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Sports => Football => Topic started by: Flex on October 28, 2015, 01:54:48 AM
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World Cup fever builds for Warriors.
By Ian Prescott (Express).
TTFA bags $20-million new kit deal; plus Florida training camp for T&T.
The Trinidad and Tobago men’s senior national football team will have a four-day training camp in Fort Lauderdale, USA, prior to flying to Guatemala for their November 13 opening match of the semi-final round of CONCACAF Zone qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has also negotiated a $20-million new kit sponsorship with a Dubai manufacturer, replacing its deal with JOMA.
Tickets for a second World Cup qualifier against the United States will be on sale from this Friday, when the TTFA also launches its new website. Tickets cost $150 (uncovered stands) and $300 (covered stands).
They can be bought at Sports and Games, Kenny’s Sports, Ramsingh’s Sports, Fan Zone. They can also be purchased on-line at islandticket.com.
Yes, World Cup fever has begun.
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Who is this Dubai manufacturer?
Kudos on this deal and the training camp!
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JOMA was too plain.
Maybe we will see something better here.
(http://www.buro247.com/images/Sir_Paul_Smith_has_designed_the_Dubai_Tour_2015_leader_jerseys.jpg)
(http://i1.wp.com/footballfashion.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/usa-rugby-sevens-2014-2015-jersey-th.jpg?resize=360%2C215)
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Tim Kee didn't say much, so I dont believe him, cause news this big should be out there already.
Election time coming, you will hear all kind of promises.
2 years now he and Sheldon building Training Center in Marabella, they get approve from FIFA already for de funds, UNC was in power, they say is UNC fault, now PNM in power, wha they go say now?
I don't believe this until I see it
Ah really didn't like that dam JOMA, but Dubai might now be much better??
20 million is a lot, we go see.
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nike or adidas or some big brand please.
Some unknown brand from the middleast.
Right about now I would be happy be Rossi.
I guess we need to find brands that willing to pay sponsorship in unconventional ways......
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That maybe the same company that JA signed with. For us 20 million is a lot. I would really like to see the details in that deal. We had Addidas for 2006 and then all kind of issues with uniforms after that. We want transparency, RTK. As much as I like Puma and Addidas, Joma was not a bad uniform. I liked the horizontal rugby-like uniform, and their all white uniforms were decent. Some just picking on everything. Connection does wear Addidas, but some does complain, the jersey to tight, the pants to tight or it too short.
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Deeks is right. It is probably Romai who are trying to extend their reach into N. America.
They got Jamaica which was a big coup for them.
http://www.romaiworld.com
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That is ah considerable amount of money! Some ah allyuh need to jess hush allyuh ass. Why would All these big brands jump to sponsor us right now? What we doing to expand their market?
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$20 million is indeed a lot but it did not state if it was in US or TT but I will assume it's TT since it's from the local newspaper. From the time I read it I figured it's the same company that made the deal with JA. Given our state financially, we may not have a choice but to jump on this opportunity. Let's hear what TK has to say about the details first.
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Something fishie, but glad for the news.
Can't imagine a brand from Dubai.
I thought the JOMA deal was for 4 years?
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That is ah considerable amount of money! Some ah allyuh need to jess hush allyuh ass. Why would All these big brands jump to sponsor us right now? What we doing to expand their market?
:beermug: :beermug: :beermug:
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That is ah considerable amount of money! Some ah allyuh need to jess hush allyuh ass. Why would All these big brands jump to sponsor us right now? What we doing to expand their market?
Romai is based in Dubai, it wouldn't surprise me one bit if they are looking to grow in the region. The good thing about them is that the designs are not generic...as you can see Jamaica has a custom design that no one else has.
$20M TT is roughly US 3.1 million dollars. The JFF's contract with Romai is worth roughly US$5M...this deal was signed prior to Jamaica's run to the gold Cup final and creditable showing at the Copa America this year.
They also outfit Bahrain I think.
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Not trying to blame or accuse anyone, but I find it very suspicious no other media is mentioning about this so called shirt deal?
