ST JAMES, Jamaica — President of Red Stripe Premier League champions Montego Bay United, Orville Powell, has resigned with immediate effect resulting from what he says is his frustration with how the Premier League Clubs’ Association (PLCA) and Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) manage football in Jamaica.

At a press conference held at the club’s Wespow Park complex in Tucker, near Montego Bay earlier today, Powell said that unless there were  immediate and drastic changes to the structure of the way the Premier League does its business, he would have nothing to do with it.

“Too many times already I have spoken out, written to, and about the governing bodies — be it the local MPs, the Parish Council, Chamber of Commerce, PFAJ, JFF and PLCA — about their mediocre approach to the players’ lives; because this is what it about, the players’ lives and that of their families, which I happen to take seriously,” Powell said in a written statement that was handed out to the media.

“I’m tired of writing and wasting time for words to fall on deaf ears…so my decision is to leave, to leave the madness of doing things the same way time and time again with the hopes that it will change,” it added.

“When there is a lack of policy, little adherence to defined standards, lack of forward-thinkers or of forward-planning to determine the best relationships for sponsorships, transparency and accountability, it speaks to poor management…it speaks to madness and I refuse to be aligned with that have therefore decided to demit Office…” the statement read.

Powell complained about a lack of democracy” in the PLCA, which runs the Premier League, saying that its chairman, Edward Seaga, made all the decisions and there were no annual general meetings where stakeholders got a chance to decide who will lead them.

Powell also repeated his long time grouse that the Montego Bay club had not attracted support from the many business entities they had approached, adding that some had even told them that contracts were with lawyers, but then talks would end.

Additionally, he said that there was an “uncertainty of the football” with the impending franchise system being mooted by the JFF.

In the meantime a committee led by club directors Donald Martin and Sandra Christie will continue to oversee the club and make preparations for its participation in the Red Stripe Premier League next season.

Christie, the club’s general manager for the past four years will be at the helm and told OBSERVER ONLINE that plans were in place for the club to move smoothly ahead.