BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – FOLLOWING Jack Warner’s resignation as CONCACAF President and the life ban of President of the Asian Football Confederation Mohamed bin Hammam from all football-related activities, FIFA had given Caribbean football associations 48 hours to explain their part in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) conference held at the Hyatt Hotel in Trinidad on May 9 and 10, 2011.
FIFA, the football’s world governing body, is investigating the alleged offering of some US$1M in cash bribes to 25 Caribbean football officials by Warner and bin Hammam during the CFU conference.
In a BBC Sport article dated Tuesday, July 26, 2011, it was reported that FIFA, in a statement, said, “Fifa has sent a letter on 25 July to all CFU associations, asking the associations, their presidents, and any of their members with knowledge of anything that transpired during the meetings held on 10 and 11 May in Trinidad and Tobago, to provide and report all relevant information in their possession within 48 hours.
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The beauty of FOOTBALL as a sport is that it only requires a ball to be played. If you take away the politics and the posturing and you’re left with a ball then play can continue.
So, who got what, who gave what to whom and such like shouldn’t really matter. IF FOOTBALL is still being played, and is allowed to be played, let’s roll with that.
SPORT & POLITICS shouldn’t mix…play the game, it’s a whole lot more fun that way!!!
The point is two members of the DFA attended the meeting in Trinidad and only one is talking. Jack said it is normal to give cash in fifa, so our DFA has received cash in the past
Dominica’s case in this matter has to be a matter of serious concern and perhaps the need for further investigation. Put into context the close, rather comaraderie relationship between the football boss here and the disgracesd Jack Warner cannot be a simple matter to simply put aside. Ask questions about the maassive injection of money into football activities in the lead up to the recent Annual General meeting. Ask questions about the reason and need for a live band (Dominica’s best) performing for three or so hours (free concert) at the opening of the 2011 football season. Was there for that? Ask the questions. Was the band playing free or was it paid? How much did it cost? Shouldn’t that money have been given to the provision of incentives to players to encourage greater involvement and improved performance? Should our football be subjected to a “Sewo” affair just to bring the crowds which care less about football, but will come as long as the “Sewo” is freely available?
Suddenly the DFA seemingly is awash with funds to spend on football development activities. Why wasn’t that kind of expenditure made before? I suppose there was no money. Did any of the $250,000.00 USD that the DFA received from FIFA on an annual basis deliberatley budgetted for that kind of expenditure around this time of the year simply to ensure the re-election of the current body? On what was the money being on before? Is there a need for FIFA Ethics Committee to institute a value for money audit of the DFA’s accounts?
Should football lovers be concerned about that style of management or should they just sit back and accept the gifts? Was Dominica offered a monetary gift at the Trinidad meeting? Did Dominica accept the gift?
Agree wt u 100%, but alas it seems that this is wat we want at the DFA…more bribery, mepwee, low standards of football and officials – we keep on pushing one man, while there r many othrs who can be trained, sewo, one set (esp in Estate) getting all the benefits, underhand deals like d window washing and the money and other stuff given to clubs b4 the election, this was wat the members wanted and voted for….and his man will come talk about intergrity…wat a croak
The broader questions are: who represented Dominicaat the meeting held in Trinidad? what happened to the envelope that he/she/they received?
It is alleged that “President of the Dominica Football Association Patrick John got £25,000 from Jack Warner”. Now if that is true, what did he do with $40,000? Is he saving to run for the 2014 general Elections???
Is this also “ALLEGED”?
You may be called all names but u may have put that on yourself. Yet you have done the honorable thing and resigned. That is the way of a honorable and respectful leader…
R u aware that his resignation means that he cannot be questioned for his actionsin the whole affair? That is not “honourable”; to me it is cowardly