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The Ministry of Sport is asking women’s football fans and stakeholders to share their opinions in an an interactive chat on the proposed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Professional League (WPL), which is due to kick off in late May 2015.
The WPL, according to the Ministry of Sport, is “a joint initiative” between the Ministry of Sport, the SPORTT Company, the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) and the Trinidad and Tobago Women’s League Football (WOLF).
(Courtesy CONCACAF)
The WPL will “run for a couple of weeks” and should involve players from throughout the Caribbean and the Americas. It aims to mirror the structure of the United States Major League Soccer (MLS) and regional cricket’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with franchises, salary caps and a draft system.
Fixtures are proposed to play on community grounds around the country.
So, the question is: What do you think about the value and chances of success for the proposed Women’s Professional League?
Editor’s Note: A representative from the Ministry of Sport has advised that they will not respond to comments posted on Wired868 about the proposed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Professional League.
Wired868 regrets their failure to do so as promised but will try to get further information on the competition as soon as possible.
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…So are you all for this League to start now Earl Mango Pierre???
No matter where my sweet trini women will be playing the ball yuh done know that the men will followed so it will be a done deal. LOL
…Earl Mango Pierre so what about people in other parts of T&T that would like to see the matches…it wouldn’t be fair to them
hahahahaha not yet keep them in suspense. Gordon Pierre
Well yesss
Anything else uncle!! I tell Sana i could have the election date in my back pocket!! Lol but i not jumbieing lol!!
Well they should do like uncle Arthur Suite when he first started the Semi Professional league in PSA and play the games on one filed yes either the Hasley Crawford stadium field or the outside field by the stadium just build some proper seating stands at the side and behind the goals, since their offices in Jean Pierre cause ah really tired of travelling to Central to the Ato J. Boldon stadium.
Launch on the 29th May games on the 12th June!
The minister say 7 plus million to be spended after the cabinet meeting
Six teams, the head coaches like u uncle foreign base trini!lol with local under studies, franchise systems with sponsor buy in for 350000, four sponsors confirmed, they move into new offices i the jean pierre
Who will be the coaches of the teams, are there any women coaches involve , how many teams , the names of the teams and are the teams representing their communities nephew Gordon Pierre
If wired folks want more info on the league i will gladly provide such not as ministry representative but as a concerned and inform citizen who is fed up of persons riding on others for
Their personal gain!!
Well done Sana boi!!! It just goes to show that the ppl running the league do not have good intentions!! They simply want questions to get a chance to answer them bc they did not even think out this league properly!!
Sherlan Cabralis this is why some folks uses wired 868 to get the information and then put it forward like if they came up with the ideas do you really think that they had any intentions of sharing their plans with us on wired 868 eh, it is like the video that I posted Field of dreams eh where Lasana Liburd , Selby Browne, Maylee Johnson, Steve David, and Everad Gally Cummings explained everything as to how to fix our football eh. Them really good yes.
I’m happy to engage the public on a matter of national relevance Sherlan Cabralis. I see that as part of my job.
If people say the Ministry of Sport is on to a great idea, some might say I’m pro-PP. If they say it is a horrible idea, then some might say I am pro-Opposition.
But the astute people in the middle will know that the focus ought not to be on the messenger at all. But on the message and the reaction of the recipient.
All the same, it is good that people feel free to question me which is part of the whole process too. And I know I have to keep a certain standard.
Sometimes I will think I’m being unfairly criticised. But I’d rather have that than no criticism at all.
Dennis, my intention is not to question Lasana’s integrity. I know he is one of the few respected journalist.
I originally question the discussion because of lack of information on the topic. How can u have an informed discussion without the relevant information. People went on, on, on about what should be done when we don’t know what was proposed. The question was extremely broad. (PR is also about engagement. Businesses use social media to engage their public)
Them really good yes.
Sad to say that attitude is quite prevalent in the private sector as well. I am certain every professional has at least one story where disagreement with a superior on an initiative ended badly.
It is a lack of understanding of the role of the media. People think we are there to tear down their opponents or make their side look good. It is neither.
We are here to provide information. Usually that flows towards the readers and we ask questions on your behalf.
This was an opportunity for readers to ask their own questions through Wired868. And I gave full reign for questions as you can see in the thread.
