’m very pleased to do that with him. I am glad for him and I wish him well.
Concerning Sancho’s ability to cope with the pressures of being a Cabinet Minister, Dr Griffith noted, “there were a number of initiatives and I’ll take time to go over it with him. I’m very pleased and happy, and I’ll be willing to work with him.”
Reflecting on his time as Sports Minister, Dr Griffith said, “in terms of accomplishment, you’ll remember the game we had with the female football players (on December 2 against Ecuador) right here in Trinidad. Getting ready for that, putting things in place for that successful game I think was one of the biggest challenges.
“And then also to regularise the grant funding. I’ve been able to look at the policy to make it more efficient. In the six months, those were some great challenges. Of course, meeting with the various sporting governing bodies, finding out their plans was also a good experience,” he ended.
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Sancho names principles for sporting growth
T&T Newsday Reports.
NEWLY-APPOINTED Sports Minister Brent Sancho is suggesting three key principles to National Governing Bodies for the development of sport.
In a meeting on Friday with executives of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) and the Trinidad and Tobago Netball Association (TTNA), the former national footballer listed value for money, an athlete-centred philosophy and national pride in sport as critical to success.
Sancho indicated his willingness to assist in the improvement of all National Governing Bodies (NGBs) in the achievement of those principles, in collaboration with the Sports Ministry and the Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT).
He also indicated his interest in enabling national associations to improve their development programmes by increasing participation levels, creating opportunities for talent identification, and eliminating the duplication of efforts in each discipline.
Additionally, he noted the need for NGBs to ensure compliance with national policy as it relates to sport, not merely in relation to requests for funding, but also placing issues of safety and diversity in the forefront of the program planning process.
Sancho also pledged his support for the Olympic Committee’s #10gold24 campaign (the thrust for Trinidad and Tobago athletes to win 10 gold medals at the 2024 Olympic Games).
Commenting on his first meeting with the new Minister, TTOC president Brian Lewis said he had found the discussions to be “very positive, candid and solution-oriented, and the importance of the Sports Ministry, the Sport Company and the TTOC working together to improve good governance in national sporting organisations was also emphasised.”
Lewis added that transparency and accountability and putting the athletes’ best interests first figured prominently in the hour-long meeting.
Sancho will meet next with representatives of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) and Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) tomorrow.
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MEP,I'll tell yuh de same ting ah tell Socapro,yuh cyah pay to see me. ;D
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What handover and what transition Griffith talking bout. What he did during his cobeau sweat?
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
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Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
Jobs for the boys! Where elan?
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Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
Jobs for the boys! Where elan?
:devil:
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Judge Mr Sancho on the job he does and not before hand. You only have to look at the hard work that has been done at Central to see that the guy isn't a slouch, and gets off his backside to make things happen. Too many people are quick to type rubbish, but where are they when it comes to getting off their backside and helping?......... That's right they are still at home moaning about things!!
If things don't go well then have a moan but let the guy at least try before you dismiss his efforts.
For me its Good Luck and I hope you prove the doubters wrong
GB
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Critical role for Minister Sancho.
By Anand Rampersad (Guardian).
For the sake of sports, let us hope that the new Minister of Sport, Brent Sancho, is the last until the general election is held.
Instability at the helm or perception of instability does not instill confidence in stakeholders especially the private sector who will be called upon to provide funding where the state cannot provide.
Sancho is the third Minister of Sport and second since the resignation of Anil Roberts, on July 31, 2014.
The change in leadership at the Ministry of Sport has not received the same kind of critical analysis as those of the Attorney General and National Security.
However, it is important to recognise that approximately $2.3 billion dollars have been budgeted for sport 2011-15 (see various Appropriation Acts 2011-15, www.ttparliament.org).
The amount of monies allocated to sport demands greater scrutiny of the functions and operations of the Ministry. This inquiry should be twofold: firstly to ensure that goals and objectives of the Ministry are met and secondly to ensure a positive return on the expenditure of taxpayers’ monies.
The assessment of the Ministry can only be undertaken if there are clearly defined policies, objectives and goals. These must be subjected to rigorous monitoring and evaluation conducted by independent bodies such as the UWI. For example, the research of the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), UWI to assess the financial impact of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on the Caribbean in 2013 and 2014. The Ministry’s website (www.sport.gov.tt/the-ministry/strategic-intent-and-direction), states that its ‘Strategic Intent and Direction’ is based on four strategic themes:
1. Sport for All/Total Participation in Sport where there is a society in which the majority of citizens are participating in sport.
2. High Performance Sport where athlete medal count is continuously increasing.
3. Sport as an Industry where:
(a) New sport businesses are established and operation successfully
(b) Sport tourism is making significant contributions to GDP
4. Improve the overall efficiently and efficacy of the Ministry through the use of ICT to increase efficiency to all stakeholders.
Based on the aforementioned strategic themes the following information should be available:
1. In terms of Sports for All which falls under the theme of Sports Development-
• What robustly collected research data has been collected on participation in sport and physical activities? How many people in Trinidad and Tobago are physically active and this information should be based on geographical location, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disabilities, social class and working people? This type of data is what drives sports for all programmes in countries such as England, Canada, and New Zealand.
• What percentage of the National Sport Policy 2002 have been implemented? What percentage of the various programmes such as ‘Women and Girls in Sport’, and ‘Taking Sport to Rural Areas’ have been implemented and how much continuity is taking place?
• How data is linked to addressing issues of growing non-communicable diseases such as heart attacks, diabetes especially Type II and growing cases of obesity among the population 15-64 years.
• How is the Sports for All programme linked to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as have been done in countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique and Papua New Guinea? (www.un.org/millenniumgoals/bkgd.shtml).
• What is the total expenditure on Sports for All?
2. In relation to High Performance Sport:
• What are the resources (financial, human resources- coaches, trainers, medical-infrastructure, etc.) available to assist athletes?
• What is the total expenditure on High Performance Sport?
3. With respect to Sport as an Industry:
• What new sport businesses have been established or are in the pipeline?
• What is the status of the Sport Tourism Policy?
• What programmes are to be rolled out to promote sport tourism?
• What have and are the projected benefits of sport tourism to the GDP?
• In what way are the new sporting facilities (swimming, cycling and tennis) are incorporated into the sport tourism policy and implementation programmes?
4. Increase use of ICT to increase efficiency:
• What have been the improvements through the use of ICT?
• What is the status of professional development of sporting bodies under the Ministry and what measures are in place to ensure that national governing bodies comply with the requisites of the Ministry?
• What has been the costs of these ICT improvements?
It will be foolhardy to expect Minister Sancho to make any significant impact on all four of the Ministry’s strategic themes given his short timeframe to work with.
He is caught between a rock and a hard place.
The newness of the job, the power he wields and the desire to stamp his leadership style may result in goals and objectives which are practical for medium to long term development of sports and sports development.
However, in the short run they may be idealistically ambitious although he may not think so and understandably so to some extent. The questions raised are for all vested interest - Ministry of Sport, the public, sponsors, media etc.
The objective is to continuously seek to critically improve on the delivery of sporting services both in terms of quality and the efficiency of taxpayers’ monies expended.
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
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Opportunity to market T&T, says Sancho
By Roger Seepersad (Express).
Former Soca Warrior and recently-appointed Minister of Sport Brent Sancho wants to transform sport from a pastime into a financially viable business and a real money earner for local clubs and stakeholders. Sancho has already held fruitful discussions with various sporting governing bodies and a key part of his message to them is working towards making sports a business.
Speaking at a press conference at the Ministry of Tourism on Monday to announce T&T as hosts for seven Caribbean Premier League matches, including the semi-finals and final, Sancho said he recognised the money-earning potential of sport and insisted that the time was right for T&T to join the party.
“International franchise sport is a multi-billion dollar industry and I have made it a key part of my message to all of the sporting organisations that we must work together to make sports a business here in Trinidad and Tobago,” said Sancho.
With construction of the Cycling Velodrome, Aquatics Centre and National Tennis Centre all moving apace and the government fully behind the Sport Tourism thrust as a means of diversifying the oil-based economy, Sancho believes hosting the CPL semis and final will be an ideal opportunity to market T&T to the world.
“The CPL represents the ideal opportunity to prove to the world that franchise sport can work in our region,” said Sancho. “Further it is proof that we can host an event of international relevance and appeal.”
“The last time the CPL was hosted here in T&T there was a significant return on investment and the positive economic impact was felt across several key markets and industry sectors,” he added. The minister also wants to sell the idea of sport tourism “in generating the right amounts of local investment in order to boost our capacity to host regional and international sporting events.”
With the CPL being broadcasted across the world, Sancho said the capital of Port of Spain will become the focus of hundreds of thousands of international viewers and will be “an opportunity to showcase our people, our culture, and our talents.’’
“Indeed the way we watch cricket is unique to our people. We do it with a vibes and rhythm that is part of who we are. Trinidad and Tobago is the entertainment capital of the Caribbean which goes hand in glove with the fastest growing form of entertainment globally...sport.
“Television broadcasting rights aside, many countries are reaping the rewards of improved infrastructure and the injection of resources into athletes and teams which cover all angles of the industry. “It is time for us to join the party and reap the rewards that comes with global positioning in the sports industry,” Sancho added. The CPL will be played between June 21 and July 26.
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Government gives TTCB $250,000
T&T Newsday Reports.
TRINIDAD and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) have received a cheque valued at $250,000 from the Government, as well as accolades for their management of the sport in the twin island republic.
