As the saga with four elite clubs and the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), intensifies, General Manager for Slingerz Football Club, Colin “BL” Aaron has sounded his voice on his club’s position after they were not given the green light to be a part of the Caribbean Club Championships.
Aaron confirmed that he has indeed received a letter along with an attachment letter from Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) which stated that the clubs are no longer in good standing with the GFF, ultimately affecting their participation in the championships. The clubs are Slingers FC, Alpha United FC, Pele FC and Georgetown Football Club.
“Yes we did receive a letter via the Federation [GFF] with an attachment from CONCACAFF to the Federation’s letter dated December 30 which says to CONCACAFF that the four clubs that withdrew from the league has no standing with the GFF meaning we are no members, we are just outsiders” Aaron stated.
The Slingerz boss went on to say that “based on this, CONCACAFF will not allow any club which is not in good standing to participate in an official tournament.”
General Manager of Slingerz FC, Colin “BL” Aaron
But Aaron is of the opinion that this move by President of the GFF, Wayne Forde was one designated to destroy the clubs.
“That is being vindictive again by Mr. Forde and his administration because based on the Guyana Football Federation constitution, Mr. Forde and his executives have no authority to revoke any membership of the Federation, which lies with the congress. To date the four clubs have not been suspended or anything, faced with no disciplinary issues.” Aaron pointed out.
“BL” notes that this is not something new by Forde but is a deliberate act to have those who oppose his authority and management skills stifled.
“Mr. Forde tried everything behind the scene to ensure you fall in line because clubs standing up against wrong doing by him and his administration to do everything possible to ensure these four teams don’t get a chance to participate” Aaron stated.
The General Manager agreed that the clubs did withdraw from the League but it was based on the conditions that the clubs were forced to take such actions after continuously going through the right channels to seek justice but to no avail.
“Now you’re saying we did not participate, we withdraw from the league. Yes we withdrew; the four clubs withdrew based on the conditions. We have an issue too with the breaking of the rules and an infraction against the Guyana Football Federation to extend the league. Meaning the elite league is only for members of the federation and there are eight members of the elite and to expand will require congress decision to amend the constitution to allow the membership to move from 22 to 24 and elite from eight to 10 and we will withdraw until we have a hearing on this matter. We try after everything possible based on the mechanism in the constitution including arbitration and has been pushed one side by Mr. Forde. We wrote many letters from September to now and the only response we get is directive,” the General Manager explained.
Based on these decisions, Aaron, speaking on the position of Alpha FC and Slingerz FC predicted that the two clubs will have no choice but to be forced into dissolution.
“Speaking for two clubs Alpha and Slingers, they have players who are employed and earning a monthly salary and those two clubs will definitely dissolve because both owners pushing their hands in their pockets and they are not being sponsored” the General Manager said.
