Saw the race!

Could this have something to do with improvement in drug testing? We have seen the precipitous fall of the US from the top of track.

@David
“Could this have something to do with improvement in drug testing?”

While the USA was touted to be the user of performance enhancing drugs, clearly the Europeans were heavy on drugs too but they were more clever in concealing it before the tests started.

@Scout
“Imagine what it would be like if the caribbean was competing as ONE nation?”

Imagine what it would be like if all Africans were called home to represent Africa???

@ ROK // August 22, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Regarding rules. Perhaps you do not understand the rules or their basic purpose. They try to remove opportunities for people to ‘buy’ athletes/sportsmen under a certain age/while at a certain status. Once they become professionals they can take what they can get, but now while they are amateurs. It helps keep the playing field even. It is not for life. Had NSC thought, they would have promised the car for after graduation. What good is the car anyway while Shane was at college in the US? I think it showed awful ignore and unnecessarily jeopardized a promising athlete’s future. That could be seen as a near wasted investment.

@The Scout
“Only if our leaders can come together and Jagdeo would stop expoiting his people, this region would can rise to be a force to be reckoned with in this world.”[Only if? I think not. Guyana is not the only country in the region that may be seeing its citizens exploited. Also, what Caribbean are you seeing? English, Spanish, French, Dutch? If it’s Caricom only, then it’s worth thinking what that is really about.]

@LIB
“If Africa called back Africans it would need to deal with several current realities.”

I know, you would look for all the reasons why it can’t happen. You understand the conditional “if”. You so jealous of everything a man can’t even dream in peace for you. You too bright.

@LIB
“Africa is not ONE place: it has 54 different countries. It is not a single regional space in any sense. It has many internal differences and issues that are long from being resolved.”

You too bright. Only you knew that.

@LIB
“Perhaps you do not understand the rules or their basic purpose.”

What is there to understand. What purpose? Whose purpose? It does not fit our purposes and the day we can’t pay for a scholarship because one of our own getting victimised, we should go back to colonial rule.

They do everything to keep us under subjugation. I tell you already that those white people got their way. You may not hear about the gifts but you could be sure their amateur heroes will live in style and fashion.

There are ways to do things.

@ROK
“…the day we can’t pay for a scholarship because one of our own getting victimised, we should go back to colonial rule…”[Total non-sequitur. If the government wishes to see one of its citizens lose a scholarship, which it has probably NOT participated in securing, then fine. Stump up the money and cofer the costs. If it cannot find budget funds, who in the private sector will be asked to pay? You?

Who is being victimized? The rules are UNIVERSAL. If the student were a chimp from Waggooggoo, Illinois, and it broke its conditions, it would lose its scholarship.

“They do everything to keep us under subjugation. I tell you already that those white people got their way.”[The historically BLACK Colleges also have rules–and they make them for themselves too and/or apply NCAA ones. Now if they apply them are you going to say that the racist white structure told them to use the funds they have secured from blacks to build the colleges and to keep them predominantly black to now discriminate against black students? If you are not sure, then I suggest you do a quick trawl of the largest/best with regards to sports. I can suggest a few names, if needed.]

@LIB
“that could be done with cake and ice cream, a nice pat on the head and off you go.”

What? If Usain Bolt was at university under a scholarship, what would have happened in Jamaica? You would give him a pat on the back?

“But, what of principles? Keep it while we like it? Scrap it while we dont?”

You ever hear about moving the goal posts? What principles? Whose principles? You talking about a world that has none. Why should we have principles for them? Why should we follow their principles when they keep moving the goal posts. They have principles? It’s all a game of entrapment with them setting the traps all the time.

We need to understand empowerment. We need to understand that when it comes to what benefit our people, we can’t succumb to the whims and fancies of those who would like to penalise us for winning. JOKE!

If any Brathwaites win and the public heaping of gifts on him will save 1000 young people, what is a scholarship that we can’t pay for, if it will help us reduce crime and give hope to those who have not yet achieved?

You forget that you hold up Jamaica for its focus on sports and how these wins reduce crime, etc.? What you saying is not consistent with that. Just like you want to stop our Minister of Sports from travelling last minute to Berlin and yours there already; talking foolishness about last minute flights could be expensive.

I hope that the Bajans on this blog seeing you for what you are. This man trying to throw salt in we eyes.

@LIB
“Who is being victimized? The rules are UNIVERSAL.”

Universal? You really mekking sport. They blind you with that? I will risk to bet you they got contingencies for those rules. A scholarship? Man you mekking bare sport at we and yourself too if you really believe that.

@LIB
“If you are not sure, then I suggest you do a quick trawl of the largest/best with regards to sports. I can suggest a few names, if needed.”

OK skipper, jump off a cliff and if you don’t know where to start I can suggest a few ways you can get over.

