The inaugural School Boy football
tournament between Manning and DaCosta Cup teams 'Super Cup 2014' is a welcome sight and has
injected new life into the game and the private-quasi public business partnership. However, this new innovation carries bitter-sweet
emotions. Why?
A professional activity of
mine is to develop concepts/ideas on intentionally designed methodological platforms.
This quasi-scientific dynamic process creates potentially fertile environments
wherein practicability, measurability, and sustainability can all be
represented and further developed for application and developmental progress.
In 2005, I embarked on one such
project using cyber world as a media platform. The impetus for my inquiry was
improving the quality, economics and professionalism of the Jamaica School-Boy
Football game in a holistic sense with inter-connectivity between past, present
and the future.
In brain storming this concept
it was necessary to use a fish-bone method to demonstrate concept practicality
and the incorporation of individual programmatic elements into the big picture.
The goal was to create a marketable idea which could serve as a catalyst to
assist past, current and future Footballers. In essence, a designed economic stimulus
for a niche and overlooked population.
The Concept: “Design and
implement a restructuring plan for the High School Football game to include ‘tournament/bowl’ games to be played between
Manning Cup and DaCosta Cup teams to determine the ‘true champion’ of School
Boy Football. This would be accomplished using the existing system and
marketing the games in a hyped and business environment”.
This concept modules include:
socio-scholastic-economic and athletic elements on which viable altruistic and
sustainable business initiatives could be generated. The three Program Goals
identified were: 1) Room and Board scholarships for College bound High
School Football seniors 2) Public- Private Supplemental Insurance for past
Manning and DaCosta Cup players and 3) a competitive business proposal
program for past players.
In 2008, the concept was
formalized and sent (verifiable) in good faith to a major stakeholder for discussion
purposes. The good faith discussion invitation never occurred; however, in
2014 reportedly a certain quasi-public-private agreement appeared to have been formalized between two major
entities in the form of a ‘Super Cup Tournament’. The basis for the agreement
bears an undeniable striking material resemblance to my original design and a
claim has been asserted. The four corners of my reasoning and basis for this claim
can be view at: http://jamschoolfootball.blogspot.com/?m=0
In
asserting this Intellectual Property claim and the reality of the legal environment
it is necessary to provide for convenience the following definitions:
Intellectual Property: Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the
mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols,
names and images used in commerce.
IP is protected in law by,
for example, patents, copyright and trademarks, which enable people to earn recognition or financial
benefit from what they invent or create. By striking the right balance between
the interests of innovators and the wider public interest, the IP system aims
to foster an environment in which creativity and innovation can flourish.
Defamation: Making of false derogatory statement(s)
in private or public.
Disclaimer: It is not the intent to provide false information or
misleading statements. The assertion and claims herein are factual and empirically sound. All design representations can easily be
validated and is third party verifiable. We hope the vested parties will view this
assertion with the legal and scholarly respect which it warrants.
