Tag Archives: sport administration

“[…] At the heart of my concern are two critical areas that I believe continue to affect the progress of football in Trinidad and Tobago, leadership and administration of the game, and the development and support systems surrounding our football stakeholders. These are not easy conversations, but they are necessary …

“[…] Even worse were the conditions under which these young women participated for the last few weeks. There were no tents, no substitute benches, no changing areas, and no toilet facilities available for the players on the training field. “Substitutes sat directly on the ground under the scorching sun, and …

FC Santa Rosa: “[…] This tournament should never have begun without all systems being set in place…” Gateway Athletics: “[…] We realise that we fell short […] and we are actively working to address and resolve these concerns…” The following submissions on the 2023 Republic Cup National Youth Football League …

“[…] The TTFA has undoubtedly been in a mess for a long time; and so has Fifa. Indeed, we may have learned how to be corrupt in football from Fifa. No one in a local or regional body can carry on sustained defrauding of Fifa without the assistance of someone …

“[It was a] poor decision [by Michelle-Lee Ahye to shut down her social media accounts]. The PR people will tell you bad publicity, good publicity, it is still publicity nonetheless; and it is about how you use it. “Being a professional athlete, she makes money from running but her social …

“Imagine you’re at a buffet table and, laid out in front of you, is an orgy of unimaginable delights. Why would you seek out and put on your plate the ones you know are toxic? “Such is the dilemma of sport in T&T. We have spent so much time, effort …

If FIFA and the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) were practising good governance, including fair and transparent electoral processes, would Mohammed bin Hammam realistically have expected to get away with trying to bribe 25 CFU officials for their votes during his bid for the FIFA presidency in 2012? That rhetorical question …

Quick! Identify one sport in Trinidad and Tobago which, in your opinion, is well run. Did I hear you say “Chess?” Negative. “Cycling?” Okay, so you watched the annual First Citizens Sports Foundation Awards function on television last Friday. Or you read the report in the press on the weekend. …

“There needs to be an overhaul of what exists because let’s be real: Obviously it is not working…” Emmanuel Callender, sprinter. “Apparently the bench mark for a good performance is strictly a Gold medal and everything else is a let down or failure—ridiculous in my opinion…” Richard Thompson, sprinter. “Until …

Maybe it is just a Trini thing but have you noticed how, even though the persons in charge are very often leaders in their respective professional fields, amateur sports run by amateurs always seem to be run, well, amateurishly? These amateur professionals—or are they professional amateurs?—are placed there to run …

Are the West Indies cricket team fighting to be crowned as the world’s best Twenty20 outfit because of the mechanisms of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)? Or should that be despite the mechanisms of the WICB? No matter who triumphs when the West Indies cricketers clash with England at the …