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Less than a week after Dexter Skeene announced his intention to leave the TT Pro League post he held for some 14 years, chairman Sam Phillip told Wired868 that he will be following the departing CEO through the exit door.
“Yes, I tendered my resignation earlier this week,” Phillip told Wired868, reluctant to comment further. “Dexter Skeene and they will do a press release tomorrow.”
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Phillip, a former Soca Warriors manager, lasted less than a year in the post, having taken over from long-standing chairman Larry Romany in June last year.
His departure follows Skeene’s resignation last Friday and is another blow to the Pro League, which is struggling to come to terms with life without the monthly TT$50,000 government subvention for clubs.
In a two-part series published earlier this week, Trinidad and Tobago international defender Yohance Marshall, former World Cup 2006 midfielder Densill “Bleeder” Theobald and a third player, who chose to remain anonymous, shared some of the issues caused by the current uncertainty.
There is still no start date for the 2018 season. Skeene, who is also the co-founder of SKHY, has promised to assist the League in any way he can but he is equally determined to take his leave in another three weeks’ time, when his 54th birthday rolls around.
Editor’s Note: See Wired868 tomorrow for full story on Sam Phillip’s resignation.
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Well, the Pro League clubs said they had no knowledge of that bail out and there was no mention of it in Cabinet yesterday. So I don’t know that there is any truth to the Guardian report.
..Not surprised. The Politics of Failure. We specialize in that. Meantime, Smith steadfastly refuses to even acknowledge official correspondence from the Super League. Six million more after the previous many tens of millions went down a deep, dark, bottom-less pit. And now talk of marketing. The Super League has twice requested a subsidy of some three hundred thousand dollars for inter-island travel and to maintain the integrity of what is a truly national league – without response from officialdom. But this is Trini. We also specialize in the Politics of Partisanship…
Gov’t $$$ to rescue Pro League
http://www.guardian.co.tt/sports/2018-03-15/gov%E2%80%99t-rescue-pro-league
Come on DJW you could do it
Money done friend done
Ah! Lessons from Uncle Sam.
When yuh see that Money done.Thats how things goes in T&T!!
This whole thing shambolic…needs to be remedied soon
SOS SOS calling Arthur suite get him lmmediately what’s going wrong I would like to know
Old people say “Money done, friend done.”
Yuh know? One ting dat has been conspicuously absent from the ongoing saga of the Pro League, is official comment from the TTFA. As a matter of fact, what is even worse is dat we haven’t even heard official word from the Pro League itself. No official unifying message. What de Board doing, scratching? ttproleague.com have no news about de state of de league, no news about Skeene’s departure, no news about Sam Phillip’s departure. Is de plan just to ignore it and it will go away?
I think they just ran out of ideas and not sure what to do now.
Lasana Liburd too run out of ideas would lead one to assume you HAD ideas in the 1st place… yuh may need to restate that statement Sana… ?
Lol.
..I repeat my offer to facilitate the entry of any TTPL club into the 2018 Super League..
As much as I like the gesture, more workable would be a stakeholder discussion on merger of the TTPL and TTSL, along with reframing of the existing TTFA constitution to include among other things, a right to recall clause, code of conduct and ethics, as well as, inclusion of non football persons in leadership positions and more allowances for transparency and accountability. This would possibly serve the national footballing community in a more holistic way. Don’t you think?
..I live in the real world. Football season is almost upon us. The agenda you itemize above will take at least a year – if not two. Meantime, football has to be played..
..Not to mention the fact that for one year now I have been preaching in the wind calling for talks between the two organizations.
I never underestimate the power of motivated parties working to a common higher ground
..Yes. It does take TWO to tango..
May the force be with both entities..
The Super League model…is desperately needed by the Pro League clubs…
Mainly so…the sense of belonging by players and supporters alike…that comes from representing a Community by playing in the said community….with players and Staff from the said community….there is no model that can beat that in Trinidad….
Dexter Cyrus very good point … our old clubs like malvern and futgof came out of that model
Have to know a dead horse when you see it.
Good riddance!
Pro League is unsustainable under the current conditions but it shouldn’t just dismantle and implode. Dialogue is quickly needed to see what and how much is salvageable and can be turned productive with minimal investment.
The last part is the whole point. You cannot succeed in building a sustainable professional league “with minimal investment “. It’s putting a band aid on a gun shot wound
Not exactly….’minimal’ could mean focusing on your core foundation and then getting that right, rather than waiting or expecting a windfall of investment.
I agree with you but right now TTPro League needs to be smart going forward/surviving
The writing is not just on the wall, it also on paper.