Simoes

The Editor, Sir:

If what I have been hearing and reading in the media is true, it appears that the services of Prof René Simoes was unceremoniously terminated while he was still in Honduras. If this is indeed what happened, it is my belief that it could have been done in a more dignified manner.

If his services warranted termination (and with that I am neither pro nor con) why does this have to happen on foreign soil? After all, he was hired in Jamaica, so why fire him abroad? There is precedent for this sort of behaviour by the JFF so I have to ask, is this the culture of football internationally?

Our national anthem is played before every international football match involving Jamaica, and the first line of the second verse says 'Teach us true respect for all' and so this should not be the Jamaican way.

Sports teaches a lot of life lessons on the field, and some are taught off the field as well.

I am, etc.,

WILBERT TOMLINSON

weltbuerger.facts@

cwjamaica.com.