Yus Sound points but lets be optimistic here about the advantages, you never know Gambia may end up qualifying for ANC 2008. Just a thought Sanusi --- "Yusupha C. Jow" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Guys: > > I do not think that Gambia has the resources to host > such a tourney at this > point. Rumor has it that GFA league games have at > times, attracted less that > 50 people. This to the point where an article was > written about the lack of > interest shown towards soccer by Gambians of late. > > The logistics for hosting such a tourney include > building adequate housing > facilities and mini-stadia in other parts of the > country where the tourney > will be held (note; all matches cannot be held at > Independence stadium), plus > setting up adequate logistics for the press to > transmit these games live. A > great amount of this money will have to come out of > govt. coffers.. Mali got > great exposure and thus good return on investment by > hosting the recentlly > concluded ANC, but can the same said for the an > under - 17 tourney.. > > I love soccer, but my opinion is that we should > back-out of this > arrangement. > > -Yus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an > e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~