SAETA, signs $1 Million contract to dress Haití national teams

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A week before t Football Federation (FHF) announced through Robert Yves Jean-Bart, a $1 Million contrache two-test matches of Les Grenadier respectively against Spain in Miami and Italy in Brazil, the Haitiant with the Colombian supplier SAETA, a sponsorship deal to dress all different national teams in the country. Interviewed by Totalmixradio.com, Robert Yves Jean-Bart, son of president of FHF, clearly explained that it's a contract over five years, ranging from 2013 to 2018, and, for the trifling sum of one million U.S. dollars. According Robert Yves Jean-Bart "SAETA" is a company supplier based in Colombia and it therefore agrees to pay the sum of $ 200 000 U.S per year to equip the national teams.The Federation has not received a penny in terms of money. However, The FHF will receive equipment worth the sum of two hundred thousand $ 200 000 U.S once a year for five years, between 2013 and 2018. Les Grenadiers , engaged in the Gold Cup will be the major beneficiaries of this agreement, he said.

Asked about the sale of the equipment, Yves Robert Jean-Bart cautions that national equipment will go on sale shortly before the start of the Gold Cup (July 7 to 28), one way, according to him, to make it easy for fans who want to buy shirts of the national team. "SAETA had a stock problem, which is why the national team had not worn his label in the two matches against Spain and Italy.

Currently, we are negotiating with some sporting goods stores in the U.S. to place equipment on the national team. The equipment will be sold at a price of 60-65 U.S. dollars and the minimum price will be in the order of U.S. $ 15, "said the son of the President of the FHF.Ultimately, members of the Executive Committee of the Haitian Football Federation have not said anything to the local press regarding the signing of the contract. While in contrast, officials SAETA already exploit images of the national team (photos and videos) matches against Spain and Italy, posting them on its website (www.saetasport.com).

Note that the Digicel sponsors the national first division, as well as the SogeXpress, remained, so far, the only private partner.