Pro League and JOMA knows nothing of it. In-fact, the Joma deal it until 2018 and unless the unnamed Dubai company buys out JOMA, the TTFA could very well be sued for nothing seeing out their contract.
I heard JOMA is halting any further shipments of kit to the national team and might be aiming to take legal action??
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We really need to know what happened to the deal with Joma. We want some transparency RTK.
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We really need to know what happened to the deal with Joma. We want some transparency RTK.
i personally like the Joma kit...it is well made and stylish...who the heck are these romai folks??
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We really need to know what happened to the deal with Joma. We want some transparency RTK.
i personally like the Joma kit...it is well made and stylish...who the heck are these romai folks??
From Dubai. JA used romai uniform in the just recent GC.
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Btw guys, there were no shirt deal.
JOMA was pissed !!!!!! and had their lawyers lickings their chops only to have found out it was a lie.
;D
Not sure why Tim Kee would lie? and fire one of his best employees (Sheldon).
Oh well.
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Btw guys, there were no shirt deal.
JOMA was pissed !!!!!! and had their lawyers lickings their chops only to have found out it was a lie.
;D
Not sure why Tim Kee would lie? and fire one of his best employees (Sheldon).
Oh well.
hahaha .....sigh...never a dull day........wah ever oui once whoever come in doh f**k with d senior team staff I good
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RTK making heself look like ah real jackass in the final moments of his presidency. If he is not careful he will undo any appreciation that existed as a result of the positive direction in the team since he came in.
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RTK making heself look like ah real jackass in the final moments of his presidency. If he is not careful he will undo any appreciation that existed as a result of the positive direction in the team since he came in.
Well said.
He undoing the hard work him and Sheldon built in one week.
Why would he lie though?
Not like de people could vote.
Joma must be real vex with this ungrateful f00cker, they give we contract when we had nothing and was nobody.
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RTK making heself look like ah real jackass in the final moments of his presidency. If he is not careful he will undo any appreciation that existed as a result of the positive direction in the team since he came in.
Might be too late for that already. In the end if the TTFA and the local game will suffer, because if re-elected he has shown that his decision-making is very questionable. If he's voted out, whomever the new President is will come with a "mash up and buy back" mentality, rather than looking to build on the good that's already in place.
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Might be too late for that already. In the end if the TTFA and the local game will suffer, because if re-elected he has shown that his decision-making is very questionable. If he's voted out, whomever the new President is will come with a "mash up and buy back" mentality, rather than looking to build on the good that's already in place.
AGREE!
was never a Kimmy fan, but that 'kit' deal thing was not expected.
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RTK making heself look like ah real jackass in the final moments of his presidency. If he is not careful he will undo any appreciation that existed as a result of the positive direction in the team since he came in.
Might be too late for that already. In the end if the TTFA and the local game will suffer, because if re-elected he has shown that his decision-making is very questionable. If he's voted out, whomever the new President is will come with a "mash up and buy back" mentality, rather than looking to build on the good that's already in place.
This seems like par for the course in T&T. If the government when regime change occurs does do this and they supposed to have the entire citizen population in mind, I cah expect any better in this situation. I hope I can be pleasantly surprised but I eh plain chupid and holdin meh breath fuh dat!!
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what the flying fudge is happening over there? There an outbreak of head-in-ass or something?
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No just the usual incompetence, nepotism, cronyism, deception, exploitation, corruption, betrayal. Not a damn thing changed buddy except they feeling more pressure to try and look like they doing something to deserve de wok.
We are now paying attention, but nothing has changed from the Renraw philosophy of business. They all learned well as good students. Not so Horner? Btw Horner, would appreciate a run down from you about how much Uncle J had Uncle Tim as his understudy.
Anyway, somebody asked (I think it was Andre Baptiste) why anybody would be so crazy to seek this nasty low or no-pay job?
Well the dirty li'l secret is that it gives you accesss to powerful people, presidents, sheiks and kings with lots of big brown envelopes for your votes, and disguised FIFA funded projects that sneak / misdirect funds to personal accounts.
Yuh think Uncle Tim loves football so much to eat up his time as a busy insurance man, mayor, to wok for TTFA for FREE! as president?
Hahyuhyeye!!
