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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Sam on January 31, 2014, 06:22:32 PM
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If you won the lottery ($100 million USD) would you put money into T&T football?
Wether is de T&T league, T&T football, anything related to T&T football.
Let me hear you fellas.
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Yes Certainly i would , will give reasons later !!
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def would,,academy or something..
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Depends - might go silent partner with Central if they'd have me! Alternatively, buy up land and let clubs do a rental-purchase option (they rent off me, half the rent money goes towards buying it off me, doing that option because purchasing the land and having money in it gives rights)
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A community based program in conjunction with the schools.........I controlling every expenditure
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Yes, if they promised to purge the organization of every brown-envelope seeking, corrupt, morally bankrupt, soul-destroying Jackula loyalist in there. Yes if there is a strong guarantee, supported by constitutional reform, for transparency, accountability and a promise to invest in development and promise to involve folks who love the game (as seen on this message board) as consultants.
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maybe, but any sum you donate, 1/2 of it going into some mofos pocket i can assure you.
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Definitely will pump some money into youth academies and also into coaching education.
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When I was younger I used to dream of winning a big lottery or becoming billionaire level successful, and my whole plan was to buy over Barataria Ballplayers and bring them back in the limelight. I thought of building a stadium and a cricket grounds in the back by the mang and developing all that farmland, put an off ramp exit from the highway there.
Since it in the heart of the Barataria community, I always imagine the whole neighbourhood woulda come out like long time on a sunday evening. Make it a real community team. Barataria Jnr Sec and Snr comp would have been feeder schools. St Georges too.
Now I see they buy over all de gardens and put up housing and put a small stand in de mang. TSTT in de back dey too. It still have room for a community pro league team dey... I hope someone with vision and pesos and the will, think about it.
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When I was younger I used to dream of winning a big lottery or becoming billionaire level successful, and my whole plan was to buy over Barataria Ballplayers and bring them back in the limelight. I thought of building a stadium and a cricket grounds in the back by the mang and developing all that farmland, put an off ramp exit from the highway there.
Since it in the heart of the Barataria community, I always imagine the whole neighbourhood woulda come out like long time on a sunday evening. Make it a real community team. Barataria Jnr Sec and Snr comp would have been feeder schools. St Georges too.
Now I see they buy over all de gardens and put up housing and put a small stand in de mang. TSTT in de back dey too. It still have room for a community pro league team dey... I hope someone with vision and pesos and the will, think about it.
FF, i bet you know Ronald Greenidge..cause I hear that dream from him a few times well.
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I've actually thought about this hypothetical before and decided I'd probably focus on boostin up some PFL team.
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Probably not. Too many other projects would have a higher priority, like community development, scholarships and student aid. However, if I was to win a huge jackpot like a $100 mil or something then I might consider it.
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The first thing allyuh should di if allyuh come upon some good fortune, is to take Sam to the hairy-bank
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I probably wouldn't invest in T&T football, but I always fantasied about hosting a mini world cup on T&T soil; I would gather the top 2-3 teams from each continent with all their big name superstars and run a winner- take- all tournament with an obscene multimillion dollar cash prize at stake ( like the Sanford T20 for 20 million) . It may not make sense from many perspectives, but it will be awesome from a fans point of view..it will be my gift to the football-loving T&T public ;D
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
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I will have the best youth players in T&T, none playing for the National youth teams. Pure academy. Live in, school on site and everything. A massive facility and only the dedicated youths will be admitted. Top players will have opportunities to attend top tournaments in Europe and USA.
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
Turf field
i.e. a lot less maintenance, necessary.
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I will have the best youth players in T&T, none playing for the National youth teams. Pure academy. Live in, school on site and everything. A massive facility and only the dedicated youths will be admitted. Top players will have opportunities to attend top tournaments in Europe and USA.
A pure academy requires addtl staff, facilities and funding.
there is a program you can try to implement now, doesn't require a lottery, but a lot of organization and ground work, and i imagine sme measure of persuasion. Let me know if you interested. I had mention it awhile back in the "lil swimmers" blog.
