Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Normalization Committee chairman Clinton Urling, says he is puzzled by the intention of the GFF to initiate a professional league despite being the administrators of the Elite League, which is the primier local club football event.
According to Urling in an exclusive interview with Stabroek Sports, an article which appeared in the December 15th edition of the Stabroek News and was headlined, ‘Guyana’s football to get Pro League come 2021’, raised many questions regarding the intention of starting another professional league despite the existence of the ‘Elite League’.
He explained, “Both the headline and the contents of the article left me befuddled. I was already under the impression that Guyana had a professional league, which is called the ‘Elite League’. The Elite League (EL) was established in 2015 and it represented the highest level of Guyana’s football. The intention of the Normalization Committee, in conjunction with FIFA, was to establish Guyana’s first professional league.”
