CI team success marred by CARIFTA coach row
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Athletic Association (CIAA) has issued a statement in which it has apologised to local athlete Lacee Barnes-Riley and her husband, Adrian Riley, as a result of the part it played in the couple being escorted from the CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas this weekend after their coaching accreditation was revoked. The incident marred a very successful competition for Cayman’s athletes, who brought home two gold medals and a bronze.
Barnes-Riley, a gold medal winning national athlete and shotput record holder, and her husband have been coaching a number of Cayman’s young athletes who were going to the Games. But when she applied for coach accreditation, the CIAA said it was not possible because the team had reached its coach quota.
According to a video posted by Barnes-Riley on social media, she and her husband sought and secured the necessary accreditation privately. But she said that officials from the CIAA who were in attendance at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau complained to the Games organisers and the pair were escorted from the coaching area by police.
Barnes-Riley described an embarrassing and difficult moment, not just for the coaching couple but for the whole team as they were ejected from the competition area in front of the Cayman and regional athletes.
In response, CIAA said it regretted the “way it unfolded” but said that accreditation for Cayman coaches should go through the local association.
“Barnes-Riley is a talented and respected Caymanian athlete whose contributions to the country’s track and field community, both on and off the field, are invaluable and greatly appreciated,” the CIAA said in a statement.
“The CIAA executive would like to apologise to her and her husband for their experience at CARIFTA and we regret the way it unfolded. We hope that they will consider formally engaging with the CIAA training and development programmes as their experience and expertise will greatly benefit the further development of our Cayman athletes.”
But the association said accreditation of team officials could only be made with the consent of the Member Federation, namely the CIAA. Officials said that they had advised Barnes-Riley in February that the CIAA coach quota with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) had been filled and so the couple could not be accredited.
They then applied directly to NACAC directly for accreditation as part of the Cayman Islands team and were denied, the CIAA stated. However, Barnes has stated that the couple did secure accreditation and has challenged the CIAA to state exactly who benefitted from their removal.
CIAA officials said that when Barnes-Riley and her husband were observed coaching Cayman team members, they made inquiries about their credentials as they were obtained without the proof of CIAA’s approval and the couple had received passes in violation of the NACAC Rules. The association claimed it was at risk of being disciplined or fined by NACAC for the infraction, or worse, the Cayman team being disqualified from the Games.
“At the heart of this incident is a breach of protocol which could have had serious repercussions for CIAA, the Bahamas LOC and our athletes,” the CIAA stated. “We concede that the way it was handled by CARIFTA organisers was regrettable but the outcome would have been the same – a revocation of the accreditation due to the way in which it was obtained.”
The CIAA said it would welcome the opportunity to discuss the matter with Barnes-Riley and her husband with a view to moving forward and building on the positive momentum that Cayman’s success at CARIFTA achieved. However, according to reports on Cayman Marl Road, Barnes-Riley said that she has not heard from the CIAA or received a copy of the statement they issued with the apology.
Cayman had one of its most successful CARIFTA Games this year, with its first gold in 13 years. The athletes came home with two golds and a bronze. One of the gold medals was won in the U-16 long jump by Andrew Stone, who is coached by Barnes-Riley.
The other was won by sprinter Davonte Howell, who pulled off a 100-metre victory to earn the coveted medal. Meanwhile, Anthony Chin made the podium with a bronze in the U-17 boys long jump.
See the full statement from CIAA below:
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Someone at the CIAA should jog on, if this is how petty they are. They won’t.
The sad irony is how these athletes, including Lacee, are celebrated as Caymanians, as they should be.
But let anyone of them fall from grace then see how quickly their ancestral DNA will be dissected, and the verdict will always be that they are not Caymanians!
The breach of protocol here could have had serious consequences for the entire Cayman Islands team.
If the CIAA did not step in and take action with Lacee and her husband’s unauthorised coaching; what would all her “supporters” think about the entire Cayman Islands team being disqualified and stripped of their numerous awards this season?
Or, what if one of the athletes these two were coaching got injured? CIAA would have that liability to deal with.
This is a serious matter; rules and protocols are made for a reason and trying to go around those display a person’s questionable character.
The standards are set the NACAC.
You dont know what you are talking about.
If the Cayman Association did not complain, no one would have sanctioned them, no athletes would have lost their medals or be disqualified and that is a fact because as far as the authorities were aware, that young lady and her husband applied online and were verified and given their accreditation in the Bahamas.