Newly appointed Sports Minister Brent Sancho praised the TTCB saying the cricketing governing body has “exemplified good governance” and is being rewarded.
“We had a long discussion…and I think it is the first time Mr Bassarath has left the Ministry smiling,” Sancho told the media following a press conference at the Ministry of Tourism.
“We have had a lot of acrimony in the past but I said to him we cannot right the wrongs of the past but we will work in partnership moving forward.”
TTCB president Azim Bassarath complained that the board received no financial assistance since 2011, and it was owed funds which have severely hampered the organisation’s ability to administer its programmes.
“We presented a cheque to Mr Bassarath for $250,000 because I believe that the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board has exemplified good governance in sports in terms of what is required to get funding for various programmes,” said Sancho.
“They have done the requirements that we need in the Ministry of Sport and we want to reward and show the other sporting bodies what good governance looks like.”
Sancho, a former national footballer who became the new sports minister following last week’s Cabinet shake-up, says Government and TTCB have agreed to partner on a number of initiatives.
They include the use of the country’s cricket icons to facilitate training camps during Easter and summer for young cricketers. (CMC)
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Sport Ministry no ATM
By ANDRE BAGOO (Newsday).
THE MINISTRY of Sport is not an ATM.
That’s the catchphrase new Minister of Sport Brent Sancho has been using at meetings with stakeholders to describe the Ministry’s policy under his tenure in the face of him receiving requests from sporting organisations for money and equipment.
Sancho, who was sworn in last week, has spent the last few days meeting with organisations and, invariably, these organisations have had one request.
“They all ask for money,” the Minister told Newsday yesterday. “I have gone out and met about seven or eight organisations so far.” However, he said, there was a need for organisations to be able to stand on their own feet.
“We want to see different sporting organisations become self-sufficient financially in whatever they do,” Sancho said. “We are now going into an era where we are seeing development in that direction.”
The Minister said it has become difficult to get corporate sponsors to fund organisations due to the risk of controversy and maladministration. He noted sport has, unfortunately, become an arena tainted by scandal, citing the defunct Life Sport programme as one example.
“We understand some of their plights,” Sancho said. “It is a challenging environment especially when sport, for the first time in a very long time, has a negative stigma attached to it. When you look at the back pages of newspapers there is always an administrative scandal for all these different things. It is very difficult to stimulate corporate Trinidad because of it.” At the same time, the Minister said, State funds need to be better controlled and regulated.
“They need to be more understanding that these are taxpayers’ dollars,” the Minister said. “This is not to blame the sporting organisation by any stretch of the imagination. There are challenges. But some sporting organisations are run like the mama and papa parlours. We have to help them.” Sancho said in the past, decisions in relation to funding were not made based on merit but on personal opinion. He said the drying up of corporate sponsorship has been a long time in the making.
“I don’t think it’s a single problem with a single programme such as Life Sport,” the Minister said. “When you look at issues that relate to corporate sponsorship, this has been going on for many years. People did not just wake up after Life Sport and then this started happening. This has been happening for a long time.”
In relation to this country hosting the Caribbean Premiere League (CPL), Sancho said he would like to see value for money and he has met with CPL CEO Damien O’Donohoe.
“We had a long chat,” Sancho said. “We want to make sure that with the CPL we get value for money. When you bring in that plethora of cricket stars you have to have some value. You must have some projects.”
At a meeting of the Rotary Club of Port-of-Spain, held at Fitzblackman Drive, Port-of-Spain, O’Donohoe praised the minister’s approach, saying Sancho was different from other Sport Ministers he has met.
“I was really impressed by the fact that he was very unlike most Ministers of Sport,” O’Donohoe said. “Normally they simply ask, ‘How many boxes (in the stands) do we get?’ or ‘How many tickets?’ The focus for Sancho was the human side in terms of what we could do in the community. What we can do is the fact that we will have some of the best cricket players in the world here in Trinidad for two and a half weeks. How will we use that to encourage the children of Trinidad to make them realise that whatever they want to do with their life, with the right attitude and with the right discipline they can achieve anything they want?” He said CPL sold 220,000 tickets last year.
On the practice of allowing sporting stadia to be used for events such as concerts, Sancho said this was now standard internationally.
“The athlete side of me will say no, but the business side says of course these events should be allowed,” the Minister said. “It is done all over the world. That is the norm. What we do have to develop is a facility that is multi-faceted.”
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Everyone want ah " Life Support" handout- precedent was set that sports ministry was giving away free money!!
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
But thou make us feel when u leave not getting anything. All Public Servants on contract get a gratuity upon completition of that contract.
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On the practice of allowing sporting stadia to be used for events such as concerts, Sancho said this was now standard internationally.
“The athlete side of me will say no, but the business side says of course these events should be allowed,” the Minister said. “It is done all over the world. That is the norm. What we do have to develop is a facility that is multi-faceted.”
Well, there she goes. Football better look for there own small stadiums.
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Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
Jobs for the boys! Where elan?
:devil:
Who does the minister work for? Which ministry? So I essence one is under a personal services contract serving the minister to carry out his work. In essence which is work for the ministry- no matter how you slice it- the " bouncing start" the. Mo is another shade of handing out personal favours and payments to loyalist in the guise of good- another spillage from life support practice -
disappointing that one chose to accept the ministerial post knowing the principles and track record of this government. To see one of our faithful warriors being bought out and now politicking in the guise of a dogooder and trying to rebrand the public image of this ministry is translucent.
No worries - the fickle minded public will succumb to sentiments and forget about the woes of the past and proclaim greatness upon hi and vote with their heart . Chuppidity thinking prevails over the logic, intellectual moral and ethical principles of governance and decision making.
Yuh think is only local eating ah food in TNT ? The foreign born expats dancing in the fallout of ineptness. Look at the kinda contract and payout the last two foreign born police commissioners received? No surprise to watch the mo of this government.
Remember one of our greatest players was also under a personal services contract to coach the Warriors? Who was he working for? A special advisor or an organization?
The more yuh think things change the more they remain the same we?
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Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
Jobs for the boys! Where elan?
:devil:
Who does the minister work for? Which ministry? So I essence one is under a personal services contract serving the minister to carry out his work. In essence which is work for the ministry- no matter how you slice it- the " bouncing start" the. Mo is another shade of handing out personal favours and payments to loyalist in the guise of good- another spillage from life support practice -
disappointing that one chose to accept the ministerial post knowing the principles and track record of this government. To see one of our faithful warriors being bought out and now politicking in the guise of a dogooder and trying to rebrand the public image of this ministry is translucent.
No worries - the fickle minded public will succumb to sentiments and forget about the woes of the past and proclaim greatness upon hi and vote with their heart . Chuppidity thinking prevails over the logic, intellectual moral and ethical principles of governance and decision making.
Yuh think is only local eating ah food in TNT ? The foreign born expats dancing in the fallout of ineptness. Look at the kinda contract and payout the last two foreign born police commissioners received? No surprise to watch the mo of this government.
Remember one of our greatest players was also under a personal services contract to coach the Warriors? Who was he working for? A special advisor or an organization?
The more yuh think things change the more they remain the same we?
So, if I hire a maid to clean mih kitchen that mean she wukking fuh de same company dat paying me?
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Ridiculous supposition about the maid- laughable- obviously one work had to be directly related to the context of the ministry and the operations of it I so far that the results from the work is see as in some way accomplishing the ministry's mandate?
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
But thou make us feel when u leave not getting anything. All Public Servants on contract get a gratuity upon completition of that contract.
I believe there is a gratuity after 12 months employment, so hopefully you will vote PP so I can eat ah food (if, of course the PP stay in power and if, of course, they decide to retain Minister Sancho!!
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
But thou make us feel when u leave not getting anything. All Public Servants on contract get a gratuity upon completition of that contract.
I believe there is a gratuity after 12 months employment, so hopefully you will vote PP so I can eat ah food (if, of course the PP stay in power and if, of course, they decide to retain Minister Sancho!!
:rotfl: doh count on it pardners :rotfl:
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Ridiculous supposition about the maid- laughable- obviously one work had to be directly related to the context of the ministry and the operations of it I so far that the results from the work is see as in some way accomplishing the ministry's mandate?
De point dat was being made is that unless de Ministry is footing de bill, dey not working for de ministry.
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So, if I hire a maid to clean mih kitchen that mean she wukking fuh de same company dat paying me?
It depends on where the made payment money is coming from. If it's coming out of your own personal pockets then no but if it's just being funneled thru you from your employer...
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
But thou make us feel when u leave not getting anything. All Public Servants on contract get a gratuity upon completition of that contract.
I believe there is a gratuity after 12 months employment, so hopefully you will vote PP so I can eat ah food (if, of course the PP stay in power and if, of course, they decide to retain Minister Sancho!!
:rotfl: doh count on it pardners :rotfl:
Please inform him for me please.
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FS get wok with de Minister of Sports, nice man.
But is there a law for having a foreign born work for the government?
Next thing we go hear is Terry Fenwick coming back soon for wok to.
Well, actually, I work for the Minister, not the Ministry or govt, so there is none of the civil service package available to me. When he goes-I go!!
If you are the adviser to the Minister as a bff of minds yes when he goes you go but FYI in case you do not know which I doubt you will receive a gratuity for the period you are employed.
Hence why I stated so there is none of the civil service package available to me !!
But thou make us feel when u leave not getting anything. All Public Servants on contract get a gratuity upon completition of that contract.
I believe there is a gratuity after 12 months employment, so hopefully you will vote PP so I can eat ah food (if, of course the PP stay in power and if, of course, they decide to retain Minister Sancho!!
