A High Court judge on Friday ordered the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) to make an interim payment of more than TT$6 million to 13 players who represented the country at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Justice Devindra Rampersad also expressed concern over the TTFF's accounting, which included all commercial revenue associated with the players prior to the 2006 World Cup. "I have great issue with the accounts filed...It is totally unaccountable," he said.
He ordered that the accounts be properly done on an Excel spreadsheet, adding that it must be done properly no matter how long it takes.
The judge noted that the football body did not properly account for $1 million Swiss francs and several million dollars (TT) received from private sector funding.
Rampersad said he could not properly rule on the matter because of the incomplete accounting reports.
The Soca Warriors have been demanding that the TTFA honour a ruling of the London-based Sport Dispute Resolution Panel (SDRP) in 2006 that stated under the terms of a contract, agreed by FIFA Executive Committee member and TTFF special adviser Jack Warner TTFA owed the Soca Warriors half of all 2006 World Cup commercial revenue.
Justice Devindra Rampersad also expressed concern over the TTFF's accounting, which included all commercial revenue associated with the players prior to the 2006 World Cup. "I have great issue with the accounts filed...It is totally unaccountable," he said.
He ordered that the accounts be properly done on an Excel spreadsheet, adding that it must be done properly no matter how long it takes.
The judge noted that the football body did not properly account for $1 million Swiss francs and several million dollars (TT) received from private sector funding.
Rampersad said he could not properly rule on the matter because of the incomplete accounting reports.
The Soca Warriors have been demanding that the TTFA honour a ruling of the London-based Sport Dispute Resolution Panel (SDRP) in 2006 that stated under the terms of a contract, agreed by FIFA Executive Committee member and TTFF special adviser Jack Warner TTFA owed the Soca Warriors half of all 2006 World Cup commercial revenue.
The TTFF claimed that a breach of confidentiality by the players meant they were no longer bound by the agreement.
Attorneys for both sides return to court next Friday.
Attorneys for both sides return to court next Friday.
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