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NPL ~ Round 7 Games Postponed Sunday November 04th , 2007
A dispute over monies owing between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and the Premier League Clubs Association (PCLA), cancelled the scheduled seventh round Cash Plus Premier League games on Wednesday October 31. The JFF currently owes the clubs approximately $5m for prize monies from last season, but it is the $4m administrative fees owed to the JFF by the PLCA to operate the league which brought a crippling halt to the competition. The JFF, which still has autonomy over the league, thought it fit to suspend the competition until the new administration comes into effect on Sunday, November 4, after a request for a portion of the money owed be paid to compensate the staff. Burchell Gibson, JFF General Secretary, was quoted as saying that he has been in discussions with the PLCA but no solution was forthcoming. “In discussions with the PLCA it was decided that the administrative cost of running the league would have been paid over to the federation, but subsequently, we were advised that this would not be done and as a result we would want to leave all discussions relating to the PLCA to the incoming administration as this will be an agenda item for the Congress. Cash Plus Limited is in the first of a three-year $150m sponsorship deal of the premier league and following international trends; the 12 participating clubs have formed the PLCA and have initiated the process of gradually wresting control of the running of the top league from the local governing body, the JFF. Pending ratification at Sunday’s Voting Congress, the JFF will officially hand over the reins of the Cash Plus Premier League to the PLCA, which is owned by the 12 clubs in the league and will concentrate on the affairs of the national programme. The JFF will not be directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the league but has veto power as a special shareholder during election matters. League leaders Seba United on 13 points was expected to have their mettle tested when they host champions and second-placed team Harbour View in the top-of-the-table feature game. No games will be played on Sunday to accommodate the JFF Voting Congress in Hanover, which will see the return of Capt Horace Burrell as president after he was nominated unopposed. Crenston Boxhill who defeated Burrell in 2003 by four votes, decided not to seek re-election
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