:rotfl: doh count on it pardners :rotfl:
Please inform him for me please.
Looks like FS has been indirectly purchased by the PP.
Ah wonder if FS can vote yet and if he is going to force all his Central FC players to vote similarly?! :devil:
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Looks like FS has been indirectly purchased by the PP.
Ah wonder if FS can vote yet and if he is going to force all his Central FC players to vote similarly?! :devil:
come now pro............dat jus not right eh......dat not right...shame on u
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So, if I hire a maid to clean mih kitchen that mean she wukking fuh de same company dat paying me?
It depends on where the made payment money is coming from. If it's coming out of your own personal pockets then no but if it's just being funneled thru you from your employer...
Fully aware! Trust me!
Ridiculous supposition about the maid- laughable- obviously one work had to be directly related to the context of the ministry and the operations of it I so far that the results from the work is see as in some way accomplishing the ministry's mandate?
De point dat was being made is that unless de Ministry is footing de bill, dey not working for de ministry.
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So, if I hire a maid to clean mih kitchen that mean she wukking fuh de same company dat paying me?
It depends on where the made payment money is coming from. If it's coming out of your own personal pockets then no but if it's just being funneled thru you from your employer...
Fully aware! Trust me!
Ridiculous supposition about the maid- laughable- obviously one work had to be directly related to the context of the ministry and the operations of it I so far that the results from the work is see as in some way accomplishing the ministry's mandate?
De point dat was being made is that unless de Ministry is footing de bill, dey not working for de ministry.
If he is the adviser to the Minister I assure you the government fitting the bill.
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Sancho tackles TTFA: Tim Kee must use gate receipts to pay players (http://wired868.com/2015/03/02/sancho-tackles-ttfa-tim-kee-must-use-gate-receipts-to-pay-players/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Wired868+%28wired868%29)
Sport Minister Brent Sancho has made his opening gambit in the Government’s new relationship with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) by setting the football body an ultimatum in presenting its accounts for inspection as well as taking a more hands-on approach in State-funded international matches.
The most immediate test of the fledgling relationship will come on Friday March 27 when the Senior National Men’s team host Panama at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.
The Sport Ministry has agreed to fund the international warm-up game, which is part of the team’s 2015 Gold Cup preparations. But there is a catch.
Sancho wants the TTFA to agree to a double-header that gives the Senior National Women’s Team an opportunity to be involved as well. And the Sport Ministry wants the football body to agree to give 50 percent of gate receipts to players and staff for match fees and stipends.
Sancho, who started all three games for Trinidad and Tobago at the Germany 2006 World Cup, told Wired868 that he was concerned about the stagnation of the “Women Warriors” who were just minutes away from a historic Canada 2015 World Cup place before a 1-0 FIFA Play Off defeat to Ecuador last December.
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Cricket Board, Sports Ministry sign million-dollar club deal
By Sean Nero (Guardian).
Sports Minister Brent Sancho and Azim Bassarath, president of the T&T Cricket Board yesterday signed a million-dollar deal that will see 191 clubs in various categories access critical assistance from the state.
The agreement was signed at a media conference held at the VIP Lounge at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Woodbrook, where Sancho announced premier one clubs would each receive $25,000, while premier two clubs would be entitled to $13,000 each.
The sum of $10,000 has been allocated to clubs in the championship division, while, clubs from Tobago, as well as, the zones were presented with grants valued at $2,500 each.
Sancho praised Bassarath for his quality approach to the discussions that led to rebuilding the relationship between the board and the ministry.
The TTCB official said letters requesting assistance for his membership were sent to the ministry twice before. Those correspondences were not acknowledged.
This time around, he said, letters issued on February 9 this year, did not go unattended as a direct result of the new minister’s philosophy.
Sancho said: “I want to ask Mr Bassarath and his executive to give a serious thought to making your top league a semi-professional league, so that more young people will see sport as a viable career option and that they do not have to wait on the West Indies cricket team to present such an opportunity. A semi-professional league will also open the door to other top cricketers choosing T&T as a possible place of work, while helping in developing the game in T&T. Because of the strength of the club system in cricket, I told Mr Bassarath that we should work together to ensure the survival of club life and club competition in T&T.”
He added, “The Ministry of Sport in conjunction with the TTCB have decided to allocate $1 million to clubs in T&T to help with their on-going work in the key areas of administration and development. No club is being left out and after some hard bargaining by your president, we have arrived at the following breakdown. I fully understand the cost of the game is way beyond today’s grant. I assure you that this is a start and that my ministry will continue to aggressively find ways to ensure clubs survive and even thrive in T&T.”
Sancho underscored how cricket played a key role in the destiny of so many of this country’s heroes and said it would be a serious breach not to pay attention to the sport.
On taking up office a month ago, he said, cricket was a top priority.
“While the sport has been experiencing serious challenges across the region, T&T has been a shining light. Our Red Force is the envy of the world. Kieron Pollard, the Bravo Brothers (Dwayne and Darren), Sunil Narine, Shannon Gabriel, Lendl Simmons, Samuel Badree, Ravi Rampaul, Denesh Ramdin, are just a few of the names to have graduated from the programmes of the TTCB and the club that are its members and indeed the communities that nurture those clubs. Thanks to the TTCB and you the clubs, these young men are now making sport a very good livelihood,” he said.
In a direct response, Bassarath said, “Our clubs, Mr Minister, continue to unearth, nurture and develop talent to represent our country and our region. Yes, all our stars of today are home grown. They represent clubs. They represent communities. They have all passed through our youth development programmes. As a board, we recognise the highly important role that our local clubs fill in the making of a cricketer and even in the lean years, we rewarded their input in a small, but tangible way.”
He added, “Today, your ministry has joined us in recognising our clubs and we thank you and your staff at the ministry, who all, we are sure worked to make this possible. To the clubs who are the recipients: a word of advice and caution. We at the TTCB are here to facilitate growth and improvement of our sport. We are custodians of the game on your behalf. Let this contribution by the Ministry of Sport enhance your club, your community and the game of cricket. Do not spend, but invest for investment brings returns.”
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Former WIPA president Dinnanath Ramnarine receives a check valued at $15,000 from Minister of Sports, Senator Brent Sancho during the distribution of cheques to local cricket clubs at the VIP Lounge, Hasley Crawford Stadium, yesterday. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZ
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Sancho queries TTFA’s media release on Central FC.
T&T Newsday Reports.
BRENT SANCHO, owner of three-time Digicel Pro League champions Central FC, has queried a media release issued yesterday by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).
The media release quoted Central FC’s goalkeeper Jan-Michael Williams as refuting statements he allegedly made in a club media release on Friday - in which the national keeper claimed that the team was yet to receive a letter of congratulations from the Minister of Sports Darryl Smith.
According to the TTFA, Williams was quoted as saying, “I am not one to play politics with the game that I love nor do I have interest in either attacking the Ministry of Sport or the Sport Minister.
My statements obviously were incorrectly interpreted.” However, Sancho yesterday wondered why the rebuttal came via a TTFA media release, when Williams is still a member of Central FC.
“I find it very strange that the TTFA will release such a (media) release at this time,” said Sancho.
“How is this inclusive of the TTFA? Jan is a Central FC player.
“I don’t think it’s about the statement,” continued Sancho. “I don’t think anything that was said was not true. I’ve had personal experience where I’ve been blacklisted for standing up for the rights of the players. I understand his position.
“Central FC is the only club to achieve anything in football regionally (in the past couple years).
I think it’s a club which should be lauded. I stand by my statement, not even a congratulatory statement was made (by the Minister).”
Sancho, the ex-Trinidad and Tobago defender, pointed out, “at the end of the day, if it’s against Brent Sancho and whatever perceived political alliances, that’s something completely different. But, as far as I’m concerned, sports comes first. That’s how I see it.”
Asked if the media release from the TTFA highlights a hidden agenda, Sancho replied, “it has to be. How is it that, after all we’ve achieved, that the first statement coming out of the (TTFA) is not even a word of congratulations but to try and antagonise a situation.”
Concerning any feedback from the Pro League about the outstanding prize monies for winning the past three league titles, Sancho noted, “the last statement told you that they’re trying to set up a meeting with the Minister and I think that’s where the energy should be flowed, not trying to make something out of nothing.
The energy should be put in towards making sure that the prize monies, making sure that the League continues and making sure that we have the support going through.”
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Sancho laments $$ woes.
T&T Newsday Reports.
Brent Sancho, owner of former TT Pro League winners Central FC, is lamenting the financial woes facing the club as it prepares to compete at the 2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championships.
Central FC, who finished a lowly ninth in the 10-team points standings in the 2017 TT Pro League, has endured a miserable year, with coach Stern John in charge of a team that was a pale imitation of the one that captured three straight Pro League crowns (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17).
At the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championships, Central FC were drawn in Group B, where it would tackle hosts Atlantico FC (Dominican Republic), Portmore United (Jamaica) and Racing FC (Haiti).
In a telephone interview on Thursday, Sancho said, “First of all, we don’t even know how we’re getting there. It’s been tough, with the financial situation that the clubs have had during the Pro League. That hasn’t changed.”
The former national football team defender and ex-sports minister pointed out that the club is still owed prize money for its title success.
He noted, “We’re still hoping to have some sort of respite from the Sports Company.”
Sancho acknowledged it will be difficult for the team to prepare, and even travel, to the Dominican Republic for this competition. “For us, as a club, we are basically putting out a public plea for corporate support, or even government support, in some way or fashion where we can at least get these young men out there to represent the country,” he said.
