Losing respect more and more for Uncle Timo and he is showing more clearly the expected behaviors of a man who probably spent alot of time under the corrupting and soul-destroying tutelage of Jackulito. He clearly may have done some good recently and I am grateful especially when you compare it to hard core Renraw but I say no mercy for his manipulative current behavior. Notice the comments to the effect "I reserve the right to exercise my options" which was said in response to the theoretical scenario of Sancho & company deciding to go to court. This along with few other things he said in conjunction with the body language, I interpret as a threat to resign and jump ship from the TTFA post, under the Jackulito-esque arrogant premise/assumption that (paraphrasing) "I am your only hope to be reasonable with you Sancho and your band of misfits" and that "yuh better cool yuh tool" and "doh geh me angry or else "yuh on yuh own" and "mornkey go smoke yuh effin pipe when it comes to you EVER seeing justice without me (Uncle Timo)". Uncle Timo, I say to you bring it on!!! and let's also see how long you last on the ELECTED position of mayor while we go after the next in line ( football collapse or no football collapse). When there is enough collective pain including to all here, then you will see action on Renraw's alleged siphoned funds. You need to show some awareness of public sentiment and address the burning question of what happened to and what you have to say about the millions in development-sabotaging missing funds which could be partially recovered with the right kind of collaboration with other powerful local and international stakeholders. Fühget the convenience of the gin and tonic water lime .... unless you too have a brown envelope trail to conceal. So watch yuh contents bro.
I does really wonder about some ah allyuh yes. Tim Kee was extremely thorough and reasonable in his statements. Sancho, and some of you here, seem more upset about the fact that the current administration has so far declined to take Jack to court, than over the fact that the payments are late. There are legitimate reasons why the payments are late, as outlined in painstaking detail by Tim Kee, and it validates everything that I have been saying to FS so far:
1. The CONCACAF TV Rights monies
were paid to the TTFA, and the TTFA used this money to make the lump sum payment to the players.
2. A Second payment (I believe in the amount of $200,000) was paid to the players after September... this is the controversial "development money" that Fuentes talked about, that has Sancho up in arms about "defending his honor."
3. Representations were made to the TTFA by CONCACAF that more monies were forthcoming, thru FIFA. That money has been held up, but on the basis of that promise, the TTFA in good faith made the proposal they did to the players, with the payment plan. Clearly the fact that the money hasn't been paid as promised is not the fault of the TTFA, and neither did FIFA say they money
would not be forthcoming. All they are asking is that the players be patient with them.
As for the bolded statements above... that might be how you interpret his comments, but actually what he is saying... and he actually stated it in clear terms, is that IF he really wanted, he could have the TTFA declare bankruptcy and wind down the business. Under that scenario, any debt owed to the players would be erased. That would of course be unfair to the players, but legally, he would be within his right to do it, and none of them would have any recourse. Rather than go that route, he has taken the approach of trying to pay the players what is rightfully theirs... and yet here it is he's being lambasted and compared to Jack Warner. This scorched earth approach by Sancho is very counter-productive. I don't know who is whispering this "court" stuff in his ear, but it's foolish talk. The only people who would benefit from that approach would be the lawyers, who will get their money either way.
This is also true of the "sue Jack Warner" campaign... yes, the TTFA could sue Jack, and very likely might prevail in proving that he stole money from the organization, but if the TTFA don't have any money now, how are they supposed to pay lawyers to go to court? And let's not forget that these are TnT courts we're talking about. It will be years before this case resolves... and then, another couple of years (if they win), and more lawyer fees to recover money from Jack. In the end it very well might prove a Pyrrhic victory. People not seeing that, they too busy wanting revenge against Jack to care. Meanwhile for every year that any such suit drags on, resources will be diverted from our football... and the players would be standing with dey balls in dey hands because they won't be seeing a penny. Yes right now they also not getting any money, but at least the organization trying to work with allyuh, just be reasonable and give them a chance to make good on their promise.
