Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary, Ian Alves, has confirmed that the entity has officially written the Kashif & Shanghai Organization in an effort to remedy the ongoing issue surrounding the Most Valuable Player (MVP) ring that was awarded to Colin Nelson at the 2021 Super-16 Championship, said to be valued less than $80,000.
“We wrote the K&S [Kashif & Shanghai Organization] and they had responded and when they did, we wrote them again based on their response, and that is the situation. The reason we wrote them was in an effort to remedy the situation.
We wrote them before they contacted us, we initiated it,” Alves disclosed
Meanwhile, Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major, Co-Director of K&S said, “It will be remedied, we have to remedy it and put an end to this issue. We will engage the GFF and put an end to this situation. The plan is to engage them soon.”
Asked how was a value of $520,000 ascribed to the item when it was eventually revealed to be worth less than $80,000 following an independent evaluation, Major said, “I can’t recall how the price got attached to the ring, I didn’t do the handing over, it was handed directly to the GFF so I can’t say how a price got placed on the ring.”
When questioned if Nelson will receive a ring for the initially stated value of $520,000 or will the difference in value be paid to the player, Major responded, “We will come to some kind of settlement, I didn’t know it would become such a big problem.
We will discuss it with the GFF and get it out of the way.”
The MVP prize of what was supposed to be a 14-karat gold and diamond ring, which was valued at $520,000, and eventually won by Guyana Defence Force’s Colin Nelson at the end of the 2021 GFF/Kashif and Shanghai Organization Super-16 Championship, is said to be valued at less than $80,000.
This was confirmed following an independent appraisal of the item which noticeably, does not feature any diamonds.
The ring which came from Tony’s Jewellery of Alexander Village, was presented to GFF President, Wayne Forde.
Tony Ally, owner of the jewellery establishment, during prior comment with this publication stated that the ring, which is a 7 pennyweight 14 carat item, was donated as a gift to the Kashif and Shanghai Organization for the tournament.
According to Ali, he was contacted by the player who was enquiring about the actual value of the ring. However, he told the player that he will not be able to acquire the initially stated worth of the jewellery.
Ally previously stated that he did not specify a value for the ring but simply donated the item to the Kashif and Organization, adding that he did not have any conversation with the coordinators or the GFF about the value of the ring.
Nelson won the ring following his exploits with GDF at the prestigious championship. He is one of the most decorated local players in the history of the Kashif & Shanghai Championship, as he has won four titles with four different teams which is an event record.
Interestingly, each of his tournament triumphs was the maiden victory for each of the clubs he represented in the competition.