With regard to assistance from CONCACAF, Sancho said, “You do get some sort of money from them, but it’s never enough to cover the flights, that’s for sure. But then there is preparation for the tournament, so we’ll have to start to train.
“ We have to try and figure out a way to pay up some of the players and find monies for all the different things to get yourself there, to prepare yourself for the tournament. That is a struggle.”
Central FC used a number of on-loan players for the 2017 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championships.
“We’re fortunate to have good affiliations in Belgium,”said Sancho. “We’ve just formed one with clubs in the US as well, (but) even that is a cost. You have to get those boys here and we have to accommodate them. I don’t see where the funds are coming from to do that, not when a club is owed almost $2 million. It’s almost impossible.
“That’s a massive hole to fill, so you’re always playing catch-up. Even trying to do those things, as much as it helps, is still a challenge.”
Concerning any feedback from the Pro League, Sancho said, “Remember, we were promised back in April that the Pro League subventions would continue over the entire season. Leading up to here now, this month being December, there is still no word.
“We don’t know anything that’s happening. I don’t know if it will happen in January. It’s really crucial times for the league and, obviously, with the challenges that we face.”
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LISTEN (https://soundcloud.com/btpmedia/brent-sancho-podcast): Brent talks in depth about what are the growing pains in the initial stages of the CONCACAF National League. He also gives more insight on some of the issues that have always been present for Caribbean sides in terms of logistics. Brent also discussed the positives of this entire process for the growth of the game in the region.
He also talks about the problems at the youth level in Trinidad & Tobago and how they need to be rectified after the aftermath of the Jack Warner era at that country’s FA.
All this and more as Brent talks Champions League and also goes into some great detail of that night on Couva when Trinidad turned a “meaningless match” into “a must-win” and how the “Wow, we won factor” against the United States wasn’t felt by the players until the following day.
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Ex-Dundee ace Brent Sancho reveals his post-playing career saw him build a club from scratch
By Robert Thomson (The Scottish Sun)
WHAT to do after a career in football is a quandary every player faces.
In days gone by, buying pubs and property was the plan when you hit your mid-30s.
Now it’s coaching schools and agency work.
Brent Sancho, however, took a completely different path when his playing days came to an end.
Instead of working for another club, he decided to build his own.
The former Dundee defender started Central FC in 2012 and quickly turned them into the top team in Trinidad, winning the domestic title three times in a row and the Caribbean Club Championship twice.
They have also been in talks with English Premier League side Cardiff City about linking up as a feeder club.
As well as building his club from scratch, Sancho, now 41, also managed to fit in becoming Minister Of Sport in then Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s cabinet.
And if that wasn’t enough, the 2006 World Cup star owns a chain of restaurants and is planning to launch one in Glasgow soon.
He said: “I have been pretty much involved in everything possible since I retired from football.
“I started up a professional club, Central FC, and we won the domestic title three times in a row.
“We have also won the Caribbean Club Championship, which is like our version of the Champions League, twice.
“We have only been in existence for six years but we have been quite successful in our exploits on and off the field. I am the founder and chairman of the club.
“We had Graham Rix as head coach and also Terry Fenwick in the past too. Our current manager is Stern John, who is Trinidad’s record goalscorer.
“We have done quite well but it has been very difficult to get to where we are. We started from scratch, it’s not an easy thing to do.
“First you have to work out what you want to achieve and think about the direction you want to go in.
“You need to get investment, which is hard because you have to get people to believe in the dream of having a professional sports club.
“It was a challenge but the backers we found saw what we were trying to do and they supported us wholeheartedly.
“Then you have to get the right people, the right backroom staff and administrative staff to implement the ideology you have worked out.
“Once you do that, you then have to get the right manager and back him to identify and sign the right players to take the club the way you want it to go. In a short space of time we managed to do it and become successful.
“I think that was down to hard work. We believed so much in what we were doing we outworked every other club. I think that was the difference.
“The last few years have been a whirlwind and now we have other clubs looking at us.
“We have spoken to some people at big clubs, for example Ken Choo at Cardiff City, and they are interested in turning the club into a feeder.
“There is a lot of interest in that sort of thing now.
“We recently sold a player, Levi Garcia, to AZ Alkmaar in Holland, which is incredible. We work on what you would term a shoestring budget but we are giving players coaching with a view to helping them move to Europe and elsewhere.
“That has to be the model we work on because there are good players in the Caribbean but we don’t really have an academy system.
“When you look at the players we have produced, like Dwight Yorke, Stern, Leon Bailey from Jamaica, the talent is there.
“If we can get a system of nurturing the talent then there are so many possibilities and that is our aim.”
Sancho’s emergence as a business brain in sport and also as the franchise holder for Japs Fried Chicken restaurants brought him to the attention of Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the islands’ first female Prime Minister.
At a reception one night, he was sounded out about political ambitions and within weeks found himself inside government.
He explained: “Central FC was doing well and the Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar spoke to me at a function.
“She said that I was young and I had done very well, so I could be an inspiration to people.
“A month later she phoned me and asked if I wanted to become her next Minister of Sport.
“I asked her if I could have time to think about it but she said no.
“So I just replied to her ‘Okay then, I’m your man’.
“There was no way I would ever have turned my back on helping my country anyway.
“I became the first footballer in the Caribbean to become a Minister.
“It was an interesting time, it was a bit different to being a footballer in Scotland anyway!
“But it was a great honour to get that chance and to be given the opportunity to help make things better for our people.
“It was a strange experience in a lot of ways. You have to get used to being followed around by security guards all the time for example.
“I currently own a few franchises for a very famous chicken restaurant in Trinidad and I am actually looking to open a restaurant in Glasgow. We had a location but it fell through when someone else took it up instead.
“My business partner is from Glasgow, so we are looking at new locations and plans are in the pipeline for that now.”
Sancho fell in love with British football during his time with Dundee, Ross County, Millwall and Gillingham.
And he would jump at the opportunity to work in Britain again if it ever came up. He said: “Of course, coming back to the UK would interest me.
“It’s something I would love to do.
“I have built up a lot of experience and the skills for a job with a club across there.
“Any club who wants to achieve things these days has to have that chief executive or director of football set-up because the role of a manager now is too big.
“You need someone there to help the manager, someone who is there for the long-term to make sure the ethos of the club stays the same.
“My wife and family are English so I would definitely come back if the chance was there.”
Life and Times
BRENT SANCHO was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on March 13, 1977.
He went to college in New York, played football in the UK and played for his country in the 2006 World Cup.
Sancho started his professional career with Portland Timbers before returning to his homeland to play for San Juan Jabloteh on loan. It was during a friendly game against Jim Duffy’s Dundee in 2003 the door opened for him to move to Europe.
Sancho spent two years at Dens Park before joining Gillingham, Millwall and Ross County.
In the summer of 2006, he faced Sweden, England and Paraguay in the World Cup.
After quitting playing, in 2012 Sancho started his own football club, Central FC, and has turned them into one of Trinidad’s most successful sides.
In 2015 he was asked to join Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s cabinet and was appointed Minister of Sport.
Sancho is also the owner of fried chicken restaurants in Trinidad and hopes to open the doors of a Glasgow eaterie in the near future.
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Sancho: T&T football at crossroads.
By Nigel Simon (Guardian).
Football in T&T has reached a critical crossroads. That’s the opinion of Acting T&T Pro League Chairman, and former T&T World Cup defender, Brent Sancho.
“We have important decisions to make and I wonder if we have the right people in place to make the hard decisions required to move the sport forward”, said Sancho on Thursday during an interview with Guardian Media Sports.
“The Chairman’s role is a case in point,” said Sancho.
“Both Richard (former chairman Richard Fakoory, who died earlier this year) and I were asked to step up temporarily, and we were both honoured to accept the role.
However, we both recognised that the appointment could only be temporary: you simply can’t have a club owner chairing the league”
Sancho explained that the need for independence is a tough requirement when you’re discussing issues that affect your club.
“It’s an impossible situation. For example, Central F.C. is still owed prize money from 2016 and 2017 and yet I can’t express my opinion concerning clubs that owe money to the league from last season. It’s frustrating.”
Sancho added that while he has a casting vote, it’s the club owners who make the board decisions which he is mandated to support.
“We are in urgent need of a truly independent Chairperson to guide the board.” Said Sancho. “But we haven’t yet sat down as a board to discuss the criteria for the position, including roles and responsibilities and K.P.I.’s. Then there is also the issue of salary, as the position is currently unpaid.”
Sancho says that he believes that the whole structure of Pro League management needs to be reviewed.
“We need the right people in the right jobs. Currently, Chief Executive Officer Julia Baptiste is covering all bases, and this can’t be right. While she is working tirelessly to keep the ship afloat, she needs support.”
Sancho stated that while there have been leaks of board members criticisms of Baptiste, this is perfectly normal in business.
He said, “I am certain that every CEO is criticised by their board from time to time."
Sancho referred John Lydgate, who famously said: “You can’t please all of the people all of the time. However, I am concerned about the allegations of misogyny. Baptiste has been supported by the Pro League board for 17 years. I am sure that there aren’t many male-dominated sports organisations that have supported a senior female executive for such a long period. So the accusations of sexism by the Pro League board is mischief-making by persons with their negative agendas."