It's called "Sport-Etude" and occurs from Elementary to University. Utilizes existing facilities & classrooms, it just a program change. To justify and determine placements, however, require highest academic standards. Thus a sport skilled, non-academic won't get into the program. It is an academy, not a training camp. Completely seperate from regular school . They have their own teachers and program director, all under the principal(adminstration) of the the school.
See Sport Etude tab (especially FAQ). i have already brought to attention to a serious coach in TT(he may require assistance, f you're serious).
http://johnrennie.lbpsb.qc.ca/
My youngest son is part of the program, although he has a different schedule to his peers, due to his being in another club further away. They train across the street, as well as more hours ( which i personally find a lot, if not to much).
eg: They: Training (club - 1.5 hrs) ,School (am), Lunch (1/2 hr), Ped support (1hr) ,Training (sport etude group - 2 hrs), evenings off (homework)
He: School (am), Lunch (1/2 hr), Ped support (1hr) ,homework (1hr) ,Training (regular club team - 2 hrs), (homework)
I am proud to say, he is top of the school- academic, and country - sport.
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
Turf field
i.e. a lot less maintenance, necessary.
"Less maintenance" does not mean "No maintenance required". The fields will experience wear and tear from use and exposure to the elements, as will the associated stadiums. So I repeat, it is a waste of time and money unless you make provisions for the maintenance and upkeep of the facilities.
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
Turf field
i.e. a lot less maintenance, necessary.
"Less maintenance" does not mean "No maintenance required". The fields will experience wear and tear from use and exposure to the elements, as will the associated stadiums. So I repeat, it is a waste of time and money unless you make provisions for the maintenance and upkeep of the facilities.
Yea, possibly multi-use build into designs, maybe a club house that's rentable for functions, or a bar on-site
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
Breds, government eh running this show. This is private enterprise. These fields coming with all the facilties. There will be ample ladies room for sure. Stands on all sides and all covered.
Aggie Stadium Ellis Field at Texas A&M comes kind of close to what I have in mind. But the Stand will be covered.
http://www.airfieldsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Ellis-field.jpg
Report on turf-field by the Fairfax county govt of Virginia. I am not a big lover of turf field. But due to the heavy use of playing surfaces on the island and the shrinking free spaces in the EW corridor of nothern Trinidad, I think they are necessary.
http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=61503.0
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/adminservices/prequalificationturf.pdf
http://www.wtop.com/41/3403027/Fairfax-to-convert-more-sports-fields-to-synthetic-turf
Private funding is essential in this endeavour.
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20111111/NEWS/711119745/-1/high-schools-private-funding-neccessary-to-turf-fields&template=fairfaxTimes
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Stadiums around 5000 capacity.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=865136
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Most environmentally-friendly stadium in the world (maybe?);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Park_(Dartford)
Near me :) Cost a pretty penny tho - £7 million
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First this first, I will asked the current TTFA staff to resign, maybe just keep Sheldon Phillips and Stephen Hart. I would also invest in the T&T league but the same will have to go, the current staff from A to Z have to go and a totally reform everything that needs to be done to run a better league.
Give each teams in the league enough money to buy 2 marquee players to help draw crowd and sponsors.
I will be pulling the strings and make sure everything is run honest, keep the public well informed and cut of all the secrecy the TTFA normally do.
Try to build back some respect in the team and federation.
Build a 50,000 football stadium and only for football, hire the English to build it, one in South and one in Chaguanas, the only reason I didn't choose North is because they have no land up there and they already have the national Stadium.
Build a train track that runs from the airport and port of spain to the stadiums.
And have ample parking.
Invite all the top 4 teams from Europe, North, South and Central America and Africa to play in a mini tournament involving our league teams.
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I would build turf field football stadiums from POS to Toco. About 6 in Central. And another 7 in South. About 4 in Tobago. We don't have to depend on the state facilities for football
No offence but dais a waste of time and money unless yuh put in place some kind system for the proper maintenance of the facilities. See Manny Ramjohn.
Breds, government eh running this show. This is private enterprise. These fields coming with all the facilties. There will be ample ladies room for sure. Stands on all sides and all covered.