I have since learned that the approval from the Cayman Association was the final step and someone else in the Bahamas gave them their accreditation without the Cayman Association’s approval so I would ask why the association was against assisting her to get the accreditation in the first place?
They wrote a letter to the Bahamian authoritative body prior to the Games telling them they were not approving the young lady or her husband so I want to know why. There are always two sides to a story.
My main issue is how it was handled. It was an embarrassment for the Cayman Islands. I don’t know the young lady and the Association may have valid reasons for not wanting her there but the President of thr Bahamas Atheletic Association himself said he gave the Association two options:
a. He could call the young lady’s father, whom he knew personally, and get him to ask her to relinquish the accreditation herself.
b. He get security and remove her.
Cydonie Mothersill immediately chose option b.
She didn’t consider or try option a, which would have been a more diplomatic way to handle it and if the young lady refused they would have no choice but to use option b.
Mothersill did not chose, that is a lie. The President in his press release stated that much.
Stop trying to spread a fase narrative. The Fox News v Diminon case teaches us a few things…like “the truth matters [and] lies have consequences”.
Congratulations to Andrew Stone, Davonte Howell and Anthony Chin, who all received medals for the Cayman Islands.
We are proud of all of your accomplishments in track and field athletic achievements. Keep up the good work.
Cayman’s first Gold Medals in 13 years. “One of the gold medals was won in the U-16 long jump by Andrew Stone, who is coached by Barnes-Riley”.
Can somebody from CIAA confirm if it is true that the gold medal winner in long jump was coached by Barnes-Riley?
Why was this not reported originally if it is true.
Not true, she assisted his coach
It is excellent that Devonte Howell had his private coach with him at Bahamas but why was Andrew Stone’s coach not there with him?
Suspect there is way too much politics in CIAA.
Guess you just have to know the right people.
Get the politics out and make athletic merit #1 and put the athletic youth first.
That us not true. Tyrone Yen is rhe coach of Andre Yen. Riley assisted in Jam but he is by no means his coach.
Did he do “basework” with him starting last year? No, he didn’t. He worked with him part time with the permission of his COACH.
Further, Andre Stone won gold and silver last year CARIFTA in the Long Jump and High Jump folks.
Trying to spin this false narrative won’t change the facts. They weren’t certified, they breach protocol, they didn’t have any athletes participating in the Games.
This is a false statement! Andrew Stone is coached by Tyrone Yen and he won gold in the U20 men long jump, Barnes-Riley referees to the female, she is not a qualified coach and does not coach jumps. Her husband Mr. Riley (also not a qualified coach) assisted with a few sessions in the Cayman Islands.
8:58, Was coach Yen in Bahamas coaching Andrew Stone?
If no, why was he not there?
Just to be clear it’s first gold medals in track and field. the swimming teams always come back with loads of medals.
I’m not involved in swimming, or athletics, or cycling, but the answer might be because each swimmer doesn’t feel the need to have their own personal coach at every “junior” events.
The events have different group by age systems at play, its apples and oranges to compare the medal amounts.
Not really.
Jamaica won 78 total medals in Track and Field
Bahamas won 85 total medals in Swimming
Quite a good comparison really.
Total opportunities to medal.
Track and Field 244
Swimming
360
Maybe I just don’t get why people compare the two sports in this way so I think I might be mistaken in approaching the parent comment with a ‘boat load’ of dismay. The systems for these sports here are so differently supported right now thou, just drawing the comparison feels like it’s supposed to demean the other somehow and it really does not address the systemic issues to enhance these sports.
So sad that this is detracting from the achievements of the young athletes.
These petty adults on both sides need to take this offline and out of the spotlight.
10:14 am: I agree. From what I can deduce from reports there were issues on both sides.
However, the CICAA as an association needs to take the high road and avoid being drawn into pettiness and high-handed actions.
Incidentally, as a member of the public I had cause to make justifiable contact with a top-level member of the executive. The tone of that response was totally out of proportion to a perfectly reasonable and appropriate request for information in a normal controlled tone that should never have elicited any confrontation.
I was nonplussed but against that background I am not surprised about this latest squabbling.
I think that the CICAA needs to do some soul searching.
I also agree with the view of the Hon Bernie Bush that if the CICAA cannot conduct itself better on the international stage that government funding should be discontinued.
Sounds to me like Lacee & her husband were looking for a job, hoping to be an instant shoein, immediately getting coaching qualifications in their athletic fields. And I guess CIAA begs to defer.
