"No Pro Player For Lone Star" Rejected
By Julu M. Johnson, Jr.
The Minister Youth and Sport Counselor Wheatonia
Dixon-Barnes has decided not to invite foreign-based players for
Liberia's remaining five matches in the 2006 Nations and World Cup
qualifiers.
Having played five matches out of ten, Liberia lies second
from bottom in Group One with 4 points. Thus, the Sports Minister
believes the team stands no chance of making it to either Egypt
and/or Germany.
But in his reaction to the decision, the Assistant
Minister for Sports Richard Wleh said, "I was taken aback to hear
that foreign based will not be invited."
"I see this decision as unilateral. It is a fallacy
and should not be condoned by the public," noted Assistant Minister
Wleh.
He said, "there is nowhere in the world that
people do without professional players."
The Assistant Sports Minister has therefore vowed that foreign
players would be sent for although he said the number would be
minimized rather than preferring only local players for the Lone
Star.
"I don't know anything about it. I have been marginalized,"
revealed the Youth and Sports Ministry official.
The Sports Minister Counselor Barnes is currently in Gabon. So,
she was not available to state whether or not the Assistant Minister
was left out on the matter. But the Public Affairs Director at the
Sports Ministry, Mohammed Kamara said the Assistant Minister was
present at the meeting that led to the exclusion of the foreign
based players |
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