endorse recommendations that the Bermuda Football Association intend to present at next Monday's special general meeting.

Suggested changes have reportedly emanated not only from Calvin Smith's 30-page Restructure Report but also from discussions held by various BFA committees. They range from the complete revamping of the junior programme to even more stringent alterations to the senior format such as the registration and movement of players.

The intention is to have the club affiliates informed in detail so that they will have the opportunity to contribute towards putting new policies into effect.

One source summed it up to the Royal Gazette this way: "I understand that the recommendations will lead to sweeping alterations to the current set-up of soccer in the Island, something that naturally has been needed for some time,'' one source told The Royal Gazette . "It is something that will undoubtedly lead Bermuda soccer, from the bottom to the top, into the new millennium with renewed vigour and enthusiasm.'' The BFA have not altered their position of keeping relative information about the restructure plans to themselves and therefore it is not known just how many of Smith's recommendations have in fact received the backing of the association.

It also is not known how many amendments they have made that will be of a more significant concern to the affiliates.

One item on the agenda that will probably inspire a large turnout among affiliates concerns recommendations about the transfer of players -- a step which will open venues for players to move on to other clubs after the season has gotten underway.

In the past, several players have had to sit out the entire season after moving to new clubs who, in turn, cannot offer them a place in their squads.

The consensus is that the junior programme is also in need of a dire revamping as the current format struggles to provide the high degree of interest from players and clubs like it has in the past.

Smith's committee brought up other recommendations that may warrent expanded discussions. Among them: Reducing the number of teams in the First Division from 10 to eight with just two games played on Sundays and the others between Thursday and Saturday night.

The report also called for a gate increase to First Division matches to be increased from $3 to $5 for adults, a Director of Referees to be appointed in an effort to improve the standard of officiating, five national teams to train under the Technical Director of Coaching with the intention of producing "winning teams by the year 2006.'' The much publicised drug abuse issue was mentioned in the report also with the suggestion that the BFA approach soccer's world governing body FIFA about the successful control of drugs in "other jurisdictions.'' But the BFA have already moved swiftly in this direction and are among the leading players in Government's drug-free sports policy.