ISPORTS COMMENTARY FOR TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY, 2007

 

SPORTS COMPANY AND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE FAIL THE COUNTRY

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SPORTS HAS NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD – SAYS THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OLYMPIC COMMITTEE

HOCKEY , THOUGH , HAS NEVER HAD IT SO BAD – AND THE OLYMPIC BOYS AND GIRLS REMAIN SILENT. DEAF IT SEEMS TO THE ERRIE SOUND OF DISASTER IN ANOTHER PROMISING SPORT.

 

THE FACTS ARE , THAT , THE SPORTS COMPANY HAS FAILED TO SOLVE THE IMPASSE.

THE MINISTER OF SPORTS AND YOUTH AFFAIRS IS STILL TO SICK TO STAND ON HIS OWN TWO FEET.

 

IT IS NOW TIME FOR ACTION , BOTH  POSITIVE AND CORRECTIVE.

FIRST LET US DISPEL THE RUMORS.

 

THE EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS FOR THE UMPTEEN OCCASION GOT A SPORTS STORY WRONG , THIS TIME IN STATING THAT THE 10^TH OF JANUARY WAS THE DEADLINE FOR THE NAMING OF THE HOCKEY TEAM TO THE WORLD INDOOR FINALS.

 

THE ACTUAL DATE IS THE END OF JANUARY, SIMPLE RESEARCH WOULD HAVE SAVE THE EXPRESS FROM THIS EMBARASSMENT.

 

WHO CAN , WE ,THE PUBLIC TRUST ?

THE ADMINISTRATION OF HOCKEY , NOW CLOAKED IN SECRECY AND BESEIGED BY LATE NIGHT PHONE CALLS IS ON THE RUN, WITH UNFIT ATHLETES.

 

IS THERE MORE TO ALL OF THIS , THAN MERELY A PLAYER AND A COACH WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS?

IS THIS ABOUT PERSONALTIES, AND CLUBS?

THE PUBLIC NEED ANSWERS. IT IS COSTING US OVER $500,000.00TT FOR THIS TEAM TO TRAIN AND TRAVEL TO AUSTRIA.

 

WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS , IT IS NOTICREABLE THAT SEVERAL HOCKEY CLUBS HAVE BECOME DISILLUSIONED WITH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SPORT, RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY.

 

HOWEVER WHEN FROM 16 REGISTERED CLUBS, ONLY SIX CAN BE TOTALLY SATISFIED CURRENTLY WITH THE INCUMBENT REGIME, THERE IS MORE THAN CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

 

IN ALL OF THIS , THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO OLYMPIC COMMITTEE NEEDS TO STEP FORWARD AS A RESOURCEFUL AND  PURPOSEFUL BODY AND MEDIATE AND FIND A BALANCED SOLUTION.

 

IT IS MERELY MY FEELING , THAT IF DOUGLAS CAMACHO WAS STILL THE HEAD HONCHO AT THE OLYMPIC BODY , THIS MATTER WOULD HAVE BEE RESOLVED TO THE BETERRMENT OF THE SPORT.

 

WHICH INCIDENTALITY FOR ALL THOSE WHO CARE TO LISTEN, IS WHAT IT SHOULD ALL BE ABOUT. PLAYERS COME , PLAYERS GO, ADMINISTRATORS ARE VOTED IN AND THEN VOTED OUT , SOMETIMES BEFORE THEIR TERMS EXPIRE BY EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS.

 

SOMEONE HAS TO BE BOLD – AND STEP FORWARD-

AS IT STANDS, WE ARE NOT ONLY GOING TO LOSE BADLY IN AUSTRIA WITHOUT OUR BEST PLAYERS, BUT OUR HOCKEY PEDRIGREE MAY SUFFER IRREPARABLE DAMAGE.

 

DID SOMEONE SAY , WHO CARES? , AT LEAST SOME WILL GET TO SEE – EUROPE- FOR THE FIRST TIME.

 

SHAME , SHAME , SHAME ON ALL OF YOU , ME TOO

 

THIS IS ANDRE ERROL BAPTISTE , SAYING , HAVE NO FEAR , THE FEARLESS ONE IS HERE .