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No just the usual incompetence, nepotism, cronyism, deception, exploitation, corruption, betrayal. Not a damn thing changed buddy except they feeling more pressure to try and look like they doing something to deserve de wok.
We are now paying attention, but nothing has changed from the Renraw philosophy of business. They all learned well as good students. Not so Horner? Btw Horner, would appreciate a run down from you about how much Uncle J had Uncle Tim as his understudy.
Anyway, somebody asked (I think it was Andre Baptiste) why anybody would be so crazy to seek this nasty low or no-pay job?
Well the dirty li'l secret is that it gives you accesss to powerful people, presidents, sheiks and kings with lots of big brown envelopes for your votes, and disguised FIFA funded projects that sneak / misdirect funds to personal accounts.
Yuh think Uncle Tim loves football so much to eat up his time as a busy insurance man, mayor, to wok for TTFA for FREE! as president?
Hahyuhyeye!!
Not going to comment on anything else... but I would argue that yes he does have a great passion and love for football that he would willingly give his time.
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No just the usual incompetence, nepotism, cronyism, deception, exploitation, corruption, betrayal. Not a damn thing changed buddy except they feeling more pressure to try and look like they doing something to deserve de wok.
We are now paying attention, but nothing has changed from the Renraw philosophy of business. They all learned well as good students. Not so Horner? Btw Horner, would appreciate a run down from you about how much Uncle J had Uncle Tim as his understudy.
Anyway, somebody asked (I think it was Andre Baptiste) why anybody would be so crazy to seek this nasty low or no-pay job?
Well the dirty li'l secret is that it gives you accesss to powerful people, presidents, sheiks and kings with lots of big brown envelopes for your votes, and disguised FIFA funded projects that sneak / misdirect funds to personal accounts.
Yuh think Uncle Tim loves football so much to eat up his time as a busy insurance man, mayor, to wok for TTFA for FREE! as president?
Hahyuhyeye!!
Not going to comment on anything else... but I would argue that yes he does have a great passion and love for football that he would willingly give his time.
Tim Kee might like football yea, but he just don't have de sense to run it properly and he need to stop the fren and son thing and hire smart, organise, willing, hungry people who can do de work and not de same ole tun tun and them.
He also fire he smartest employee three weeks before election, a real kakahole move, he eh to bright. Sheldon was de only man who coulda handle he wok.
Wallace, Muhammad and he son Kareem was sucking him like how Truetrini use to suck Anton wood.
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Wallace, Muhammad and he son Kareem was sucking him like how Truetrini use to suck Anton wood.
I tell yuh... socawarriors.net or nothing else :cheers:
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Dear God,
Please let November 29th come quick so we can see the back of this total f**king shithong forever.
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Now catching up.
Btw guys, there were no shirt deal.
:rotfl:
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Now catching up.
Btw guys, there were no shirt deal.
:rotfl:
wrong month for april fools!
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Not trying to blame or accuse anyone, but I find it very suspicious no other media is mentioning about this so called shirt deal?
Pro League and JOMA knows nothing of it. In-fact, the Joma deal it until 2018 and unless the unnamed Dubai company buys out JOMA, the TTFA could very well be sued for nothing seeing out their contract.
I heard JOMA is halting any further shipments of kit to the national team and might be aiming to take legal action??
this whole scenario clear up? B/c none of the sites on the ttfa website that claim to sell the kit selling it anymore, and it appear to be a real f**kin test of f**kin patience and fortutude to buy we f**kin kit.
[*edit* A birdie jus told me today that we getting a new kit in July?]
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Good mourning guys. I will be in T&T tomorrow. Just wanted to know where I could get The Warriors kit?
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I think Sports and Games sells them...I knew they did a few years ago.
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I had a rough time in June & didn't get thru, so I could only imagine now. But try the sports store in Trincity Mall that have the same name as the one in Movie Towne. Also the place in Elerslie is the official kit partner I think. Then it have one in Chaguanas. I think their names are Fan Zone & Fan Club (all except the Ellerslie one), but the Elerslie one have the most variety.
