On a number of occasions in recent years, in this space, I focused on the ineptitude of the National Sports Authority (NSA); the inconsistent manner in which it has been operated; and how in glaring instances, it has seemingly gone away from the tenets of the act of 2011 which is supposed to govern the quasi-government organization.

Each column was a red flag that the government of The Bahamas, under various political controls and several different sports ministers (Progressive Liberal Party and Free National Movement), either ignored or didn’t recognize. From the very outset, there were discrepancies regarding the way the NSA functioned.

It was autocratic and ran afoul quite early of sporting federations. The NSA’s focus was single-minded, New Providence-centric, with no obvious interest in paying attention to sporting facilities outside of the capital island.

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