Lacee, her husband, and her NACAC friend owe the Cayman Islands an apology.
As does Catron.
Lacee Barnes lied, point blank. First she was escorted with guns oh no wait it was a stick. So in this day and age she don’t know the difference between the two. She purchase sneakers then she misspoke. What else about her story is fictional.
These are the facts…she isn’t a certified coach, she has no real coaching experience. She is NOT the most senior throwing coach in Cayman and she knows that. Twisting facts to fit her narrative.
She sensationalize an issue and rather than wait to hear both side the “experts” on CMR jump and create a hot mess.
NACAC didn’t issue the passes, the LOC didn’t either. She had a friend who knows her father. That friend broke the rules. She knew she was breaking the rule…when she arrived in Nassau…she said that much in her 1st IG post.
The focus should have been on the athletes, she had her moment as an athlete but thats what CMR and it’s followers do…pick out information they deemed important.
Lacee Barnes lied and any sensible reader would poke holes in her argument.
Who are you?
No, who are you?
I don’t know…
No, who you is?
An apology qualified with a “but” trying to justify your actions is not an apology. Sorry, not sorry
I sort of feel that the CIAA has a leadership deficit. And heading the qualities of good leadership are wisdom, discretion, and kindness.
It’s just another gang/clique that exists in the Cayman Islands. It is ALWAYS who you know. Always.
And if you piss someone off or don’t know the right people, OR are not a member of the lodge, you ain’t shit.
Signed
A 35yr Paper Caymanian Not Allowed to be Caymanian.
From which recognized body does Lacee Barnes (and her husband) have coaching certifications and at what level?
Who were the Caymanian coaches for shotput and discus at CARIFTA before the Riley’s stepped in to coach?
Did they displace an accredited and certified coach?
Suspect the young athletes from Cayman had no coaches for their field events.
Rules are rules – Delroy is right !
2 coaches were there. More senior that those two and they knew it too.
But not coaches in discus and shotput.
Answer the question.
Two World Athletics Level 5 World Certified Coach travelled with the team.
Certified coaches have always travelled with the teams, and they specialize not just in track but in field as well. They were represented in Nassau.
Cool story. Still doesn’t answer the question.
1:13, But none of the Level 5 World Certified Coaches had a specialization in throws (shotput / discus).
Prove me wrong.
Rare that track coaches know anything about throws, especially in the Cayman Islands.
Coach Williams, was one of the coaches and for the record, was the person who coached Lacee through all her CARIFTA games where she won gold medals etc.coached her through Islands Games,, so all of a sudden he does not know how to coach throws and she does?! People STOP with the foolishness!
Does Lacee? How long has she been coaching ? She said she has been helping out since November but has not 1 hour experience as a coach
they have none
What qualifying body do the other coaches have theirs from?
ZZZZZZZ. Big baby throws toys out of pram should be the headline.
Just read page 17 and try to understand it.
http://www.cfpitiming.com/2023_Outdoor_Season/Carifta_2023/Carifta_technical_manual_2023.pdf
I’m a complete stranger not affiliated with CIAA, who will also apply for coach’s accreditation so I can hang around the athlete’s warm up area.
Just follow the process. Don’t leap-frog over the local governing body to do your own thing. Look at this public mess now.
10:46, Were you a gold medal winner in the event you were coaching?
Why do Caymanians like to eat their own?
being an athlete has nothing to do with your coaching ability. If you are not a qualified coach nor do you have the appropriate child protection training (as required in the Cayman Islands) you should not circumvent the rules and put yourself in the position to coach.
Since when is CIAA concerned about child protection?
4:10, You obviously know nothing about field events such as discus and shot put.
Not the same as track.
Because some of us take legal and other advice from CMR and it’s mostly garbage
What does being a Caymanian have to do with anything? So getting a medal in an event qualifies you as a coach. Home girl knowingly broke the rules.
Maybe they know them better than others. It’s almost like politics.
Cayman’s soccer and athletics world is thickly-corrupt, politically swayed, and fiercely territorial. Nothing has changed despite headline FIFA/CIFA scandal. In nearly every national/regional representative event, our athletes suffer for it. Our own children withdrew from national-level teams because of that…among other issues (including inappropriate coach touching) and other drama. In one event, the entire Cayman Islands team was nearly disqualified from a qualifying tournament because our coaches wanted to cheat. The attending parents had to intervene to spare the islands another embarrassment.
