2023-10-27 22:08:01
The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) said on Friday it had finally paid members of the 2023 women’s World Cup team. Before that, the players declared they were going on strike for the two qualifying matches of the Gold Cup in protest. They lost (1-2) against Panama this Thursday and will challenge Guatemala this Monday.
The Jamaican women’s team, which reached the knockout stage for the first time in Australia this year and held the Blues to a draw (0-0), denounced last week the “constant mistreatment” on the part of their team. leaders. In a press release, they said they had not been paid “fully and correctly” for their participation in the World Cup, nor had they received the qualification bonuses.
This Friday, the leaders published a statement on this subject on social networks: “The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) is pleased to announce that, as it had committed to doing, it has paid the full sums owed to the women’s World Cup team.
“We will also start paying all players who participated in the qualifiers but were not included in the final World Cup squad […] We are grateful for the contribution of all our players and we are happy to have been able to settle these outstanding amounts,” added the institution to put out the fire.
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