All of this tit-for-tat between the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) and Aston Villa forward Leon Bailey can be satirised best in the following way:

 JFF: ‘I am having a party. Would you like to come?’

Leon Bailey: ‘I don’t like you so I am not coming to your party’.

JFF: ‘Fine. You are not invited to my party’.

Will everyone put on their big boy pants, please? 

Leon Bailey has made his position clear. He does not like the JFF. The JFF is unprofessional. The JFF has never done anything for Leon Bailey. He is the shining light of the Jamaican national team. He will not play for Jamaica, and he is taking a break from international football to go to Disneyland. 

If Leon Bailey does not want to play for Jamaica, let him go. No one should beg a person for national service. If you don’t want to give the service for whatever reason, that is your choice. 

I understand Bailey’s ire. Some things he complains about are worthy of complaint – kits, late booking of flights, security issues to name a few.  But some things are not: if Harry Kane does not get a private room playing on England national team, no one is going to convince me that Leon Bailey deserves one. 

But let us be frank – Bailey needs to learn some manners. Publicly flogging an entity which is inextricably intertwined with Jamaica’s national pride is just plain bad manners. 

Further, acting like you are the pinnacle of anything is just unbecoming. Lest we forget, Bailey broke curfew to which his response was “Everybody does it.” Bailey needs to learn humility and step down from this podium he has built for himself. 

Might I suggest that Bailey looks to take pages out of the books of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price and Usain Bolt (athletes who actually are at the top of not only Jamaica’s ladder but the world’s)? Separate and apart from their incredible physical talent, their emotional intelligence is one to be admired and studied. Despite having much to complain about, they raise their concerns in a constructive, respectful way. It is that conduct which is equally celebrated by their countrymen.  

If what Bailey desires is greatness, he needs to realise that his actions off the field are as important as those on the field. 

On the flip side, the JFF refuses to acknowledge its management is poor and woefully lacking. It is inadequate management which leads to screw-ups like Bailey being selected for the Copa America team despite the fact that he had not committed to play for his country. 

You made a mistake. Take the whipping and embarrassment and move on. 

But no, the JFF commits today what I consider one of the dumbest acts it could ever have done. The man says he does not want you and your comeback is well we don’t want you either, temporarily.

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All you had to do is say if Mr Bailey does not want to play for the national team that is entirely his prerogative. And then leave Bailey off the national team in the future. Yes, Bailey’s statements about you are unkind but you have to admit that some of what he says, not all of it but some, is true. 

It is crystal clear to everyone in the nation – you all don’t like each other. The relationship is over.  But no – you need to feel like you have the last word.  

Seriously, does the JFF have grown-ups running it or five-year-olds?