Basketball at an all-time low; Gov’t needs to step in- Roy A. Garraway
“Basketball is at an all-time low. Some individuals are trying to keep it up but the [BVI Basketball] Federation is dormant, they are not saying anything and we are hearing nothing from them and those are who we entrust with keeping basketball with our kids, putting on camps, putting on this, and they absolutely doing nothing.
“It come to a point where I think the government needs to step in. It’s a FIBA organisation, which has nothing to do with government, but they need to step in for the sake of basketball in the territory,” Garraway told Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) in an exclusive interview.
The BVI Basketball Federation (BVIBF), after being inactive for some time, dissolved last year. According to reports, no election has been called as yet since “they are still trying to figure out the voting system of who can vote.”
According to Garraway “there are some serious infighting going on. I really don’t know and I wish not to get involved.”
International governing bodies for sports usually prefer matters to be dealt with in-house and clear of government involvement.
Basketball can reduce some of the fights in schools- Garraway
Nevertheless, Mr Garraway says he would like to see basketball come back to a level with regular tournaments or leagues, and children have something to look forward to.
Mr Garraway also believes strong and consistent basketball programmes could help reduce some of the fights in schools.
“If we have a serious basketball programme, a number of kids who getting in trouble would get a chance to channel their energy towards basketball."
The basketball coach also said a serious basketball programme demands that the children keep up their grades in school. “And believe it or not, kids listen to coaches more than their parents. A coach with respect would set good precedence, and we need that,” Mr Garraway stated.
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25 Responses to “Basketball at an all-time low; Gov’t needs to step in- Roy A. Garraway”
The government kills off or ruins everything that it touches.
Who remembers the hugely popular and successful music festival on the beach at CGB -run by volunteers and subsidised by the restaurants and bars on the beach - it ran for a couple of very successful years and then the Government took it over, paid people with no management ability to run it, and it only lasted one more year.
Similarly, many years ago Battle of the Corporations was a huge success for many years - then the Government stepped in to organise and provide referees (who were paid and turned up late) and the event died.
Even more obvious, our infrastructure and roads - the only roads holding up are the ones built tens of years ago by UK troops and the recent ones put in by the RDA.
over one million dollars of tax revenue blown on 3 days of party
Charity begins at home/help our people first
Government should not be involved in horse race track , basketball or anything else like get your sh** together and stop asking government for everything.
It is an imported from America along with weaves blond wigs eyelashes pizza burglaries murders guns HIV street whoresbad behavior and dunce activities in schools which must be utilized in keeping with America stamp approval of Negroid.
Every damn thing does not need the government to step in . Shmm!