Jamaican football - the issues

[Karl]

I have come to the conclusion that the clubs in Jamaica have no real desire for players to find better opportunities abroad

Agree that they should think on the players welfare as paramount. ...it would lead to the club's own movement from abject poverty to good financial well-being.

[Islandman]

But why wouldn't they do it then? Rational people generally act in their own self-interest don't they?

Harbor View FC for example seemed to have had a good thing going at least for a while. They seemed to have had knowledgeable people running the club. So why wouldn't they do things like the videos, etc?

Just saying maybe there is more to it than we think.

[HL]

A video is an essential starting point to get a club to take notice, we have to remember when you dealing with clubs in Europe as far as they are concerned Jamaica is irrelevant when it comes to football. With things like the WYSCOUT platform clubs do not need to go to places like Jamaica to scout players, they have more or less everything at their fingertips so when clubs in Jamaica asking a King's ransom for an average player they could probably find 20 of the same ability or better on a free transfer elsewhere.

Dunny, Jamaica and lots of Jamaicans are mired in mediocrity.

The points you have hi-lighted are all valid. But you will find some will defend the poor standards.

I could watch up to 5:17 of what you posted. Apart from the poor quality video; local football is painful to watch.