The whole premise of this thread is where it went wrong. Why is there this feeling out there that T&T football need a godfather or sugardaddy to run? Why can't we get business men who understand running sports as a business getting involved? There are Dwight Yorke, Stern John and a National team card from an Italian company called Panini. I would have loved to have a set of all the team members but nobody including the TTFF thought of this as a viable money making option. Imagine how much "Official" limited edition commemorative items could have sold for post 06 (Silver coins, stamps, duplocated autographed team pics etc.). We are the smallest nation to make a world cup. Companies and people love the underdog story. Trust me if an American PR company had gotten our story we and all would have been surprised at what we achieved. There could have been a movie (the prodigal son returns, Me mum, Maximus big tune, coach comes in with impossible odds, Stern from Half slab to performance, defenders qualifying goal, Kelvin disallowed moment, loosing in the pre WC build up, ticket or leave it, oldest team, doubt then draw, euphoria on streets, unfair play,speculations on hero coach being out coached, slim chance of going through, Latas cameo, ticket scandal, black list, men sellout, unopened books, players day in court, (Sepp finally do it to jack) .... i.e. Trini version of Cool Runnings, Hurricane Season ). Book on the coaching change with Beenie at helm , TTFF decisions, player narratives etc. Documentaries on Soca and football. This was free press and we did not capitalize.
If we had a consistent team I am sure an annual home and away series with Jamaica would be profitable. Imagine official tees for the games at a price where every supporter would buy. One winning ticket holder gets team autograph after the game only if they have this year's tee. Annual North American and European game. Raffle ( independent of actual game ticket) opp to be in box with Jack and them and get in locker room after.
Ways to make money are out there. We as Trinbagonians need to realize that there are opportunities for pep outside of TTFF to present ideas that can make both all parties money.