[Goanet] SRINIWAS DEMPO AND PETER VAZ NEED TO TEAM UP
Frederick Noronha wrote: Just for argument sake, why are politicians not acceptable in sports, but business barons kosher? Aires' argument below is telling. Can't sports be administered by sportsmen themselves? Or is the system built in a way that ensures their continued dependence? Agreed our business barons and realtors are given credit for building certain teams, particularly their own. But is it not possible to envisage a sporting world without them? And who says business is not linked with politics? Some business barons and entrepreneurs are open part of the political world (Anil Salgaocar, Manohar Parrikar). In other cases, politicians have become businessmen (including the Alemaos, and many others before them -- the earlier nexus was with hotels). In some cases (like Digubab), it is not clear whether we have businessmen masquerading (and protecting their own interests) as politicians, or politicians who grew ambitious and needed to park their money in businesses. Eitherway, it's an unhappy mix. Politics and business in Goa is anyway a close marriage. Before the pre-1961 lobby steps in to romanticise things from then, let's add also that the landlords of the past play the role that capital, politics and corruption today plays... even if the details were different, of course. FN On 26 October 2010 18:48, Aires Rodrigues wrote: >?However, there > has to be a mechanism in place so that Sriniwas Dempo can team up with Peter > Vaz to take Goan Football to greater heights. Tonito Botelho whose > knowledge, expertise and contribution to the game knows no bounds is another > asset Goan football cannot afford to be without. We need to be vigilant to > ensure that politicians and persons who have done damage to the game are > shown their place. Politicians also infect the sports bodies ?with political > rot. Comment Dears, Don Aires, poor soul, who I used to sometimes observe, keeping myself to myself, when I used to occasionally sit at Ashok's the joint behind the post office of Panjim known for its chicken masala, the same joint where he was once pasted, Don Aires, poor soul, who I used to sometimes observe, sitting on another table at Ashok's, while Don Aires used to hold court, and where he and his coterie would sally running commentaries about the world at large and Goa in particular; Don Aires who like Don Quixote likes to tilt at windmills, but unlike Don Quixote quite frequently wins, is in this case sorely mistaken. Do not Don Aires, for a second imagine that either of the contestants in the race for the post of GFA President are at it for the love of football. Whether they go by themselves or they join hands together be sure that they are in the game for their own self-interest. Whatever they do is for themselves... The same applies to you, Don Aires. Cheers Augusto -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal, Moira, Bardez, Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com or ypinto...@yahoo.co.in P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
Re: [Goanet] SRINIWAS DEMPO AND PETER VAZ NEED TO TEAM UP
Just for argument sake, why are politicians not acceptable in sports, but business barons kosher? Aires' argument below is telling. Can't sports be administered by sportsmen themselves? Or is the system built in a way that ensures their continued dependence? Agreed our business barons and realtors are given credit for building certain teams, particularly their own. But is it not possible to envisage a sporting world without them? And who says business is not linked with politics? Some business barons and entrepreneurs are open part of the political world (Anil Salgaocar, Manohar Parrikar). In other cases, politicians have become businessmen (including the Alemaos, and many others before them -- the earlier nexus was with hotels). In some cases (like Digubab), it is not clear whether we have businessmen masquerading (and protecting their own interests) as politicians, or politicians who grew ambitious and needed to park their money in businesses. Eitherway, it's an unhappy mix. Politics and business in Goa is anyway a close marriage. Before the pre-1961 lobby steps in to romanticise things from then, let's add also that the landlords of the past play the role that capital, politics and corruption today plays... even if the details were different, of course. FN On 26 October 2010 18:48, Aires Rodrigues wrote: > However, there > has to be a mechanism in place so that Sriniwas Dempo can team up with Peter > Vaz to take Goan Football to greater heights. Tonito Botelho whose > knowledge, expertise and contribution to the game knows no bounds is another > asset Goan football cannot afford to be without. We need to be vigilant to > ensure that politicians and persons who have done damage to the game are > shown their place. Politicians also infect the sports bodies with political > rot.
[Goanet] SRINIWAS DEMPO AND PETER VAZ NEED TO TEAM UP
No one sided match is entertaining. So the closely fought Goa Football Association elections were thrilling in every aspect. Sriniwas Dempo is a very mature, charismatic and balanced person who will be an invaluable asset and will give the game the much needed professional lift. However, there has to be a mechanism in place so that Sriniwas Dempo can team up with Peter Vaz to take Goan Football to greater heights. Tonito Botelho whose knowledge, expertise and contribution to the game knows no bounds is another asset Goan football cannot afford to be without. We need to be vigilant to ensure that politicians and persons who have done damage to the game are shown their place. Politicians also infect the sports bodies with political rot. Sriniwas Dempo will have to ensure that they do not stifle or remote control him. Sports is one arena that definitely has to be above Politics. And we all know on what grounds! With politics comes corruption, and we have seen it all. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
