More corporate support for sports is important

Thu, Oct 7th 2010, 08:00 PM

By FRED STURRUP
NG Associate Editor
frederick@nasguard.com

One of the greatest sports ambassadors in this country's history is joining those who are lamenting the plight of the Bahamian elite athletes when retirement nears or is upon them.
Pioneer international sprinter supreme Tommy Robinson recalled recently for me, a conversation he had with triple jump superstar Leevan Sands.
"I was talking to Leevan and it really touched me when he posed the question as to what will he and the other elites do when they retire. They have no insurance programs. The system is not such, as is the case in other countries, for at least some of them to move into quality job positions that enable them to keep ...

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