Jamaica’s sport federations face a familiar reality: overwhelming workloads and too few hands. Many of these national governing bodies, which are responsible for organising and developing their sports, operate with little to no paid staff, often just one to five administrative or management personnel, and rely heavily on volunteers who cannot provide the consistency or continuity of a full‑time professional workforce.

The reality is that most governing bodies simply lack the financing to hire adequate administrative and management staff. The recent decision by the Jamaica Cricket Association to make its CEO position redundant illustrates just how severe the financial pressures have become. When one of the country’s largest and most established sports cannot sustain its chief executive role, it underscores the depth of the capacity crisis facing the wider sport system.

INTERNATIONAL SITUATION