News from T&T

Some news related to Trinidad & Tobago during the week, but didn't post for one reason or another:

• T&T's soccer federation made record profits from the final Hexagonal match against Mexico -- close to US$37,000, which is really unheard of.   I don't know the net profit from West Indies cricket tests in T&T, but I wouldn't be surprised if the figure is close to the one for this match.
• The match against Bahrain will be played around 6-7pm.  There goes my idea of playing the match in the early afternoon and then hightailing it to the airport immediately afterward.
• T&T's government will pay for a huge portion of the team's expenses in the playoff, including the transmission of the away leg in Bahrain on TV (US$50k) and the charter flight to/from Bahrain (about US$700k).  The soccer federation Jack Warner has also secured millions more (Trinidadian dollars) in funding  from local and multinational companies.  It's the new Jamaica!
• The federation Warner also agreed to double the match fees given to the T&T players.
• Finally, Jack Warner has sharply criticized the Jamaican Football Federation's move to host a week-long minicamp for Bahrain's team, in addition to the friendly match to be played between the two countries.  On one hand, it's totally understandable -- Jamaica's federation is no longer fashionable and is now strapped for cash, and Bahrain waved two handfuls of dollars in their face.  But given that Guatemala declined a similar offer, it's unfortunate that Jamaica didn't do the same.  And Jamaica's not going to listen to talk about "Caribbean solidarity" - solidarity in that region is a mile wide and an inch deep.