Jamaica referees, PFJL standoff ends

Jamaica Referees Association
president, Valdin Legister.
Jamaica Referees Association president, Valdin Legister.

(Jamaica Gleaner) PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL Jamaica Limited (PFJL) CEO, Owen Hill, said referees were paid all monies owed to them last week, and that match officials will once again make their services available for the Jamaica Premier League (JPL).

Referees withdrew their services after complaining that they had not been paid since November, and were owed close to $8 million.

President of the Jamaica Referees Association, Valdin Legister, said his members had not been paid for rounds 16 to 26 and have had to dip into their own pockets to subsidise the league.

He also declared that they would not return to the field until they were paid all that was due to them.