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I had a rough time in June & didn't get thru, so I could only imagine now. But try the sports store in Trincity Mall that have the same name as the one in Movie Towne. Also the place in Elerslie is the official kit partner I think. Then it have one in Chaguanas. I think their names are Fan Zone & Fan Club (all except the Ellerslie one), but the Elerslie one have the most variety.
Thanks. I will check movie town
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If you can check down south too in gulf city. I was lucky. I got mine there in June. There were only a few left. Let me know if you find any, I'm going there again in November. I'd like to grab another one.
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If you can check down south too in gulf city. I was lucky. I got mine there in June. There were only a few left. Let me know if you find any, I'm going there again in November. I'd like to grab another one.
I don't think I would reach south.
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Back in the Great white north. I got one at movie town. Just some advise, get one size bigger than what you normally wear. It is a very close fit. I will have to hit the gym hard if I intend to wear this next summer lol.
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Cool thanks! Currently in Tobago, I will check up there when I get the chance.
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Cool thanks! Currently in Tobago, I will check up there when I get the chance.
Yeah, I spent 3 days in Tobago. It was my first trip there. Loved it. Did the pigeon point, nylon pool and reef tour. I have to go back for a longer stay. The villa i stayed at was nice but at night endless mosquitoes ;D.
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Anyone in T&T know where I can pick up a jersey? any help will be great! Thanks.
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Anyone in T&T know where I can pick up a jersey? any help will be great! Thanks.
Fan zone in movie town port of Spain (thanks for the info che). When i was there earlier in the month, they had quite a few in stock. Hope you get one.
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We really need to know what happened to the deal with Joma. We want some transparency RTK.
Thanks! fingers crossed!
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We really need to know what happened to the deal with Joma. We want some transparency RTK.
Thanks! fingers crossed!
Dude, did I write that? That was 2 years a friggin go!
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lol sorry
wrong quote added
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Ranking T&T kits over the last 20 years (https://deejayringis.substack.com/p/ranking-soca-warriors-kits)
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Is the BOL on the market?
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Is the BOL on the market?
It is
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Is the BOL on the market?
It is
I would be surprised if sales are bustling.
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Is the BOL on the market?
It is
I would be surprised if sales are bustling.
that kit way too tight and close fitting just like the last sponsor juma, it’s time TT get a good brand to advertise these new companies needs betters sporting designers, their kits have the lads looking like they’re back in the 1970 where players looked like they were modeling for Victoria secret with their balks and ass cheeks showing. despicable.
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Is $90 for the match jersey. Kinda steep for the brand. It look nice though.
https://bolfootball.com/products/the-trinidad-tobago-game-jersey-away?variant=40043030020261
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Is $90 for the match jersey. Kinda steep for the brand. It look nice though.
https://bolfootball.com/products/the-trinidad-tobago-game-jersey-away?variant=40043030020261
Ent. Optimistic pricing out of whack with the state of play.
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Is $90 for the match jersey. Kinda steep for the brand. It look nice though.
https://bolfootball.com/products/the-trinidad-tobago-game-jersey-away?variant=40043030020261
Ent. Optimistic pricing out of whack with the state of play.
i say they woulda blink after the football done. but they holdin strong with the price.
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Women Warriors to debut BOL's new third kit against Canada
By Jonathan Ramnanansingh (T&T Newsday)
Miami-based sports brand apparel BOL has designed a new third kit for Trinidad and Tobago as part of the ongoing partnership with the TT Football Association (TTFA), the brand announced on Monday.
The new kit will debut on at the Estadio BBVA Bancomer in Mexico on Tuesday, when the Women Warriors begin their Concacaf W Championships campaign against Canada.
A statement issued by Tiago Pinto, BOL co-founder, read, “The TT women’s team is on an amazing journey into the higher echelons of the sport. What they represent to the game, and to the country, is amazing.
“So, we believe this is a great opportunity to celebrate that by having them debut the new third kit, which represents Trinbagonian identity and culture.”
Following the brand’s ethos of only designing custom made, one of a kind, kits for its partnering teams, BOL created a jersey that is a “celebration of Trinbagonian identity and culture”.
