National footballers want to play but under different GFF administration

Dear Editor,
For years, this football administration has not progressed, shown no vision and provided no solid foundation for its national athletes to progress in football.
This is purely based on vision and future for football in Guyana and its players at all level and ages.
The last 12 months have been the most marketable period for the Guyana national team, and the federation has failed miserably. The team created history by reaching that stage of World Cup Qualification, however the federation never matched the progression of the on-field and were so lackadaisical in their preparation that they could not bring Mexico to Guyanese soil, and ended up being dictated to by external entities and until now cannot release a figure for how much the game was sold for and how much money was made.
With foresight, efficiency, effort, vision and desire, they could have been more than prepared to host Mexico in a manner that would have been fruitful to the Guyanese public, the economy and the federation. The players were not consulted regarding the change of location, nor informed why the fixture was changed, nor provided with any financial benefit from the sale of the fixture.
The commitment and dedication of the players to country is unquestionable. Every player wears the shirt with pride, and relishes the opportunity to represent the Guyanese people on the national stage, however the federation has under-performed from an administrative standpoint for far too long and it’s time for change of personnel.
FIFA should regularly test its administrators. I say this because FIFA provides the federation with approximately US $250,000 a year. That is a lot of money and a clever person knows how to invest money and allows money to make more money. A foolish person spends all. Our federation time and time again seems to represent that of the foolish mindset.
Sport is a valuable tool in society. It allows youths to obtain a career in something they love instead of settling for a life of crime to survive. If they cannot see this path, how are they to believe?
Please feel free to contact all of the players for interviews and statements and one will recognise that we are all committed to Guyana and want to continue to do so, however we feel ourselves and the public deserve more competent individuals to handle the administration of football in the country.
The commendable action would be for these individuals to humbly accept that football has progressed much quicker than they had foreseen and they are no longer capable of seeing the team in the direction it is heading. It is a vicious fast moving business now, and Guyana has been competing against some of the best. Competing was once good enough but not anymore, the country has the potential to be consistent dominant winners, champions and leaders.
Now more than anytime we need a federation budding with energetic work horses not very comfortable retirees.

Yours faithfully,
Christopher Nurse

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