If the government serious and they want to see the pro league take it to another level they have to grant each team a community ground and install stands for 5000 , a quality pitch, dressing rooms , equipment room, administrative offices and bathrooms for spectators...also a training pitch very close to the main ground. Add one more franchise to make it 10 teams and have Friday night football. Each club lacks identity. I guarantee you each home game will sell out. Charge 20$ a game for the first season and each team can start to make money via gate receipts, eventually merchandise and the more the league grows then a possible tv deal will be another income generator.
Crowds and atmosphere raise the intensity levels 100% and creates a better brand for the pro league. Sponsors can see ROI with 5000 people week in week out.
That would be a fantastic gift from the government to Football development in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a worthy investment.
@Banter Banton --- I'm not trying to fight-you-down, but why should any government fund this private enterprise, though? Last time I checked, the Pro League was a private venture. If after 10 years, that private venture don't know how to fill seats at its match-venues, then the issue is really with the people who own and run that private venture. Added to that is the fact that no government knows how to properly run or manage a business efficiently, so one would run the risk of having the blind leading the blind, if the government decide to spend money on granting land, and building stadiums, for private organizations that haven't as yet gotten their act together.
What I might agree with though, is maybe POSSIBLY some sort of temporary joint-venture between some of the Pro League teams, and the government, whereby the government could maybe fund-half the cost of any newly built fields/stadiums, and the Pro League teams fund the other half. The government funding could be secured via floating new issue TT Govt Bonds in the market, for the express purpose of building the new venues for those teams. Each team involved in the JV, will have to re-pay those funds to the tax-payers over the course of 10 to 20 years.
Any default, would simply mean that the Government would take-over the defaulting team, or have an independent firm manage the team until any payment issues are resolved etc.
There are numerous other ways to structure such deals -- 50-50 JV, 60-40 JV, and 80-20 JV etc etc etc. And of course with various clauses and covenants specific to each deal.
Regardless, there would need to be full accountability in any deal in which tax-payer funding is procured to help fund any aspect of a private enterprise.
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