He added, "I am personally disgusted by this continuing practice of leaking confidential emails to the media. No good can come of this. Directors of any company should be able to voice their concerns to each other without worrying about their thoughts being taken out of context. We are almost reaching an Orwellian state where people are castigated for 'Thought Crimes'."
Sancho pointed out that these media issues are keeping talented administrators away from football. “Over the last two years, football has made more headlines through politics than through the sport itself. It shouldn’t be that way. Yes, administrators should be answerable, but far too much is being aired in public that doesn’t need to be. And much of this is fuelled purely by politics, and even hatred. "
He said another famous quote of John Lydgate states that 'empty vessels make the most noise'.
He concluded, "We are listening to the people who shout loudest rather than those who whisper wisely. This approach doesn’t work for coaches on the touchline and it doesn’t work in the board room. This mentality must change and I am hoping that the Pro League will soon identify such a person to step into the chair and carry our football forward."
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Sancho honoured to be named in Concacaf Group
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday)
FORMER Sports Minister Brent Sancho said he is “honoured” to be named by Concacaf (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) in a Caribbean Professional League Working Group, which has the support of the global governing body FIFA.
According to Concacaf, the new group will be a subgroup of the Concacaf Competitions Committee and will carry out a comprehensive study of Caribbean professional club football. It will include the chairman of the Concacaf Competitions Committee, president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), regional football experts and a FIFA representative.
The Group, which was announced on the Concacaf website on April 29, comprises of chairman Yon De Luisa, deputy chairman Randolph Harris (CFU president), members Sancho, Christopher Samuda (Jamaica), Patrick Massenat (Haiti), Manuel Estrella (Dominican Republic), Valdemar Florentino Marcha (Curacao) and a FIFA representative.
During an interview via Whatsapp on Tuesday, Sancho said, “I am extremely honoured to be given a chance to give input in such an exciting initiative.”
Sancho, the former TT central defender and owner of former TT Pro League champs Central FC, pointed out, “Nothing will happen before its time, as it relates to the time-line for this league.”
The acting chairman of the TT Pro League said, “Football in the Caribbean has been making terrific strides of late, particularly since the introduction of the Nations League.
“The recent results of Guyana and Grenada, the performance of Haiti in the last-concluded Gold Cup, and the advancement of Portmore in the Concacaf Club Championship is indicative of this,” he continued. “It is a positive.”
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Dear editor: Will the real Brent Sancho please stand up?.
Wired868.com.
“[…] Is this the same [Brent] Sancho person as the former national footballer, who took Jack Warner’s all-powerful TTFA to court some years ago and subsequently levied on the umbrella body’s offices? And who, as leader of the levying group, took the trouble to ensure that he also took away with him the uniforms of the national team that was in training?
“Is this the same Sancho person who, alerted that those uniforms were needed for the national team to play in, flung over his shoulder the response that: ‘they can play bareback’? […]”
The following letter to the editor on interim Pro League chairman Brent Sancho’s decision to support the Fifa normalisation committee was submitted to Wired868 by Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) assistant general secretary Laurence Seepersad:
Since the FIFA normalisation committee was appointed and put in place to supplant the duly and democratically elected officers of the TTFA after just three months in office, a lot has been aired and published in the media. Tom, Dick and Harrilal all seem to have an opinion on the issue and all seem to think that opinion should be shared with the public at large.
I can honestly say that I have no problem with that. I do, however, have a difficulty with the identity of at least one of those who have come out in open, unqualified support of the appointment of the normalisation committee.
I have to confess that seeing that one person in the ranks of the pro-Fifa cohort has left me confused. And amazed. That person is ex-Soca Warrior Brent Sancho, on whose broad back Peter Crouch unforgettably climbed, pulling at his inviting locks, during T&T’s 2006 World Cup defeat by England in Germany.
Is this the same Sancho person who loudly protested Crouch’s action and heard 1.3 million voices—or the better part of—echo his protests? Fair is fair and, if we’re playing by the rules, such action simply cannot be allowed to go unpunished.
Is this the same Sancho person as the former national footballer, who took Jack Warner’s all-powerful TTFA to court some years ago and subsequently levied on the umbrella body’s offices? And who, as leader of the levying group, took the trouble to ensure that he also took away with him the uniforms of the national team that was in training?
Is this the same Sancho person who, alerted that those uniforms were needed for the national team to play in, flung over his shoulder the response that: ‘they can play bareback’?
I have nothing against the footballers, the young lady asking the question and the 1.3 million of us eavesdropping were supposed to understand, it’s the principle of the thing, man!
It is this same Sancho person who would go on to become a high-profile public figure, a minister of government, no less, charged with the responsibility of national development, of inculcating fair play, honesty, accountability and democracy among the nation’s sportsmen and women, young and old?
After all, you can’t go wrong with principle, can you?
So is this the same Sancho whose voice has been heard loudly among those leading the anti-William Wallace chorus?
Maybe. But maybe not. The same Sancho who has been so forthcoming, so forthright, so vociferous on the Fifa issue is heavily invested in national football.
He has his own professional football club and, despite irresponsible media reports that may seem to suggest otherwise, I am almost certain that all his players are well taken care of and have been paid all monies due to them for their services.
The same Sancho, yesterday’s minister of sport, still has political aspirations today. Politics, we have it on good authority, has its own morality and yesterday is yesterday and today is today.
So today’s club-owner Sancho may well be no less passionate about the welfare and future of all local footballers, young and old, than yesterday’s minister of sport Sancho. But I don’t think he would want them to ‘play bareback’.
Maybe Sancho would not stand up in defence of any national sporting person or entity, against any organisation, however powerful, which might seek to perpetrate an illegal act on it.
But I don’t think Sancho would not be among the first to seek to protect the status of the duly elected officers of any local sporting organisation. Not because he has anything to gain personally from so doing but because it is the principled thing to do.
After all, old habits die hard.
So I cannot believe that the real Sancho, who braved the wrath of Warner and his TTFA all those years ago, standing up for what he believed in, is the same Sancho who today is vehemently against Wallace and his vice-presidents whose rights have been so clearly trampled upon…
…and sees nothing wrong with that.
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Sancho: Selfishness will cost T&T football
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (Newsday).
The decision by ousted TT Football Association (TTFA) president William Wallace and his executive to pursue the ongoing dispute with FIFA at the T&T High Court can end all hopes of this nation’s 2022 World Cup qualification bid and effectively end the careers of some of T&T’s most prolific footballers.
TTFA board member Brent Sancho believes the actions of Wallace will have far-reaching consequences when FIFA decides to put its foot down.
In FIFA’s most recent statement on the matter, on Thursday, the world governing body warned that Wallace’s “insistence” to bring this matter to a local court instead of “the established dispute resolution forum at the Court of Arbitration for Sport greatly endangers the position of T&T football internationally.”
It also stated, “The absence of a resolution that is in line with the statutes of both FIFA and the TTFA will result in the matter being brought to the attention of the relevant FIFA bodies for consideration and potential further action.”
In a telephone interview with Newsday on Friday, Sancho, a 2006 World Cup player, questioned whether Wallace and his axed executive have considered the negative impact their stance could have on both the local administration and its players.
He said, “Their (FIFA) actions could vary from suspension to expulsion. FIFA’s statutes are abundantly clear. Wallace and Co need to understand they’re putting our 2022 World Cup qualification campaign at risk. If we are suspended, worse yet expelled, would that not severely hamper or immediately end our chances of qualifying for Qatar?
“If T&T is banned from football activity, you are ending the careers of (national players) Khaleem Hyland, Marvin Phillip and the other young men who have a great opportunity to qualify for the World Cup. You are going to end their career because of your selfish ways. Has Wallace spoken to any of the national players how they feel on this?”
Sancho challenged Wallace and the United TTFA to seek a mandate from the over 45-member TTFA membership on their decision to legally tackle FIFA on local soil.
Sancho is of firm belief the ousted executive will not gather more than 50 percent of the membership’s support and should give up their protest on FIFA’s decision to remove the executive and appoint a normalisation committee.
“I can guarantee and only until he (Wallace) can show that, he and his vice-presidents are operating rogue and outside of the membership. They are now limiting decisions on the future of T&T football to five or six persons, which is a complete disrespect to the membership.
“If he believes this is best for T&T football, bring it in front of the membership now, I dare him to do that and get the majority vote that he needs to conjure that. I can guarantee he does not have the majority and they do not feel that way. If he does not have the majority support, step aside and remove this from the local court and not allow T&T to be sanctioned for selfish needs and reasons,” he added.
The Central FC director also questioned why Wallace would contest for local presidency if he did not agree with FIFA’s statutes.
On March 17 FIFA removed Wallace and his vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Joseph Sam Phillip, who were elected in November 2019. FIFA said the decision was made due to the association’s financial woes and massive debt.
FIFA then placed a normalisation committee, headed by businessman Robert Hadad, to run the TTFA’s daily affairs and establish a debt repayment plan. In April, however, Wallace’s contingent appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, saying the decision was a breach of the TTFA’s constitution.
Wallace's team withdrew the appeal claiming CAS would not give a “fair hearing” and instead went to the High Court in Trinidad on May 18.
FIFA responded saying they do “not and will never, accept the jurisdiction of a local court in T&T to decide on the legality of the appointment of a normalisation committee currently appointed to run football in the territory.”
On August 13, Justice Carol Gobin rejected FIFA’s application to strike out the claim because its rules prevents member federations and associations from commencing proceedings against it in their local courts.
Gobin said, “I do not think that arbitration would be the appropriate forum for the resolution of this dispute. This case goes well beyond TTFA’s alleged governance issues and the justifiability of FIFA’s purported action in appointing the normalisation committee."
