The handling of the Miami Seven drug scandal is likely to be among many questions affiliates will be asking executives of the Bermuda Football Association when their Annual General Meeting resumes tonight at Young Men's Social Club.

The meeting was adjourned a week ago after just over three hours was taken up by various reports by sub-committees and the president's and auditor's report.

But the process is expected to be much quicker this time.

Some affiliates are understood to be concerned that the association reneged on plans to go ahead with a scheduled meeting on June 26 with club executives, BFA officials and members of the Sir John Sharpe Board of Inquiry, feeling that it would have been a vital step to keep them closely informed and updated over the controversy regarding the Miami incident.

Questions pertaining to this oversight will obviously be put forward, even though Thompson touched on the drug bust briefly during his report a week ago.

In his report the president regarded the "drug bust'' as an "anti-climax that left our many friends bewildered and feeling betrayed.'' His report read: "But let us not lose sight of the fact that what occurred in Jamaica on the playing field was entirely the responsibility of the BFA, we promote football and the results indicate that we had done our job with distinction'' -- an obvious reference to Bermuda qualifying for the Pan Am Games.

He added: "What happened in Miami reflected all of Bermuda (and) not merely the BFA which was the mere chaperons of players returning home. Organised football sees players about 10 percent of the total time that football players have available each week. During that time spent with association football, the player is in a structured, very active programme. He learns to do drugs in the 90 percent of the time he is not under our supervision.

"Still we accept the responsibility for making sure that there is no abuse while players under our supervision and we have given a public commitment to that affect following publication of the Sharpe report.'' During his speech the president credited his association for having the astute ability to cope with many administrative challenges.

"Football is the most entertaining participation sport currently being provided for young Bermudians. Yet football is physically demanding, burning up the high energy of our youth while at the same time teaching important skills such as self discipline, respect for others, interpersonal relationships and decision making.

"There is no other sport that consistently draws the crowds of followers as does football. There is no sport more highly organised to the extent that there is one organisation that manages both domestic and international competitions for players of all ages, sexes and abilities. As the leaders of the BFA, we are indeed the stewards of not only a major sports product but of a proud sports tradition.

"It was because of our great success rather than our failings that organised football came in for so much criticism following the Miami incident. Recall (how) we had just completed a highly successful tournament using players that had been raised in our own organisational structure. It was a proud moment for all of Bermuda.''