Bermuda Football Association (BFA) will not be hiring a technical director anytime soon.Due to budget cuts local football’s governing body has decided against finding a replacement for Derek Broadley.The Scotsman’s three-year term as BFA technical director expired last March and the position has remained vacant ever since.“We decided not to replace that position and that was certainly based on funding,” said Mark Wade, chairman of the BFA’s player development committee. “We are not going to have a technical director because our funding has been reduced from three million dollars all the way down to $750,000.”Wade said there are no plans to hire a new technical director in the next 12 months, adding: “Whether or not we require a technical director will be reviewed if or when finances and/or circumstances dictate.”In the interim the technical director’s duties are to be shared between the BFA’s player development committee and the new job description that has been created for former youth development director Devarr Boyles.Boyles’ new job description is basically a marriage between his past role and some of the responsibilities once reserved for the technical director.“What we looked at was the functions the technical director had and gave some of those responsibilities to Devarr and assumed some of the other responsibilities at the committee level,” Wade said. “Devarr’s position is now the director of player development which just aligns him more closely with the committee he reports to, which is the player development committee.”Prior to having his job description revised Boyles had already performed some of the duties of a technical director after Broadley left the Island early last year.Meanwhile, as well as forcing the association to place any plans for an eventual successor for Broadley on the back burner for the time being, Wade said reduced funding has prompted local football’s governing body to apply cost-cutting measures in other areas.“The Super Y League and the CASL (Capital Area Soccer League Tournament) College showcase were fully funded by the BFA and its partners. However, they are no longer fully funded ... that cost has been passed on to parents,” he added. “A condensed version of the Prep School Tour is also now sponsored by Capital G.“If you recall the structure that was put in place when we first received the grant (from Government) was put in place to support the programs we put in place based on 3 million dollars a year. So we’ve had to review all of our programs and align them with our available funding.“We have amended the strategic plan from a budgeting standpoint to look at areas where we can find costs saving and channel that funding to our core objectives, which is international football and the development of the local game.”