Football CI members called to OFC

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) recently tried to have three members of the football community ‘charged’ by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Ethics Committee.

Tony Jamieson, Brian Baudinet and Cameron Robertson were all ‘summoned’ to appear in Auckland in December before the OFC Ethics Committee.

By trying to improve governance and accountability of CIFA, the three got ‘offside’ with the local officials.

Instead of addressing the issues of concern, CIFA tried to have them banned from the sport for raising the issues and giving them public profile even though the sport is played largely on public facilities.

Football Cook Islands (FCI) continues to work for the betterment of football in the Cook Islands.

FCI want to try and work with the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) to address the many issues that affect the game here, but CIFA have instead chosen to attempt to have three of its members suspended.

The four-yearly elections will be held this year for the CIFA executive.

FCI would like to urge all the clubs on Rarotonga and the Outer Island associations to give some consideration to who they want to work for them on the Executive for the next four years.