Just learned that Guyanese boxers in transit back to Guyana have absconded. Seel the following: http://bit.ly/aTEwzo . How selfish and unpatriotic can you get? Now I can understand someone back tracking after being in dire situations. But as a sports person representing your country, this takes you to another level. How are they ever going to represent Guyana again? Didn’t someone tell them how hard it is nowadays to abscond like that? Finding work would be next to impossible and whatever they find would be very menial and degrading, much worse than their previous status as representatives. I don’t care how the treatment was at home, they had the eyes of the world on them and didn’t think about anything else but themselves. Did they stop to think of all the youngsters who looked up to them? Now those kids are thinking that given the same opportunity they would do the same thing. Did they stop to think of the US would now view Guyanese athletes who happen to pass through their borders? Patriotism has nothing to do with the party in power. Its all about the pride you have for your country. Maybe that is the problem. This is just another hustle, winner takes all. They have none.
This brings back memories of the soccer players who did the same years ago. None gained prominence. Some even went home dead. All brought shame to the country and Guyanese football never got to the greatness it had the potential to achieve. I hope these guys are swiftly caught, deported back to Guyana and pay back the millions of Guyanese dollars used to finance their trip.
One thing this illustrates is the willingness of the people of Guyana to sell their birthright for a quick meal like in the bible. As young men, who were their teachers? The people of Guyana, fast emerging as among the world’s most ill disciplined.