The stripe is a tribute to the national flag; with the details on it celebrating the steel pan, representing the national pride shown at Carnival! TTFA normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad said, “The TTFA believes that by having the women’s team wear for the first time our new kit it is a huge recognition of the development of the women’s game in our country.
“It’s our way to celebrate the amazing talent and dedication this team has put into their challenge for a place in next year’s FIFA World Cup.”
The new kit in men and women’s sizes is already available for purchase at visit bolfootball.com. The shirt will also be available soon at local Sports & Games outlets and The Fan Club, Trincity Mall.
For more information, visit bolfootball.com or theTTFa.com
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FW7jvfYUEAYBfp4?format=jpg&name=medium)
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Damn nice jersey.
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Yeah it bad
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No consequences
By Fazeer Mohammed (T&T Express)
“In the case of at least one player, his parents forgot to bring an extra jersey for him. So, at 2 a.m., the 15-year-old national player had to take off his Capelli jersey and walk bareback through the airport and across the parking lot to be driven home.”
On this day, when the pace of everyday life adjusts to accommodate the start of the academic year, it is a source of deepening despair to reflect on the reality of how we adults, the ones presumably with a bit of wisdom, the ones with the authority to make meaningful decisions, treat our talented youngsters – the ones who actually aspire to achieve great things for themselves and their country – that cannot even rise to the level of disdain.
And I say “we” because I am one of those adults who, without being directly involved in any way in the administration of football, looked on from the fairly close proximity of a media practitioner at the corruption, greed and selfishness strangling the game and the careers of many a player and opted to do nothing.
That quotation at the start of this column is from an article on “Wired868” from almost two weeks ago in which Lasana Liburd, the founder of the 14-year-old website, detailed the humiliation being endured by national youth players – boys and girls – who, for reasons that are not being explained by the Normalisation Committee of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, are expected to perform in recycled adult-sized uniforms and then return them together with any branded training gear they may also have within minutes of touching down at Piarco.
As disturbing as that situation is, what is more revealing is the absence of any reaction or consequence for a scenario that is not just a complete and utter disgrace, but should have prompted immediate remedial and, if necessary, punitive action.
Just picture in your mind the reality of two national youth teams-– one male, one female --representing the country in uniforms several sizes too big because they were really meant for the men’s senior national side.
Lasana’s story tells the tale of a female player being reprimanded by the referee for continuously rolling up her sleeves during a game simply because the uniform was so big and therefore so uncomfortable that she had to find some impromptu way of dealing with the situation.
Some of you reading about this for the first time may be moved to ask: “What madness is this?” Others may carry the topic into the nearest liming spot or Whatsapp chat where, with any luck, it will stay alive for a couple days before being replaced by something more pressing, like assessing the chances of the Trinbago Knight Riders men earning maximum points as the Caribbean Premier League bowls off its Trinidad and Tobago leg tomorrow.
There is something very wrong with a national psyche like ours which not only shuns activism but would opt to ridicule the few who choose to stand up and be counted, even as we continue to cuss and complain about the circumstances that the activists are seeking to highlight in pursuit of a solution that would actually benefit the cussers and complainers.
And by the way, it is no consolation to be told that we are not alone in this regard. What really is the point of being an adult if we can’t take care of, and provide pathways to progress, for those operating under our sphere of authority, whether that sphere is the family, the business place or the sporting organisation? Is it only when we, or some family member or some friend, are directly impacted that we are prompted to at least pretend we are interested in taking action?
Beyond whatever excuses which may be offered up, it should bother us that so many of the talented youth of the nation should be treated in such a shabby manner. Can you imagine how that young national footballer feels about the experience of having to pull off his training gear and then walk bareback through the airport?
Maybe others have worse experiences, I don’t know. Maybe there are even more terrible tales to tell in other sports or in times past which may explain why we seem so comfortable with such treatment being meted out in full public view.
As for the continuing silence of the Normalisation Committee on this matter, it is only par for the course. Decades of experience with unresolved scandals of varying degrees in the public domain have taught us that a stony silence by the presumed culprits is akin to a watertight defence.
Why? Because we lack the will to persevere in the pursuit of justice, even if it means saving another crop of teenagers from humiliation by their handlers.