Athletes must be professionals not part-time amateurs

By Treiston Joseph On In Sports |
From left are Colin Boyce, KA Juman Yassin, Shawn Baksh and Geoffrey Sankies at the head table of the post-Olympics press conference. (Aubrey Crawford photo)
From left are Colin Boyce, KA Juman Yassin, Shawn Baksh and Geoffrey Sankies at the head table of the post-Olympics press conference. (Aubrey Crawford photo)

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), KA Juman Yassin has concluded that for Guyana to do better at world class competitions such as the just-concluded London Olympic Games, more investment must be made to help the athletes to become professionals instead of being part-time competitors.

The GOA was finally speaking