But it is a politically charged season and people are seeing things through very narrow scopes these days.
What a bunch of idiots!
Exactly Savitri Maharaj. Kendall Tull called it correctly earlier too.
Sherlan…with all due respect for your opinion, what Lasana has done here is not “reporting”. It’s engagement; and what the MoS failed to see is the value of it.
PR is not engagement, and I’m quite comfortable with Wired868 Volley’s position on the distinction between the two.
Lasana has made many contacts during his nearly two decades in media, and the new Minister and his advisor are two of them. That fact should not be used to impugn either his character or his loyalties.
Hhmm…interesting turn of events…they don’t like what they’re reading…me thinks.. :/
So your comments were propaganda Sherlan Cabralis? I tried to brainwash you? Read over the question at the start of the thread. And then the comments that followed.
And then soak in what you are saying.
I must speak to the chair of the league, if they are willing, because it is clear that people want more information.
I can’t influence people by allowing them to state their opinions. But I know you just mean to say that you want the media to not be influenced by power and I certainly agree. So I take your comments in that vein.
When a reporter brings you someone’s views, it is an opportunity for you to challenge and dissect them. So it is much better than not knowing what that person was thinking at all.
Part of my job is to give the views of decision makers from all arenas.
PR, yes. Getting the press to promote their propaganda for free. I am not trying to be mean
Yes I do my friend but it is not working for THEIR betterment, continue to do your job in a professional and transparent manner,you have to understand that if a person in your capacity can influence a lot of people then you are the target
Kurtwyn Baird, you don’t see the value in some of the comments and questions posted?
Personally, I don’t see it as a waste of time. I saw this as quite revealing. And it was also interesting to see the interest in the WPL and the number of people who are keeping an eye on this tournament.
Steups. I gave people a chance to give their unfiltered comments on the league and you are calling that PR, Sherlan Cabralis? Really?
The job of the media has always been to get readers information. Here, I tried to go beyond that and let readers be able to speak directly to the decision makers.
So please explain how that is PR.
Lasana, stay away from PR.
Smh… It was their idea to engage the public in the first place.
You should have known better Lasana. They would never want to face the issues raised here.
change = EXchange.
and who wants to go back to their EX?
At least we do know that they read the comments… But that is as far as it is going to go from their end.
wow. total tiefhead scene
Editor’s Note: A representative from the Ministry of Sport has advised that they will not respond to comments posted on Wired868 about the proposed Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Professional League.
Wired868 regrets their failure to do so as promised but will try to get further information on the competition as soon as possible.
Well you know how they cannot handle the TRUTH why do you think that Papa Everad “Gally” Cummings was never allowed to ever be the Coach of another National team eh, and even in the Caribbean . Jack Warner really good yes.
….Blacklisted for what Earl Mango Pierre…Speaking your mind…The Truth???
Kendall Tull we are all blacklisted already. Them really good yes.
Don’t hold your breath. They love getting feedback abd responding to comments as long as they are positive. We’ll probably all end up on a watch list for seditious behaviour.
It seems that the Sport Ministry ended up not being as keen to respond to comment as they initially claimed.
I will try to find out definitively tomorrow if they have any intention whatsoever of joining the debate they asked to initiate.
See Lasana pulling out a few red cards. Lol.
Gordon Pierre why our family so eh like our father God has chosen us to always expose corruption wherever it exists ent. Them really good yes.
Hahahaha!! Lasana u know better than that!! Right now these threads could be going wild bc a picture tells a thousand words but timing is everything!
Oh Lawd Mr. Live Wire fining people now yes so I will have to be careful with my wording ent. ah wonder if “Corrupted” has any racial connotations. hahahaha
Ok lasana having lived in the US we used that word a lot but it was never deemed racial but rather a funny gesture but I won’t if it offends you
The Brits have deemed it “racist”… never mind it’s American origins, so if they say it’s racist it must be so.
Gordon Pierre playing Jack Warner with dem “tsunamis” eh Debbie? Lol
Rio Ferdinand was fined over a similar tweet as it was deemed a racist attack. It might be a grey area Dion Sosa. But best to avoid it I think. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/18847477
hahahahahaha The Oreo cookie, well yes. Them really good yes
Dion Sosa, I think you should leave the “oreo” comment off the thread. It has racial connotations. So let us avoid that.