Here is the question.
Were there any other qualified coaches for discus and shotput for the young Caymanian athletes?
I would argue no. Barnes-Riley and her husband were by far the most qualified to coach Caymanians in these 2 field events.
I challenge anybody to tell me otherwise.
CIAA is playing politics with too many people who know nothing about track and field but have the right political connections and hold their positions not on athletic merit, but on political merit and simply have good political connections.
There are serious problems on how CIAA is organised and it is not in the best interests of young Caymanian athletes.
Let athletic merit reign. NOT political merit.
Too many coaches appointed for years without selection criteria. Lucille Seymour it is time to step down as head of the Netball Assoc. president for life with unaudited accounts. You are waaaayyyy past your sell by (retirement) date.
Why would you argue no? Cayman had two qualified coaches who are more knowledgeable than the two individuals.
The coaches who travel with the team are World Athletics Level V coaches. The highest level. She isn’t even a level one. Don’t spread misinformation.
You clearly know very little about track to even make that statement. Politic is in every sporting organization.
5:49, But it is not track we are talking about here but FIELD.
You know nothing about field.
clearly you don’t either, Track AND Field, Coach Williams, who was Lacee’s throws coach was one of the coaches appointed and on the trip. They had it covered.
So true – these disfunctional bodies are holding their sports and our athletes back. Let’s hire professional directors of these programs and revamp them. Look at swimming and CIASA – it’s literally miles ahead !!
Except that you are not helping by undermining the very body responsible for improving these problems. There are rules. Respect them and follow them.
Can I “seek and secure the necessary accreditation privately” please? I’ve always wanted to be a coach and go to these events.
Hard to tell from this report how they managed that, but surely accreditation should be granted solely through the official body and not privately? Otherwise there’s a danger of chaos.
If that’s right, then I don’t think the association has anything to apologise for.
But 9:15, you have no problem with people being accredited when they have no skills to be coaching? Do you have coaching skills and a Caymanian history in the event?
If you were Caymanian and a former medal winner in a very specialized field event you should be accredited if you have been working on coaching young Caymanian athletes.
If you have ZERO experience as a coach you should not be accredited.
What needs to happen is athletes need to boycott the events. Run up your stats here locally so the CIAA know what they are missing out on but decline going because your coach is not being certified.
the federations have no clue what athletes are doing. And running up your stats here does nothing to improve your standing because the competition is not good enough for the top athletes. Both my children are top athletes in their sports but we train with overseas coaches because we have no interest in being involved in the mess that is Cayman associations. Competing overseas will get my children scholarships that the associations have no interest in helping with as we are not part of their inner circle/ family that they push forward. so corrupt
You are both right.
Your argument is flawed. Being an athlete does not make you qualified to coach children? Are they qualified? What coaching certification do they have? How long have they been coaching? 3 months? upon return from college? Seriously. From the horse’s mouth the proper process was ignored. If the process was in fact correct and the accreditation was all in order, the organizing body would never have removed them regardless of what CIAA said. However they received accreditation inappropriately. Yes they may have been embarrassed, but had they respected authority and not broadcast this situation we would not be here. How is the governing body to be blamed?
She is not a coach! What part of that escapes your brain ?
4:22, The part that escapes your brain is that if you throw shotput for 8 years you can coach how to throw. You might understand track but you don’t understand field events.
Using your logic, Usain Bolt could never coach because he was never accredited as a coach.
There is no reason why she doesn’t try to attain coaching certification. Then take required child protection classes (a requirement in Cayman to work or volunteer with kids).
Then ask the association to recognise her. The coach she had here is the coach who went with the team. Why does she now think she’s better than him at coaching?
I might have a PHD in physics but it doesn’t mean I’m qualified to teach.
12:57, Unless you are totally stupid, if you have a PHD in physics you can teach physics in high school. But you might be totally stupid and graduated from an online university or an academically awful university.
If I spend 10 years learning how to throw a discus or shotput I can assure you I can teach a teenager how to throw.
Wrong! I need teaching license/certification in addition to my degree (BSc/Masters/PhD). Whether I am teaching in USA or Cayman. I also need to take Child Protection
Some recognized regulatory body had to give accreditation and it was obviously at a level above CIAA. How else would they get past security to the warm-up area? If Lacee is saying she did receive accreditation and it was from NACAC, then the whole story about the quota being met is a lie.
