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    MVP might leave Jamaica

    MVP might leave Jamaica
    published: Thursday | September 11, 2008


    Stephen Francis - File
    MAXIMIZING VELOCITY and Power (MVP) Track Club, the home of Olym-pic champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker, along with Asafa Powell, could leave Jamaica soon.

    Paul Francis, the group's assistant coach and director, confirmed what his brother and head coach, Stephen Francis, said on local radio on Tuesday night.

    May happen sooner "That (move) is something that has to be thought about and it may happen sooner than later," Paul Francis said, echoing the comments made by his brother on Hitz 92 FM's Sports Grill programme on Tuesday night.

    MVP might leave Jamaica
    "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
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  • #2
    i saw this coming.....mills too......they are in HIGH demand with big bucks. they need to make aleaving and feather their nests if they can.

    Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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    • #3
      That's all good, but both coaches should use this opportunity to invest whatever benefits they get from the successes of their JAMAICANS athlete back into the Jamaican track and field infrastructure.
      Six days I work for my children, on the seventh day they work for me.
      Mitty

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      • #4
        How feasible is this move and where would they move to? I think this is another ploy on the part of Stephen Francis (Not MVP) to try and get some public sympathy.

        First of all Stephen is employed to UTech but that is only a contrcat and he can walk away fro it anytime he chooses.

        Now people have been talking about moving to the US but that wont come cheap nor easy. First things first all his athletes would have to apply for and get the H2 visas as they cant just go to the US to live and train.

        The coaches and other staff would also have to get work permits.

        Plus who would fund this very expensive venture as a number of the athletes live at home and commute to training.

        Additionally how many of these athletes will give up school at UTech and other places to go live in the US or elsewhere where they will have to PAY tertiary fees?

        What happens to his high schoolers that he has actively recruited the last three years who are not yet elite athletes, will he abandon them..or just leave programes for the to work with.

        Sorry to throw this out there but I cant just accept these things just like that without thinking of how it will work.
        Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
        Che Guevara.

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        • #5
          Good questions!
          I am thinking he could leave...and leave most if not all of his athletes...if the money is right.

          Currently he is making a good living with his current charges. Would he throw that out for a new beginning? New beginning it would be!
          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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          • #6
            blackmail


            BLACK LIVES MATTER

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            • #7
              simple
              Solidarity is not a matter of well wishing, but is sharing the very same fate whether in victory or in death.
              Che Guevara.

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              • #8
                IS Patrick Manning calling? T &Tobago has a UWI Campus

                Originally posted by Karl View Post
                MVP might leave Jamaica
                published: Thursday | September 11, 2008


                Stephen Francis - File
                MAXIMIZING VELOCITY and Power (MVP) Track Club, the home of Olym-pic champions Shelly-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker, along with Asafa Powell, could leave Jamaica soon.

                Paul Francis, the group's assistant coach and director, confirmed what his brother and head coach, Stephen Francis, said on local radio on Tuesday night.

                May happen sooner "That (move) is something that has to be thought about and it may happen sooner than later," Paul Francis said, echoing the comments made by his brother on Hitz 92 FM's Sports Grill programme on Tuesday night.

                MVP might leave Jamaica
                They will need a a college for the students and T&T has UWI campus and no visa requirements.
                The same type of thinking that created a problem cannot be used to solve the problem.

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                • #9
                  [quote=Karl;128688]MVP might leave Jamaica
                  published: Thursday | September 11, 2008


                  Stephen Francis - File


                  As to why the club is contemplating this move, especially with the success of [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]training[/color][/color] at the University of the Technology (UTech) and Stadium East, Paul Francis, could only repeat what his brother said: "Because he (Stephen) has been getting strong demand to coach other athletes and some of these athletes may not sit well with Jamaica."


                  This doesn't sound like an argument that should be supported by a self proclaimed "patriot".
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                  • #10
                    getting Visa fi the top Ahtlete wouldn't be a problem. The US would also try to get some fi switch to them.

                    As you say it is expensive but remember there is alway Dubai and China who can pay Millions.
                    • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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                    • #11
                      Was wondering if the UK was being considered too. The presence of a Caribbean community is a big plus.

                      It is hard to see Jamaican athletes being comfortable in a place like Dubai.
                      "‎It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men" - Frederick Douglass

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                      • #12
                        Money will mek anyone comfortable in Dubai. But, I would expect the Emirates people would require the man dem change dem citizenship and tek a Muslim name, before dollars flow.
                        Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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                        • #13
                          He should elaborate on that statement.
                          Winning means you're willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else - Vince Lombardi

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                          • #14
                            all of those can be overcome......if him move and visas are an issue for some jamaicans...whose fault is that?

                            Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe. Thomas Paine

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                            • #15
                              ************************************h, yo alive Sickko?
                              Karl commenting on Maschaeroni's sending off, "Getting sent off like that is anti-TEAM!
                              Terrible decision by the player!":busshead::Laugh&roll::Laugh&roll::eek::La ugh&roll:

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