Aggie Stadium Ellis Field at Texas A&M comes kind of close to what I have in mind. But the Stand will be covered.
http://www.airfieldsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Ellis-field.jpg
Report on turf-field by the Fairfax county govt of Virginia. I am not a big lover of turf field. But due to the heavy use of playing surfaces on the island and the shrinking free spaces in the EW corridor of nothern Trinidad, I think they are necessary.
http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=61503.0
http://www.fcps.edu/fts/adminservices/prequalificationturf.pdf
http://www.wtop.com/41/3403027/Fairfax-to-convert-more-sports-fields-to-synthetic-turf
Private funding is essential in this endeavour.
http://www.fairfaxtimes.com/article/20111111/NEWS/711119745/-1/high-schools-private-funding-neccessary-to-turf-fields&template=fairfaxTimes
Ah seeing ah set ah talk about ladies rooms, and no gov't involvement and possibly private funding, but ah still eh hearing about maintenance. NOTHING lasts forever. Facilities need to be maintained. If your plan is for the private funding to handle that, cool. For me that is the MOST important thing. And that is the case whether yuh building 1 stadium/field or 10. Otherwise is a waste of time.
BTW, one comment on the report. There is a mention in there about turf fields causing less injuries. However, I have heard some suggestions recently that turf fields (the newer ones, not the old hard carpet) may be harder on the legs and leading to an increase in muscular injuries like groin and hamstring pulls. I don't know if there's any hard numbers or any reports on that yet but there seems to be some anecdotal evidence. DISCLAIMER: I'm a fan of the newer "field turf" concept myself, but I've never played on it.
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Mose, the reason I don't want govt is because there appears to be vindictiveness depending on who is the minister of sport or which party in power. When the government give they can dictate when, what, why, who. A plenty foot dragging.
Off course turf field needs maintenance. all the facilities need a maintenance crew for the upkeep of the field, bathrooms, etc. There will be rules and regulations. Also a weekly schedule of all games and activities.
Like I said before, I am not a fan of turf-field. Lack of space is what makes this choice of TF necessary. I also admit I don't know or have stats that compares the rate of injuries on natural grass and TF. I have read some reports on the pros and cons but can't give a definite conclusion. But TF in a multi-used facility needs to be replaced more often than when used for one sport. So TF is not a done deal. Joe Public field is due for a replacement. They have had that over 6 yrs. Jack, correct me if I am wrong.
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allyuh does dream detailed boy..even the political scenes an all...but the action on dem dreams does be short short, almost non-existant...allahwe musbe old like rass :devil: :devil:
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Mose, the reason I don't want govt is because there appears to be vindictiveness depending on who is the minister of sport or which party in power. When the government give they can dictate when, what, why, who. A plenty foot dragging.
Off course turf field needs maintenance. all the facilities need a maintenance crew for the upkeep of the field, bathrooms, etc. There will be rules and regulations. Also a weekly schedule of all games and activities.
Like I said before, I am not a fan of turf-field. Lack of space is what makes this choice of TF necessary. I also admit I don't know or have stats that compares the rate of injuries on natural grass and TF. I have read some reports on the pros and cons but can't give a definite conclusion. But TF in a multi-used facility needs to be replaced more often than when used for one sport. So TF is not a done deal. Joe Public field is due for a replacement. They have had that over 6 yrs. Jack, correct me if I am wrong.
Dais all ah was trying to say. That maintenance is absolutely essential to any such plans.
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I would buy Civic and build a better stadium for the team. I'd also put my money into developing promising youth players from south. I'd turn Civic into the best team in CONCACAF.
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Most environmentally-friendly stadium in the world (maybe?);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Park_(Dartford)
Near me :) Cost a pretty penny tho - £7 million
I tried to get a meeting with the Dartford people in September but they were too booked up to meet with me to show me around!
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Most environmentally-friendly stadium in the world (maybe?);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Park_(Dartford)
Near me :) Cost a pretty penny tho - £7 million
I tried to get a meeting with the Dartford people in September but they were too booked up to meet with me to show me around!
It's great to see their success and it's in part due to the new stadium - 10 years ago you'd walk round Dartford and not know they had a club but now half the houses have Dartford scarves in the windows :) No wonder they're so busy!
