St James FA rejects president’s resignation
Published:Friday | August 13, 2010 | 3:12 PM
The St James Football Association has rejected the resignation of president George Evans.
The decision was taken yesterday at an emergency meeting of the St James Football Association held at the Montego Bay Cricket Club.
A release from the association stated that it would wait for the return of Evans to the island later this month to discuss the issue.
Evans, who is in England on holidays, tendered his resignation with immediate effect on Tuesday, citing breaches of procedures.
The board came under heavy criticism recently when in an email to the media and the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), outlining the five-year ban and $25,000 fine that was slapped on national goalkeeper coach Warren Barrett for a fist-fight with a referee, it recommended that Barrett retain his position in the national set-up. The recommendation was accepted by the JFF.
The email incident came in the immediate aftermath of another incident in which board members disregarded the directive of Evans and used the UDC playing field as an official car park during the rain-drenched staging of Reggae Sumfest 2010, resulting in significant damage.