FIRSTLY, can the President of the Guyana Football Federation, Christopher Matthias publicly state at what juncture did the remnant of his executive (unconstitutional) deliberate to grant approval for the coordinating of the Mayor’s Cup?

Secondly, exactly which body submitted the application – was it the Mayor’s Cup Organizing Committee, or the East Bank Football Association? By the way, who are the additional members of the Organizing Committee? Since over the years, and to the best of my knowledge only one person exists (me, myself and I) executive coordinator, Lennox “Cross eye/Maling” Arthur.

Thirdly, have all the requirements been met. i.e. lodging of prize monies; or a letter of commitment from a reputable sponsor (s) to honour payments to the top four finishers; approval from the respective associations for their affiliates participation; utilization of officiating personnel from the Referees Council, etc.

Along with medical personnel, stretcher bearers and adequate ball boys, security presence with visible uniformity is also another prerequisite: Of equal importance is the payment of fees, which is normally done before the contract is signed and a proposed budget of income and expenditure is submitted. But with the tournament’s executive coordinator’s known history of threatening language and verbal abuse to office staff of the GFF, could it be that the President is afraid of the individual and is lenient? Other organizers incur the wrath of the GFF, namely the K &S Organisation and Slingerz F.C – the latter was given a royal run around last year. By the way, how come a total of 32 teams are participating? Why must it take a total of six weeks to complete? Are these normally acceptable, in view of the fact that Fridays and Sundays are normally set aside for the associations’ domestic schedule?

A bonding friendship has been existing between “Cross Eye” and Matthias over the years. Is this why the goalposts are being shifted? It must be noted that never before did the Mayor’s Cup K.O had 32 participants, since this was against the norm in granting approval. When was this ruling changed? With Hamilton Green as the Mayor, of Georgetown, how come matches are being played in Berbice, East Coast and West Demerara? And His Worship over the years has done absolutely nothing to upgrade Parade Ground; so in actuality what benefit does the sport derive from his office? I rest my case.

RICHARD DANRADE