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Most environmentally-friendly stadium in the world (maybe?);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Park_(Dartford)
Near me :) Cost a pretty penny tho - £7 million
I tried to get a meeting with the Dartford people in September but they were too booked up to meet with me to show me around!
It's great to see their success and it's in part due to the new stadium - 10 years ago you'd walk round Dartford and not know they had a club but now half the houses have Dartford scarves in the windows :) No wonder they're so busy!
i love that stadium. it could work in Point Fortin.
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Most environmentally-friendly stadium in the world (maybe?);
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_Park_(Dartford)
Near me :) Cost a pretty penny tho - £7 million
I tried to get a meeting with the Dartford people in September but they were too booked up to meet with me to show me around!
It's great to see their success and it's in part due to the new stadium - 10 years ago you'd walk round Dartford and not know they had a club but now half the houses have Dartford scarves in the windows :) No wonder they're so busy!
i love that stadium. it could work in Point Fortin.
It'd be great to see the application of that type of technology (if appropriate) to Trinidad on a larger scale - especially if they can ensure that a proportion of the building and architectural staff are local Trinibagonians
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It would be nice to rebuild Mahaica for football. But I am not sure that will work. First of all, who owns Mahaica. Will other events scheduled when rebuilt. What type of events. Is Mahaica used for cricket also?
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It would be nice to rebuild Mahaica for football. But I am not sure that will work. First of all, who owns Mahaica. Will other events scheduled when rebuilt. What type of events. Is Mahaica used for cricket also?
I knew I'd heard the name - they're in the process of rebuilding it - http://newsday.co.tt/sport/0,173203.html
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Lovely update on Mahaica being restored to old glory.
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Living in the USA, I chose depends because I don't really know how the Football scene is in Trinidad. I would definitely build a huge complex with multiple fields for my neighborhood but I don't know if I'll actually fund money to the national Football foundation as it can be a little corrupted.
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Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver - Corinthians 9:7
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I would buy Civic and build a better stadium for the team. I'd also put my money into developing promising youth players from south. I'd turn Civic into the best team in CONCACAF.
I would buy a merc and beemer and build a better garage
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Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver - Corinthians 9:7
How does this gel with tithes?
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I would ensure a SSFL dynasty with 16 year olds then export them.
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It would be nice to rebuild Mahaica for football. But I am not sure that will work. First of all, who owns Mahaica. Will other events scheduled when rebuilt. What type of events. Is Mahaica used for cricket also?
I knew I'd heard the name - they're in the process of rebuilding it - http://newsday.co.tt/sport/0,173203.html
Apparently, they've been rebuilding it for a couple of years! There were comments made at Akeem's funeral. The pitch is superb at the moment, but it is well protected. Once the refurbishments are completed, it will go back to being a community field and the guys I spoke to down in Point are concerned that the pitch will be ruined.
This whole concept of community fields is flawed. SPORTT invest money to create a decent venue, but it belongs to the Regional Corporations who don't understand football and insist the fields are available for all. Same problem at Ojoe Rd.
Create an open football field for everyone, but preserve your "Wembleys" for Pro & Super League football, Regional cup finals, school cup finals etc.
There must be an element of achievement and excitement about playing on an elite field. That's part of the whole cup final dream. If you can play their everyday, what's the big deal?
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Well explained FS.
I'm not sure if the general public AND even some football officials see this historically doh-know-how-to-solve-this issue as being broken down so simply for problem fixing.
You might want to consider volunteering for a morning dateline-type show and an Andre the Fearless One radio spot to address this along with a bunch of football patriots who as a group appear non political.
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Well explained FS.
I'm not sure if the general public AND even some football officials see this historically doh-know-how-to-solve-this issue as being broken down so simply for problem fixing.
You might want to consider volunteering for a morning dateline-type show and an Andre the Fearless One radio spot to address this along with a bunch of football patriots who as a group appear non political.
To be fair, we've been saying this since our North East days when we were willing to spend $50,000 to relay the pitch at Ojoe Rd. After four years, it just feels like this: :banginghead: :banginghead: :banginghead:
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Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver - Corinthians 9:7
this is how preachers does be driving around in Bentleys ::)
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... maybe a priority should be to invest in defibrillators and training.