T&T Football Federation (TTFF) president Raymond Tim Kee's initial reaction on the revelations made by the Concacaf Integrity Committee at yesterday's Concacaf Congress at the Westin Playa Hotel in Panama, was one of surprise.
The Concacaf committee accused former Concacaf president T&T's Jack Warner and American Chuck Blazer, the former secretary general of Concacaf, of enriching themselves through fraud.
According to the report, some $26 million of Concacaf funds went into the Centre of Excellence and that it was no longer an asset of Concacaf.
David Simmons, head of Concacaf's integrity committee, said Warner failed to disclose the $25.9m (�17m) Centre of Excellence was built on his land and that Blazer received $20m (�13.3m) from Concacaf.
Concacaf, the continental governing body for football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, is examining its legal options over the building of the T&T Centre of Excellence.
Former Concacaf president Warner stood down from his role with Fifa in 2011 after being alleged, along with Fifa member Mohammed bin Hammam, to have paid bribes of �600,000 to Caribbean football associations.
The following is a statement issued by the TTFF president:
"My first response was one of surprise. With everyone with whom I spoke to previously, it was felt that you should wait on the facts before you engage in any passing of blame. What I heard today was empirical. I do not know that there is any doubt in anybody's mind about some of the things that transpired. I thought that the head of the Integrity Committee Sir David Simmons was particularly unambiguous in his statement was when he alluded to things such as 'fraudulent' and I thought that was a serious statement. What I thought was good about the enquiry is that evidence was produced.
"This is not a happy day for T&T nor is it a happy day for me because this of course is about Trinidad.
"I want to make something categorically clear in that the TTFF does not take ownership or responsibility for anything that was said under my presidency, I intend to observe all the best practices in the conducing of business of any organisations. Accountability, transparency, all inclusiveness–the three pillars of which I intend to move forward with football. I thought the evidence produced was overwhelming."
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