She said her “friend” at NACAC gave the approval and said she would take full responsibility. How does this become Mr. Murrays fault or responsibility?
So if Cayman’s Athletic Association answers to NACAC, and Lacee received accreditation from NACAC (A friend or not), then that means she indeed had the right credentials to enter the competition area as a coach and that the NACAC quota being met was a lie. If it was so, then the NACAC would not have given Lacee her credentials. It’s obvious that there is bad blood between Lacee and Cayman’s Athletic Association. Lacee went up the chain of command and CIAA needed to retaliate. Lacee, if were you, I would hire a lawyer for this matter. This stinks of corruption. I used to represent the country in the early 2000s and the association was dysfunctional long before then.
No! NACAC did not follow the correct procuedure, they were to only authorise coaches put forward by CIAA and they admittedly did not do that and approved her without the go ahead from CIAA. This is like me walking into the next sporting event and announcing I am coaching the athletes because my friend on the board did me a favor and slipped me a coaches ID
My understanding is that the hosting country has all rights to issue accreditation. This is how private coaches are able to attend the competition area.
Wrong wrong wrong the host country cannot make decisions on behalf of the Cayman Islands association it doesn’t work that way
So they were allowed to coach by the hosts and the only problem was the tragic ego-driven owner games of those running CIAA.
At least the shot and javelin squad can get coached by those who know about sprinting and hurdling. Very useful.
Question the 100M gold medal winner Howell … had his PRIVATE COACH at CARIFTA … how was that possible as that coach wasn’t either of CIAA’s two coaches?
Explain how that is possible, but Lacee Barnes Riley’s actions were wrong ???
Also, how can a team from a country with the financial resources of Cayman send athletes to CARIFTA without proper gear? How can the team not have a physiotherapist? or a masseur ??
Agreed. Many times teams have not have kit or coaches when representing their country in various sports.
8:56, A brilliant question and point.
So well done Devonte Howell. Wishing him continued success.
He was there under another authority and most likely was sanctioned appropriately through another entity.
Other coaches from Cayman wanted to coach their athletes as well, (certified and qualified), one of those coaches actually had an athlete in medal contention, and was advised the same thing as the Rileys; however they chose to respect the authority.
The child had proper gear, they forgot their equipment.
That coach applied through his university which is allowed as did many of the coaches who FOLLOWED protocol.
Did you watch the Games, was the team not uniformed, did you hear a parent or athlete complain they had no masseur or no clothing?
Answer would clearly by no. They were all uniformed and the team had massage therapist. So again let’s still to the facts.
I wondered what the CIAA, Cayman Islands Airport Authority, had to do with athletics? why have the athletics people picked the same acronym?
14 @ 8:55am – the Cayman Islands Athletics Assn existed and used that abbreviation for years before the Airports Authority existed (2004)!
Ask the Lodge big shot who was the first Chair of the Airports Authority why he refused to take advice when presented with that very same topic, when the Authority was being created!!
But creativity is in short supply in Cayman. For example, AG = Attorney General, Auditor General, Accountant General.
Incorrect as usual. Until recently, the CIAA was in fact the CIAAA.
Prove me wrong.
Get on topic Bobo.
Petty officialdom at its finest.
Officialdom reigns in Caymanian track and field.
If only petty-mindedness was one of the events. The CIAA would field a world beating line up for that one. Sounds like ego and pride of someone at CIAA got in the way of the athletics.
Why is that?
Should rules only apply to the Cayman Islands and not other countries? Rules are put in place for a reason. All other country followed protocol. Only one person ego got the best of them.
Sandra Hill, needs to realise a journalist reports news, they are not supposed to create news. It seems this whole island is scared of her for some reason, her brainless blind followers would have been jim jones believers in another life.
wish I could like your comment a million times…she’s nothing but gossip bully!
“Officials said that they had advised Barnes-Riley in February that the CIAA coach quota with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) had been filled and so the couple could not be accredited.”.
Yet the head coach was appreciative of their offered services and utilised them for two days so maybe the “quota” needs be reviewed.
It seems that the CI Athletics is determined to not assist Lacee or accept her services for some unknown reason.
Their explanations are not adding up.
I don’t know the young lady but it sounds as though she really cares about athletes and is passionate so why would the association not accept her help?
She just got involved in November (coaching) and suddenly wants a ticket to the world stage as a coach? This entitled attitude is the real problem. She seems to be wanting to bully her way into leadership. She is not even a certified coach.