Former TTFA technical committee chairman Keith Look Loy on Friday said he was not surprised by FIFA’s resistance of the local court’s decision. He claims taking the matter to the CAS is a clear plan to hide the inconsistencies of past administrations and gain a legal advantage in Zurich.
“What they are afraid of doing is submitting themselves to the court (local) for this substantive matter, which is whether FIFA has the authority to remove a democratically-elected executive and impose a committee from outside. That hearing is going to go into all of the mismanagement of the past administrations and the role of FIFA in that.
“I have maintained from the start that this is what the normalisation committee is all about and I hold to that. They don’t want to get to the substantive matter that’s why they want to get it out of T&T and off to Switzerland where they have control over the process and information,” said Look Loy.
The United TTFA member also believes the current court matter would not affect T&T’s World Cup qualification campaign. He has even requested FIFA disburse its annual allocation (approximately US$3m) and the US$500,000 covid19 release funds promised by the Gianni Infantino-led organisation to each of the 211 national associations.
Look Loy continued, “If all parties involved claim to be interested in T&T football, the normalisation committee would get the money from FIFA to finance this World Cup campaign while we fight it out in the courtroom. Football can still go on, on the field. I challenge them to do that. I would encourage them to find the money from our outstanding FIFA allocation.”
The FC Santa Rosa president added, “The next step is that they (FIFA) have to submit their appeal and then we would have to submit our response to that. A High Court judge would be appointed, he or she would set a date and the hearing will proceed. The judge will take however long to arrive at a decision. In principle, this could take months. That’s the legal procedure.”
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Sancho to Wallace: Do you have the membership support?.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
Most of this country's footballers, in the latter part of their careers, such as captain Khaleem Hyland, Kevin Molino, Daneil Cyrus, Marvin Phillip and Mekeil Williams, among many others could be facing a dismal end to their careers due to the ongoing feud between the T&T Football Association and the sport's governing body FIFA.
On Friday, Brent Sancho called on the members of the United TTFA, president William, Clynt Taylor, Susan Joseph-Warrick and Joseph Sam Phillip to cease the fight against the FIFA immediately until they can prove that they have the majority support of the Board of Directors of the TTFA, as well as the support of many players who are in the latter part of their careers.
The country faces certain sanctions from the FIFA for the TTFA's attempt to overturn a decision by the FIFA on March 17, to appoint a Normalisation Committee to govern T&T football. The appointment came after an auditing team from the FIFA/CONCACAF in February, found the status of the sport to be on the verge of insolvency, without any programme by the Wallace-led football association to clear a debt that has crippled it for many years.
Wallace and his team, who assumed office on November 24, some three months before the decision to appoint the normalisation committee, have since challenged the decision to remove them. And after they claimed to have not received the support from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in their initial appeal process, the legitimate jurisdiction for Member Associations to settle all grievances by the FIFA, they appeared to have won round one of the battles after seeking justice in the High Court of T&T, where Justice Carol Gobin ruled in their (United TTFA) favour on August 13, to have the matter heard in the High Court.
However, FIFA said in its appeal on Thursday that the country faces being banned, if the CAS is not used to settle the dispute, according to their statutes and regulations.
Sancho, the acting chairman of the T&T Pro League, told Guardian Media Sports on Friday that he deliberately stayed silent recently, but could not see the country and so many players, those in the latter part of their careers, as well as those budding players suffer because of people who do not care about the sport.
He said Wallace and his team have been making decisions that will make the country get sanctioned. “Wallace has not even consulted with the membership, as he did with the contracts of coach Terry Fenwick, TTFA Marketing representative Peter Miller and TTFA General Secretary Ramesh Ramdhan, all of whom appeared to have received contracts that were not approved by the Board of the TTFA.”
Sancho said in the interest of being fair, he wanted Wallace and his team to prove that they have the majority support of the Board to do what they are doing now. “Furthermore, let them say if they have an agreement from the older players on the team, to take the actions they are taking now. Do these players know that they will be collateral damage, that they will pay the ultimate price of the decision to challenge the FIFA.?”
According to Sancho: ”I also want Wallace to state if he knew about the Statutes of the FIFA and the TTFA when he was a candidate for the TTFA elections in November last year.
Sancho concluded by saying if Wallace can prove he has majority support of the football membership in T&T, he will be the first one in front of the court doors to support him in his fight.
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Football’s membership gains support to stop court battle.
By Walter Alibey (Guardian).
A last-ditch attempt to get members of the United T&T Football Association (TTFA) to drop its legal battle against football’s world governing body FIFA, to remove a Normalisation Committee that was appointed to govern the affairs of local football on March 27, seems to be gaining traction.
Guardian Media Sports was reliably informed that a petition requiring the signatures of the membership has already received more than 50 per cent support of the 49 delegates, who can make decisions inclusive of pending signatures of the Women’s Football League (WoLF), although its president Susan Joseph-Warrick is a vice president of United TTFA executive, which was FIFA removed on March 17.
Also expected to sign on the dotted line are Eastern Counties Football Union president Sherwin Dyer, the Central Football Association (CFA), the Tobago Football Association (TFA) and the Eastern Football Association (EFA) among many others, along with other support from clubs in the T&T Super League (TTSL)and the T&T Pro League. Secondary Schools Football League’s (SSFL) interim president Philip Fraser said he will first take the request to his membership before he can sign for or against.
Both Brent Sancho, chairman of the T&T Pro League and Mike Awai, a Business Development Officer at Pro League campaigners AC Port-of-Spain, has said that with 51 per cent support of the membership, a request can be made to the chairman of the normalisation committee, businessman Robert Hadad to call an emergency general meeting, from which a decision can be made to seek the court’s approval to stop the action of the ousted TTFA executive members - former president William Wallace and his three vice presidents - Clynt Taylor, Joseph-Warrick and Joseph Sam Phillip, which has put the country in a position to be sanctioned by FIFA.
Sancho said also that with 75 per cent of the support of the football membership, the United TTFA group can be stopped outrightly, as they would not be representing the wishes of the majority of the members.
Only on Wednesday, a letter from FIFA’s secretary general Fatma Samoura warned the United TTFA that if they did not comply with the FIFA Statutes, and accept the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) based in Zurich, Switzerland, as the jurisdiction for settling the dispute between the parties, then the country faces sanctions.
Samoura also gave the United TTFA executive a deadline date of September 16, 2020 to take its matter out of the T&T High Court in Port-of-Spain.
Meanwhile, in an unexplainable twist, Keith Look Loy, the man responsible for the formation of the United TTFA, sought suggestions from the membership of his club FC Santa Rosa, via Facebook yesterday, on whether they should continue their fight with the FIFA, or if they should surrender and let the FIFA have its way.
Wallace, president of the United TTFA, said he believes Look Loy must have been testing the waters to see what their support was like. He later reaffirmed his team’s firm stance against FIFA, saying they are to meet soon, in the wake of Wednesday threatening letter from FIFA.
Christine Hoyte, WoLF’s representative on the Board of the TTFA, said yesterday that a decision was taken to sign the petition as the WoLF doesn’t support the country being banned.
Hoyte said: "This is a matter between the United TTFA and the FIFA so we don’t feel that the country, which has a number of young people pursuing dreams in football, should suffer for that. It would take away the dream from young people and leave them with no other alternative. There are also young players seeking professional contracts and scholarships abroad and their history in the sport here will determine if they will be successful or not.”
Hoyte, a former national defender, made it clear that WoLF’s goal is firmly towards the development of women football in T&T.
Dyer, who is set to be challenged for the top position in the eastern counties, said he heard about the petition and he is impatiently waiting to sign it, saying he will not support the country being sanctioned and will also never support anything Look Loy is involved in.
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Delegates sign petition calling for withdrawal of FIFA court case.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
MOVE ON WALLACE
DELEGATES representing national football clubs have given strong support via a petition demanding that the “United TTFA” faction of the local football association drop its case against the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) in the Trinidad and Tobago High Court.
If necessary, delegates might even seek Wallace’s formal removal as TTFA president via a general meeting. However, former sports minister Brent Sancho would prefer that Wallace hear the cries of the TTFA membership and withdraw voluntarily.
“This is democracy and you should have full support of your membership to take on something that will have such damning implications. These guys do not have the majority support of the membership,” Sancho declared, “They (United TTFA) are moving on their own accord and making decisions that will have drastic implications on football in this country.
“Even a youth team trying to go to play in a youth tournament will not be allowed to. Those are the kind of things that will happen with (FIFA) sanctions or suspension of that magnitude,” Sancho added.
Yesterday, Wallace could not be reached by telephone for comment.
Central FC owner Sancho said drastic action was needed in light of FIFA’s ultimatum giving the TTFA a September 16 deadline for withdrawal of a T&T High Court claim brought against the world body by Wallace and vice-presidents Clynt Taylor, Susan Warrick and Sam Phillip.
A mere four months after winning the TTFA elections on November 24, 2019, Wallace and his vice-presidents were booted from office when FIFA intervened and appointed its own committee to run T&T football. Wallace’s exiled executive has since initiated High Court proceedings against FIFA, contrary to the world body’s statutes which mandate suspension from international football and a freeze on FIFA funding for such action.
A former UK-based professional and national team defender, Sancho said support for the petition to end Wallace’s court case is strong.
“The support from the membership is overwhelming. It is overwhelmingly clear that these guys do not have the support of the general membership of the TTFA. We have well over fifty per cent of the membership in support of having Wallace step aside with the court case,” Sancho stated.
