It came as somewhat of a surprise to learn that the Guyana Defence Force was participating in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph-sponsored Cellink Plus Premier League competition run off by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).
This is because the GDF was banned sometime last year by the GFA and there has been no release from the GFA stating that the ban had been lifted.
Yet the GDF was in action Sunday night at the Tucville Playfield where they inflicted a 3-0 whipping on Fruta Conquerors in one of two matches of the evening.
An investigation into how a team banned by the GFA could participate in a GFA-sanctioned competition unearthed the fact that the ban on the GDF was in fact lifted by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).
Whether this fact was communicated to other media houses is not clear.
Certainly, this newspaper received no such communiqué from the GFA.
It is a most unprofessional act from an organization which prides itself on its professionalism.
Why did the GFA not indicate to media houses that the disciplinary committee of the GFF had in fact overturned the ban?
This is certainly not a development that enamours the GFA to its 17 affiliates.
Whether the GFA will get a slap on its wrists from the GFF at that body’s annual general meeting on Saturday remains to be seen.
Despite the obvious progress made by the present GFA executive in the short space of time they have been in office, it is evident that there are still some bottlenecks remaining one of which concerns the financial state of the body.
There are questions surrounding the audited financial statement of the organization which was constitutionally due as at December 31 2007 and clubs have complained that they are not aware of the financial status of the organization.
Companies like Banks DIH and GT&T have shown a lot of faith in the Troy Mendonca-led organization and that is a plus for the GFA.
As such, the GFA needs to be reminded that it has to do the right thing.
