{"id":184843,"date":"2023-09-10T11:16:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=184843"},"modified":"2023-09-10T11:59:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T15:59:30","slug":"letter-abfa-is-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/letter-abfa-is-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: ABFA is a Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Editor,<\/span><\/p>

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I\u2019d like to express my EXTREME dissatisfaction and embarrassment at this moment to be an Antiguan who was unable to support the national football team \u201cBenna Boys\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On Wednesday 6th September, 2023 the Antigua and Barbuda Football Association published a flyer PUBLICLY in order to achieve promotion to the upcoming Concacaf Nations League at the Technical Training Centre in Paynters (photo attached to email).<\/span><\/p>

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NOTE: Nowhere on that flyer was a limited seating or limited tickets notice.<\/span><\/p>

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Today is now Saturday, 9th September, 2023 and I arrived to the Technical Centre at 3:26pm only to be greeted with the number of extremely disappointed faces outside of the entry gate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me why the individuals running the gate entry kept everyone out stating the event was \u201csold out\u201d. I was shocked beyond words thinking it\u2019s a joke. One person said they were told there was a capacity of 700 to attend this event.<\/span><\/p>

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Now I’m not sure how true that information is but I know the amount of people that were outside and still arriving to game were enraged, disappointed, baffled and extremely hot from standing in the cruel heat just to be told that they cannot gain entry because of the unsaid capacity limit.<\/span><\/p>\n

WHY WASN\u2019T SUCH INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC FLYER ON THE ABFA FACEBOOK PAGE? I cannot begin to express the feelings that everyone outside the gate felt but I damn well know for sure we all felt the same emotions.<\/span><\/p>

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At one point we were sent to the other gate facing what used to be the popular supermarket XPZ, only to be told that we cannot gain entry and must go back to the other gate. At that same time a family of 3 left the event stating they finished watching the game and will not be back AND WE WERE STILL DENIED ENTRY.<\/span><\/p>

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That leads to my other question, doesn\u2019t that mean the capacity is dropping therefore at least 2-3 other individuals from the outside should be able to gain entry in place??<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>One man was even outside the gate with his ticket and couldn\u2019t get in because the entry staff locked the gate and ignored everyone!!<\/span><\/p>\n

This is the WORST experience I\u2019ve had with ABFA!!!!!!!!!!<\/span><\/p>\n

A simple notice on the flyer stating there\u2019s a limit or even updating the public throughout the event would of avoided traffic and wastage of time as well as other factors from a different individual\u2019s perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n

They truly did lose a lot of money and interest from a lot of people including me to even come to another match. They can call the same 700 people they had inside earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

ABFA needs to pull up their pants and take their head out of their\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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