Seems like I'm getting in on the tail end of this fiasco. Much has been said and to that I would add that the shame is on the donor and the recipients. Not all of Africa. I refuse to accept collective shame. One thing is clear, that fo the future a lesson that is this is not the way to go should be remembered.  

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AMEN!  If it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck, it is a duck. Even those of us who wanted to see the super eagles win, are embarrassed, to say the least.  It was poor judgment to have given this money and a terrible one to have received it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kumapayi, Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 9:31 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask] 
> Subject:      Re: Aguma Explains Gift to Ghana
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> Ann Marie: Greetings to you too.  Hope you are gradually settling down.
> From time immemorial, decorative mementos including jerseys and the like have been exchanged by teams in the soccer world.  Regarding the $25,000.00 gift, I'm dumbfounded; I am yet to understand an argument for such.  It is damaging, tarnishing news to African image by both the donor and the recipient.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Marie Dawson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 7:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Subject: Aguma Explains Gift to Ghana
>
>
>
>       Greetings from Bangladesh!
>
>       African United Football Club, you are in the wrong business my friends or playing on the wrong fields.  $25,000 and other gifts for a visiting team, maaan you should choose where you play your next game very carefully.  Sodas and dinners just don't cut it any more after this news.
>
>       Ann Marie
>

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