Sancho said that strong support has come from the East and Eastern Counties zones, and other bodies, along with the majority of TT Pro League clubs except Club Sando. Resistance, he said, comes from the TT Super League and the North Zone, both headed by prominent United TTFA officials allied to Wallace.
“We have a voting membership of 47 delegates. From what I have seen in the petition, we have over fifty per cent in support of Wallace dropping the court case,” he explained.
Sancho said an effort will also be made to have a general meeting, the forum at which the TTFA executives can be legally removed if such is necessary.
“That (general meeting) is the next step. Within the realms of the constitution we have to call an emergency meeting. So, the next step is getting fifty per cent of the membership to agree on that. Using the petition as a gauge, we have that.
“We have Super League clubs that is (sic) in support of the move to stop Wallace and they continuing with the court case, and there are even members that were heavily in support of the Wallace/United TTFA faction that has (sic) shown their support. There are also clubs in the North Zone in complete agreement with this movement and they are being stymied by the hierarchy of the North Zone.”
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Sancho: Chance for Fenwick to see new faces.
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).
FORMER T&T defender Brent Sancho says Sunday’s friendly football international match between T&T and hosts United States, at the Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida, will be a chance for T&T coach Terry Fenwick to see some new faces in his squad.
Half of Fenwick’s 24-man squad have never played at the international level, among them midfielder Federico Pena (born in T&T but raised in Canada) and the US-born pair of defender Michael DeShields and utility player Jonathan Jimenez.
In an interview on Thursday, Sancho, who is also the chairman of the TT Pro League and owner of ex-Pro League champs Central FC, is eager to see how things transpire in Sunday’s match, which will mark Fenwick’s debut as T&T coach.
Fenwick was hired as T&T coach in January 2020, but has not been afforded an international match, due to the coronavirus lockdown and FIFA’s two-month-long suspension of the TT Football Association (between September and November).
“It’s the new norm,” said Sancho. “Everyone is starting from a similar perspective. There are very few leagues (in) the Concacaf region that is being played, particularly in the Caribbean. Many of the countries have not played a lot of football. It’s put a lot of international (coaches) in a unique position. They would have spent quite a significant amount of time with their charges.”
Sancho, the former Minister of Sports, continued, “Since September, Terry had the team (in training). It would have given him a very good look at what is here locally (and) a very good look at some of the foreign-based.”
It will be a virtual baptism of fire for the T&T squad, who will be using Sunday’s game as preparation for the start of their 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign.
Sancho mentioned, “It is an opportunity for players to get 90 minutes of international football under their belt. A game that (they) would learn very quickly, both the players and the coaching staff, their strengths and their weaknesses. It’s a team in the region, most importantly.
“The US has always been a tough proposition, whether it is a US A, B or C team,” he continued. “They have a lot of depth in their team, a lot of good youngsters coming through their programmes. It’s going to be an interesting (match). It gives us the opportunity to look at some new faces.
There are lots more positives than negatives.”
Watch - Angus Eve Weighs In On TT Squad For US Friendly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xut4txJVtLQ&feature=emb_title)
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USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 2021 friendly: Scouting Trinidad & Tobago
By Brendan Joseph (starsandstripesfc.com)
A busy 2021 opens with a familiar friendly opponent to finish the annual January Camp. The United States Men’s National Team is set to take on Trinidad & Tobago Sunday night at Exploria Stadium in Orlando, Florida. USMNT head coach Gregg Berhalter and U-23 head coach Jason Kreis held a joint camp in Bradenton, Florida with a large young group and a smaller MNT roster. After U-23 camp broke last weekend, Berhalter brought a combined group to Orlando for this match. Concerns about cancellation due to the COVID pandemic were assuaged, with the TTFA thanking the USSF “for their vigilance” and “quite extensive protocol.”
The United States has a 19-3-4 all-time record against the Soca Warriors. This is the Caribbean nation’s first match since November 2019, where they lost 4-0 to Honduras in the final round of CONCACAF Nations League Group C. Trinidad is in search of its second World Cup qualification after reaching the group stage in 2006. The country has struggled since then, falling in the 2014 second round and finishing last in two Hexagonals (2010 and 2018).
Trinidad begins the first round of 2022 World Cup qualifying in March, needing to finish first in their group to advance. Their opponents – Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guyana, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas – should be easily dispatched, but there are no guarantees on the road to Qatar. Following a dismal third place finish in the last Nations League, the Soca Warriors must also defeat Montserrat and either Cuba or French Guiana to reach this summer’s Gold Cup.
Trinidad and Tobago is led by Terry Fenwick, who assumed the head coaching role in January 2020. His first official match will be this upcoming friendly. The former England international spent the majority of his career with Queens Park Rangers and Tottenham before moving into management. He is one of the most successful domestic club coaches, managing San Juan Jabloteh and Central FC, winning the TT Pro League four times.
Fenwick called in a tentative, ever-changing 24-player roster for the match against the United States, hopeful that additions would eventually be made from MLS. Six members are domestically based in the TT Pro League and eight compete with clubs in the United States. Several of the invitees have yet to make their senior international debut. The group is described as “the best possible players” that could be gathered due to COVID restrictions.
Goalkeepers (2): Marvin Phillip (Unattached), Adrian Foncette (Police FC)
Defenders (10): Alvin Jones (Unattached), Jesse Williams (Coleraine FC), Justin Garcia (Defence Force), Jamal Jack (Sacachispas), Leland Archer (Charleston Battery), Michael DeShields (DC United), Neveal Hackshaw (Indy Eleven), Josiah Trimmingham (Forward Madison), Noah Powder (Real Salt Lake), Federico Pena (Valour FC)
Midfielders (7): Michel Poon-Angeron (Club Banfield), Matthew Woo Ling (AC Port of Spain), Duane Muckette (Memphis 901 FC), Jabari Mitchell (Police FC), Ajani Fortune Jr (Atlanta United Academy), Jonathan Jimenez (Rio Grande Valley FC Toros), Andre Fortune (North Carolina FC)
Attackers (5): Hashim Arcia (Defence Force), Gary Griffith III (Coleraine FC), Sean Bonval (unattached), Brent Sam (Defence Force), Ryan Telfer (York United FC)
This is an inexperienced Trinidad squad, missing quite a few key players such as Khaleem Hyland, Daneil Cyrus, Kevin Molino, Joevin Jones, and Aubrey David. There currently is not a golden generation of youth, and the overall team is missing the firepower of past years. The new manager has had an entire year to work with his squad, preparing for the upcoming year and “going through 325 players.” According to Wired868, “with local leagues still dormant,” the national team has spent the past year “pummeling makeshift teams across the country… that are unable to train.” The coach received criticism for reportedly crushing opponents by a combined 33-0 margin in four matches, groups that were “asked to use players aged 16-21.”
Fenwick’s preferred lineup is difficult to predict as this is his first match in charge, although the Englishman is known to favor a 4-3-3. He’s described himself as “very flexible tactically“ and prone to “change formations during matches.” The manager will “tailor [his] plans to [the players’] strengths to bring quick success.” Going up against a regional power, Trinidad will likely play the best players to build chemistry in advance of qualifying.
Trinidad has two veteran goalkeepers competing for the number one role. Likely starter Marvin Phillip was with NEROCA F.C. in the I-League and has earned 80 caps with the national team. The 36-year-old played in Trinidad’s most recent match and started all four fixtures at the 2019 Nations League. His competition is Adrian Foncette, a 32-year-old currently with Police FC. American fans should remember the SUNY Albany graduate from his performance in the infamous 2018 World Cup qualifying match that saw the USMNT eliminated from contention.
Charleston Battery defender Leland Archer might make his debut at center back. The 25-year-old has been a regular for the USL Championship side. His partner could be Josiah Trimmingham, a 24-year-old ball-winning defender with Forward Madison FC that is dangerous on set pieces. Alternate options include Jamal Jack, Neveal Hackshaw, and Michael DeShields.
Confident in possession when accurately drilling long passes, Alvin Jones is an automatic selection at right-back. He was a key player in 2019 at the Nations League and Gold Cup. The left-back position appears open, but Noah Powder looks ready to stake his claim. The 22-year-old recently signed a deal with Real Salt Lake for the upcoming 2021 season.
Holding midfielder Andre Fortune has earned two caps with T&T, but he could be a key player during qualifying. He has already made 80 appearances at the club level with the Rochester Rhinos and North Carolina FC. His partner should be Jonathan Jiménez, a Florida native set to make his international debut. Michel Poon-Angeron, under contract with Club Banfield, could receive playing time. The 19-year-old turned heads at domestic camp and was retained for the friendly.
There are some interesting options available at attacking midfielder. Domestically based Hashim Arcia has 11 caps and performed well in recent friendlies. The 32-year-old pushes forward into the box, providing an additional scoring threat and finishing crosses. Both Matthew Woo Ling and Jabari Mitchell are inexperienced but pushing for a role in the program.
The winger position is perhaps the strongest part of this group. Ryan Telfer has earned six caps for Trinidad, scoring three goals. The York United attacker was a key player during the failed Nations League campaign. His wide partner could be Duane Muckette of Memphis 901, a sharp passer who is constantly working without the ball to find open space.
The striker position is a toss-up, but Brent Sam was prolific during Trinidad’s December camp. The Defence Force attacker scored six goals in four matches against the overmatched opponents. At 24, the trudging 6’3” attacker is capable of playing on the wing but at his best when receiving the ball deep in the final third.
