GFF should have dealt with Elite League relegation of Clubs professionally
Even as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is in the process of reintegrating the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Pele FC into the activities of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), a member of GFC maintains that the relegation process late last year could have been dealt with differently.
A source from GFC speaking to Guyana Times Sports under the condition of anonymity said that the GFF should have dealt with the relegation of the club in a more “professional manner.”
GFC and Pele FC are being reintegrated into the Georgetown Football Association
The relegation had stemmed from four clubs; Pele FC, GFC, Alpha FC and Slingerz FC withdrawing from the STAG Elite League due to numerous issues cited by the aforementioned clubs.
Instead of the GFF sending a letter notifying the GFC of their relegation, the source maintained that the Federation could have called a meeting and dealt with the matter like “adults”.
Initially it was portrayed that the clubs refused to continue their participation in the league due to two other teams being added to the initial 8 teams in the league, however the GFC representative pointed out that there were other issues that lead to the refusal to be a part of the league which were cited by the relegated clubs that were never properly addressed by the GFF.
The source continued that the whole fiasco has led to some 80 players being out of jobs and an additional 25 coaches as well as millions of dollars being wasted.
In a recent release to the media, it was noted that the next major activities of the Association are the GFF-Pele Alumni Frank Watson National U15 Tournament and the GFF-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Tournament, the latter scheduled to begin this weekend.
“These competitions will afford the youth players from the respective clubs the much needed opportunity to be engaged in active football.
“Further, the senior team will be allowed to participate in the Association’s tournaments and compete to regain their position in the elite league,” the release stated.