8:50, How many certified coaches exist on the Cayman Islands for field events such as shotput and discus events?
Guess winning medals for Cayman in the past in those events means nothing.
This is all about petty officialdom and nothing else.
All of our politicians aren’t certified or qualified for their position but you still voting them in.
you are correct it means nothing! Sorry but being an athlete does not make you suitable to coach children! There are quite a few qualified coaches and the people selected to travel were qualified.
4:35, Please tell me the names of the Caymanian qualified field coaches in shotput and discus that were in Bahamas?
The reality is track is the focus.
Coach Kenrick Williams, Also previously Lacee’s CARIFTA coach.
8:50, Did you ever think that she got involved in coaching because no one else was qualified to coach discus and shotput?
Did she displace another Caymanian? Is being a volunteer coach for 2 field events really bullying?
If one wins a gold medal for Cayman in a field event one has qualifications after many hours, weeks, months of training.
she is not a qualified coach, nor is her husband. hope she does get her coaching certification and give back and do things the correct way.
4:52, So please tell me the names of the Caymanians certified to coach in the field events of shotput and discus that went to Bahamas and were Caymanian?
Anyone who is involved with athletics in the Cayman Islands know that’s a farce…so the medals won before she started volunteering in November was done by who, and under whose guidance.
Come on now, think it through.
The quota number has nothing to do with the CIAA and is in place for very valid reasons.
Another major black eye for track & field association in Cayman that could have easily been avoided. Too many egos on all sides making it all about them instead of the most important part of the sport the athletes.
So let me see if I understand this. She decided to go coach team members without the associations approval, and somehow got herself admitted to the meet without the associations knowledge, and somehow in the sick twisted mind of Sandra Catron, the association is wrong for following the rules? I mean seriously ? I just saw a post where Catron said she is going to organise a protest. This is the kind of lawless, no limit anarchy she wants to spread and Caymanians have become so spoonfed and stupid they drink up her poison like it was honey. Bunch of idiots…. and before you start, I am a Caymanian born and bred!!!
#westandwithciaa
Sounds like an omnishambles but one thing seems clear – CIAA are a bunch of over-officious d*ckheads.
This has gotten out of hand. You are seeing the heart of people over this incident. They did not get accredited by the CIAA but want to make a name for themselves, so they take it into their own hand to go behind the association back to get accreditations? Do they have coaching certifications? how long have they been back in Cayman coaching? those coaches from the US and other countries more than likely have coaching certifications and meet the minimum requirement to obtain coaching accreditation. “Notice she reach out to someone she knew in the Bahamas”. We have organizations and committees who know the rules and laws and then govern by those laws. People are making this more than it supposed to be. Why are they not saying more about her husband? why is he not saying anything? are they trying to protect him from something? They have made this personal by the hurtful things they are saying about the CIAA.
instead of protesting this, protest the high cost of living and high cost of everything else in Cayman. Stand together Cayman, together we stand and divided we fall.
Drama queen marring the team success. She wanted to be the star since they were getting so many medals.
Pretty straightforward really. If they weren’t accredited by the CIAA then they had no business being in the warmup area. Go “coach” from the stands of you feel you really must.
THANK YOU!!!!
8:28, If you are accredited by NACAC then you are accredited. Simple as that.
What don’t you understand?
There are organizations bigger than CIAA in the world of track and field.
Might be hard to accept as a Caymanian, but it is true.
You see, that’s where you are wrong. NACAC can’t just go around accrediting coaches on behalf of their member federations. But then again, they are well aware of this.
CIAA is member of NACAC and have to abide by their rules and standards so why can’t NACAC issue the accreditation?
Because they can’t.
I and sorry 3:11, but NACAC knows a lot more about accrediting field event coaches than does our CIAA group.
Agree 100%. Why force yourself where you are not wanted and then cause a ruckus when sh*t hits the fan. As a “coach” your athletes should come first yet you choose to overshadow their performance with your drama. This should have been handled internally, not on social media.
3:32, Wanted by the young field athletes but not by the CIAA. Go figure?
Why not ask the young discus and shot put athletes if they wanted a coach in Bahamas? They did not have a coach there.
Then ask the athletes parents if they objected to the coaching.
Believe me nobody would have objected if they had coached.
What we have here is a power trip and big egos overriding the young athletes desires. CIAA officialdom need to put their own egos aside and think of the youth.