@ROK
“OK skipper, jump off a cliff and if you don’t know where to start I can suggest a few ways you can get over.”[Let that answer stand as an example of what content is NOT. This is what empowerment means?]

@LIB
“I heard that H1N1 cases in Bim are now 50+ If you are saying that the choice is between dealing with that possible start of an epidemic (I’m no doctor, but contracting it is easy), and feting an athlete.”

You feel that we igrunt, right? Who compared H1N1 to feting an athlete? Just typical of you to twist words and play dumb to get over your negative positions. As JC said, all you do is “try” to insult Bajans’ intelligence.

I never said that so there is no need to conduct a poll because the two don’t clash and are exclusive to each other.

In case you did not understand let me make myself clear. You spoke about budgeted funds. I responded to say that even if that were true, they found funds for the H1N1 because of its importance. If there is something that is equally important that probably costs 1/10 or less of what the H1N1 cost us, you saying that the government of Barbados can’t find the funds. Where did they get the extra funds for H1N1 if they were all so budgeted?

When projects get overrun by less than what it would cost for a scholarship, don’t you see the Government going to Parliament for supplementary funds? Where that comes from?

What you really trying to rub in our eyes?

@LIB
Furthermore, look what you reduce it to, “feting an athlete”.

@ROK
It has not been reduced. Barbados loves fetes (celebrations) and have we not just had a great one? Again, are you saying something else should have been said.

From the original post. “Not since Obadele Thompson’s bronze medal performance at the Sydney Olympics has Barbados had reason to CELEBRATE the performance of our sportsmen on the world scene.” [my stress]

@LIB
“I sense no desire to get a handle on facts. So, read, ”

You miss the point and probably the boat too. This is not about content of some set of rules, this is about a sovereign country determining what is important to it. Not even international law don’t w3ork unless the sovereignty concedes to it and even then if there is no support legislation in place, it gone thru the eddoes.

So don’t tell me about some rules made up by institutions, they just can’t stand up to a sovereignty. I will not sit here and allow you to twist everything to your whims and I will not be sucked in. The contents of the rules are unimportant in this case. These kinds of rules cannot stand in the way of a country’s progress.

We have Barbados Scholarships every year, offer the man one. He is deserving. No stupid rules can’t get in the way. What would be the reason for having conditions to a scholarship that does not allow the receiver to accept gifts or be rewarded for outstanding performances in the name of his country? Sounds to me like there should be some exceptions to those rules.

@LIB
“Again, if you do not have it, or want to do it, better to say so and move on. We will understand what your original remarks were.”

Well skipper, move on. You trying to imply a lack of substance and you trying to dupe me into some road you laying out and then your deduction if I don’t follow what you say is that I lack substance? Show me the substance in yours. I think it is you who have work to do if you want to have substance.

So in the absence of any substance it would be good to follow your own advice and move on.

@LIB
“It has not been reduced. Barbados loves fetes”

Is that so? then the following statement by you is not only a non-sequitor, it is stupid because if we love so much celebrating, we would find something to fete about and not wait for Oba or Ryan.

““Not since Obadele Thompson’s bronze medal performance at the Sydney Olympics has Barbados had reason to CELEBRATE the performance of our sportsmen on the world scene.” [my stress]”

Your stress is right because I can’t understand why you stressing out yourself on Bajans when Jamaica want so much help from people like you? Go home and do your national duty then. Leave us to deal with our problems, they are lesser than yours. This is candy, Jamaica is hernia.

@LIB
“Stick to your profession and let me stick to mine.”

That is condescending? Oh your arrogance and insults have no bounds, do they?

@ROK
“I can’t understand why you stressing out yourself on Bajans when Jamaica want so much help from people like you?”[You have it in one. YOU cannot understand that someone with no national stake would care that another nation improve. You see national interest fixed in nationals only.

It is not a matter of ‘when’. Jamaica too has my input. Come and I will show you my other activities. I have talked about capacity for self sacrifice. That I think you do not understand.]

I think you have placed yourself squarely and openly to see.

@LIB
“This is one of mine (former athlete, professional sportsman, qualified coach, qualified FIFA referee, founder-manager of football club).”

I was none of them, so that gives you the right? You qualified in England? Good for you?

Ask anybody that went to school with me and they will tell you I never run an inch. I was never a boxer, I was never the junior judo champ of Barbados. I never played competitive cricket, football, squash, tennis. You did all and I in a wheel chair.

@LIB
“The 18 names have been published…”

You obviously talking about the pic-o-de-crop semi-finals. forget we like fete.

Listen then, because I have no qualifications. I am certainly not in your professional space and if I was, I would step out.

I can accept ‘step out’. Please do not presume that people will not look carefully at propositions. That IS condenscending.

Matter closed.