The United States should run through this mismatched Trinidad side. The Soca Warriors have not played an official match in over a year due to the COVID pandemic and a seven-week FIFA suspension blocking out two international windows. Fenwick confessed he has yet to see his American-based call-ups on the training ground and noted his opponent’s “renowned, top, excellent players in their side,“ such as Jozy Altidore and Chris Mueller. The manager shared the federation is “taking a big gamble,” and the friendly is “a big step forward, maybe too early.” Once the dam bursts with a single goal, expect more to follow in rapid succession.
The match is scheduled for Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern, 4:00 p.m. Pacific. Viewing options include FOX Sports 1, TUDN, UniMás, and Fubo TV (free trial).
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The FIFA man of choice ;)
Hopefully the knowledge (biased good applicable to our seemingly unique situation - recent ban not withstanding - or not) will be shared. So all clubs have an even playing field. ??? ???
Sancho selected for inaugural FIFA diploma.
By Joel Bailey (T&T Newsday).
FORMER Trinidad and Tobago men's football team defender and ex-Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Brent Sancho, has been selected as a successful candidate by FIFA, the world's football governing body, for the inaugural FIFA diploma in club management.
According to a FIFA media release, “The FIFA diploma in club management aims to provide club executives from all around the world with the latest practical know-how and insights from the industry, covering key areas in the successful management of football clubs.
"Bringing together a variety of globally influential voices to analyse and share best practice, this unique and exclusive programme will focus on the latest trends in relation to club operations and stadium management, finance, marketing and communications, sporting and youth academies, governance and legal matters, as well as leadership and negotiation.
“A world-class faculty of industry executives and professionals who are experts in their respective fields and sectors. Also, the course will draw on the knowledge of leading international academics in sport and football management to round out a comprehensive curriculum providing participants with a 360-degree view of club management.”
The first edition of the programme will run from March 2021 to January 2022. The diploma directors are Ornella Desirée Bellia, FIFA head of professional football and Maheta Molango, former CEO of Spanish club Real Mallorca. The programme will consist of a combination of online and on-site modules (subject to developments in the pandemic).
Sancho came through a final interview process from a shortlist of 40 applicants, eventually finishing among the selected 24 individuals from across the globe.
In an interview on the TT Football Association (TTFA) social media page, Sancho said, "I am extremely honoured to be selected for this programme. It is an exciting opportunity to broaden the overall knowledge and understanding of what is required for professional club football management which is something that can only auger well for our domestic football in T&T. It is my intention to ensure that our football benefits from such a programme and my involvement as a member,”
Sancho is a former UK, Finland and US-based professional, the owner of TT Pro League team Central FC and acting chairman of the TT Pro League. In May 2020, Sancho was announced by Concacaf as a member of a Caribbean Professional League Working Group, which has the support of the global governing body FIFA.
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Congratulations to Sancho. In my view, there would be an issue if he had been made aware of an opportunity and others were not. However, this opportunity was advertised in early November on multiple platforms (including Twitter and FIFA's website) and there was an open call for club executive candidates. There was a two month window before the deadline closed.
Also, in the context of regional football, regardless of the Pro League's deficiencies, it is ostensibly professional and has professional ambitions and that adds to a mix of compelling factors that would support his candidacy.
On first glance, the 24 participant cap seems modest for a body involved globally but they may also duplicate this in another language.
Political undertone aside, Sancho's credentials standing alone render him a compelling candidate. Central has had regional success. He is a former MoS, former WC player.
As far as who recommended him? A recommendation from a club official (from the club of affiliation) was required and he couldn't have recommended himself. So ... apparently no harm, no foul.
These are recurring opportunities that are periodically repackaged and rebranded.
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:beermug:
Why 24 seeker, in these days where 10 of thousands university students are doing course from economics to engineering, from exercise science and dry land swim training, from hospitality and tourism to political science, all online ? Is this more directly interactive than those, how so ? Isn’t it unusual that no other local candidates applied ? Especially members of the normalization committee, whom it was commented on ‘don’t really know much about football administration’.
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:beermug:
Why 24 seeker, in these days where 10 of thousands university students are doing course from economics to engineering, from exercise science and dry land swim training, from hospitality and tourism to political science, all online ? Is this more directly interactive than those, how so ? Isn’t it unusual that no other local candidates applied ? Especially members of the normalization committee, whom it was commented on ‘don’t really know much about football administration’.
As far as the numbers, there's no doubt that capacity can be more extensive, especially with online platforms. However, FIFA has a thread of exclusivity to its activities and no intention of solving all the world's club management ills in one shot. It's not like they are trying to make money off this by expanding access. The course costs $US 3K. That $72K is small change that wouldn't captivate the attention of a Panamanian banker.
Unless Hadad wishes to set up Ice Cream FC, he would just be occupying a spot that should be someone else's. The diploma, in my view, is not an appropriate venue for NC personnel.
Whether anyone else applied is an open question. Don't overlook the price tag. We usually like incoming, not outgoing.
Another factor influencing a '24' is having to dedicate personnel to shepherd the process. A greater number adds management challenges.
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Sancho appointed to FIFA Tribunal Players' Status Chamber
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (T&T Newsday)
TRINIDAD AND Tobago Pro League interim chairman Brent Sancho has been appointed to the FIFA Tribunal Players’ Status Chamber (PSC) for a four-year stint, beginning on October 1.
Sancho is the only representative from the Caribbean to be selected to this 32-member committee.
The PSC will establish and monitor compliance with the FIFA regulations concerning the status and transfer of players, and determines the status of players for various FIFA competitions. Its jurisdiction is set out in the regulations concerning the status and transfer of players.
According to Article 54 of the FIFA Statutes, the football tribunal shall pass decisions relating to football-related disputes and regulatory applications.
Sancho said his name was put forward to the sport’s world governing body by Concacaf for possible selection. He is also the only former international player to be appointed on this tribunal.
The ex-national defender was elated with his new post and hopes the appointment can aid the improvement of football throughout the region.
Sancho said, “The goal is about getting as much knowledge as possible and being able to use that knowledge to enhance my environment, which is T&T and, by extension, the Caribbean. I’m very passionate about the advancement of Caribbean football.
“I plan to use this to try to assist in whatever way I can. I’m getting a lot of offers to carry on in Europe and North America but for me right now, I want to be able to impact first within T&T and the Caribbean before I do anything else,” he added.
Sancho, the former Minister of Sport, has been pursuing a FIFA-certified diploma in Club Management and is expected to graduate at the end of the year. Only 24 persons from 450 applicants worldwide were selected to take part in this course.
He is scheduled to travel to Spain, in two weeks, to be part of the World Football Summit.
Sancho, who is also the owner of Pro League club Central FC, believes his pursuit of this diploma, his previous position on the Concacaf task force for the Caribbean Professional League, and years of administrative and executive work on the domestic football circuit fit the criteria to be appointed on the FIFA tribunal.
He mentioned, “It’s been a good journey. I’ve been involved in some very interesting projects, discussions with investors who are trying to purchase clubs in Europe. The past two to three years have been a process of learning and advancement.
“It’s a lot of work as you would expect. But I’m grateful to represent T&T, the Concacaf region and to continue to do work in the sport.”
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Sancho: Benefits for T&T football once TTFA listens.
By Walter Alibey (T&T Guardian).
T&T's football is set to benefit tremendously from the appointment of Brent Sancho, the T&T Pro League acting chairman, to the FIFA Players Status Committee.
Sancho who has six more months to complete a Diploma in Sports Management with the FIFA was recently appointed to the FIFA Players Status Committee for four years, with a responsibility to be among a team that will monitor compliance with the regulation and status of the transfer of players in the various Leagues and FIFA competitions.
He starts officially on October 1, but presently he is going through information relating to procedures, getting familiar with the language and how things are to work etc.
Yesterday Sancho said he intends to approach local and regional football authorities to provide assistance from the knowledge he gained, but it will all be up to them if they want to learn. " I've now been asked to be a servant for T&T and by extension the Caribbean, so it's important that I take whatever information and bring it back for the powers that be so it can be utilised.
It gives a lot of best practices across the world in different situations and different scenarios, hence why there will be some benefits for us locally because there are different modules in place, where you can take some of it and put it back into use in T&T football.
It is an exciting time, I spoke to the chairman from Argentina today and they're all looking forward to coming together and coming up with new solutions. I think we would all agree that football is always evolving, so you have to stay up with the times and make sure that this particular department stays up to what is current in football so that we can be of assistance towards the growth of the sport.
You can have all the know-how and all the knowledge in life but if you don't want to implement it and you don't want to put things into practice it's not going to work, so as much as I am happy to get the experience, if the powers that be don't want to take whatever is given from what I've gained, then it all comes to nought, but I hope that will not be the case."
Sancho already appears to be a well sought-after official as he told Guardian Media Sports about approaches he received from regional and international interests for assistance to either acquire a football club in Europe or help in regional management of the game.
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Yes. You are being sucked in slowly but surely.
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Former T&T footballer Brent Sancho believes the time has come for issues off the field to get out of the way of the talent on it. Sancho, who was speaking on the heels of his appointment to the FIFA Tribunal’s Players Status Chamber, articulated his vision for a new type of administration style in the region, and Trinidad and Tobago in particular.
https://www.youtube.com/v/9B7OYGu7o2A
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Slowly but surely! Have the national players been paid.
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Trifactor Podcast sat with Brent Sancho recently and discussed his career, the state of TT Football and his perspectives. Was a good one.
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