Warner accused of failing to pay T&T bonuses

[E-man]

Warner accused of failing to pay T&T bonuses
By: Paul Kelso (UK Guardian)

Thursday June 21, 2007

Jack Warner, the Fifa vice-president, is again at the centre of controversy over Trinidad & Tobago's World Cup campaign, this time because of a players' revolt over unpaid bonuses. The former West Ham United goalkeeper Shaka Hislop is leading the Soca Warriors in legal action against the T&T Football Federation, for which Warner is a special adviser, alleging that promised bonuses were not paid.
Warner has effectively blacklisted 16 players, including Hislop, Stern John and Chris Birchall, and accused them of being "consumed by greed" after they demanded that a pre-tournament contract to share 50% of World Cup commercial revenues should be honoured.
The federation did deals with Adidas, Ebay, British Gas and KFC before the tournament, with some estimates putting the total value at more than $11.5m (£5.8m). The players claim they have been offered only £400 each, with items including travelling expenses and hotel fees, all of which were covered by Fifa, deducted.
In a letter to Warner, Hislop accuses him of a "slanderous attack" and makes it clear that he will be called to give evidence when proceedings begin in the next week. Last year Fifa's ethics commission ruled that Warner had abused his position by making a £500,000 profit on marked-up World Cup tickets sold through his family travel company, but he hung on to his influential Fifa post.

[WestCoast]

another body blow again.....Thank you Mr. Paul Kelso
send your appreciation here

[D.H.W]

good good put pressure on him, is time d world know about this asshole

[chinee boi]

Warner has effectively blacklisted 16 players, including Hislop, Stern John and Chris Birchall, and accused them of being "consumed by greed" after they demanded that a pre-tournament contract to share 50% of World Cup commercial revenues should be honoured.

hahahahaha ah never taught i would hear dese words come out of JW mouth 

[Bourbon]

Eh fellas.....lets get a official estimate of the sponsorship deals....so we have a better idea of what figures income the TTFF had. I trying to recall all sponsorship deals....so far i remember
Adidas
Ebay
Govt
T&TEC.

I started searching the forum but i got distracted and that was a good few months ago. I missing out any? How much were these deals worth in total?

[E-man]

Eh fellas.....lets get a official estimate of the sponsorship deals....so we have a better idea of what figures income the TTFF had. I trying to recall all sponsorship deals....so far i remember
Adidas
Ebay
Govt
T&TEC.

I started searching the forum but i got distracted and that was a good few months ago. I missing out any? How much were these deals worth in total?

Don't know the deal with Philips with their beaplayah.com website, but they must have paid a licensing fee at least.

[WestCoast]

Here is another Story

[redtrinigirl]

Yuh forget TSTT

[spideybuff]

All this crap about expenses...FIFA paid all travel and accommodation for the players and most of the staff and gave them a per diem during the World Cup. So Jack lying about that. Also, leading up to the World CUp, all the money that come out of his pocket was FIFA money, with the possible expception of Leo and them salary. But u know he pay himself back all those expenses and then try to share the rest of the money between himself, the ttff and the players...talk abotu greed!

And the reason the TTFF have no money to pay those things in the first place is because Jack thief it...so tha's why i can't understand the men who wanted to praise him for '''getting us there'' in the first place. By thiefing the money and using that same money to pay for what the money was supposed to be there for...and then claiming is out of the goodness of his heart and then taking the money back with interest?

[weary1969]

All yuh feel it is ah coincidence that the TTFF eh have a Treasurer? Of course not anybody who know bout debit is the left side of the ledger and credit is the right side of the ledger eh go b able to do that wuk.