Canadian Soccer Has Some Issues
There’s leaving a job. And then there’s leaving a job. Colin Linford, the now former head of the Canadian Soccer Association, chose the latter when he resigned earlier this week. On his way out the door Linford blasted the organization and said running it was an experience he wouldn’t with upon his worst enemy. He was just getting started.
“This organization needs disbanding,” the English-born Linford said with finality. “We do not have enough people who can make decisions based on what is good for the (national) association and not what is good for them.”
“I don’t know if `bitter’ is the right word,” Linford said of his state of mind. “Frustration. Betrayed, certainly, by a number of people within the organization.”
His brief tenure has left Linford angry and disillusioned. Despite decades of involvement with soccer as a coach and administrator, he says he’s through with the sport. “Am I being harsh? No,” said Linford. “I’m being a realist.”
It’s nice to see there are people in the sports world who upon being forced to resign still believe in the age old tradition of exposing the corruption and selfishness of their organization. There’s no fun in leaving on good terms anyway.
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