The Jamaica Football Federation has called a halt to the start of the 2017-2018 Red Stripe National Premier League which was scheduled to kick off on Sunday.

The local governing body for the sport in a letter to the Premier League Clubs Association (PLCA), headed by former Prime Minister the Honorable Edward Seaga, mandated the postponement of the start of the local top flight competition citing a series of  administrative failings on the part of the PLCA which need urgent remedy before the new season can begin.

The issues listed include the failure of the PLCA to deliver grants to Montego Bay United equal to the grants received by every other team that participated in the 2016-2017 staging of the league.

The JFF also noted that it had been advised that the sum of $4.060, 482.22 (four million sixty thousand four hundred and eighty two dollars and twenty cents) is owed to referees, assistant referees and referee assessors for unpaid salaries for the 2016-2017 season.

The JFF also listed among the failings of the PLCA breaches in respect of the agreement between the JFF and the PLCA which is the contractual foundation of the establishment of the Professional Football Association of Jamaica (PFAJ) who are the organizers of the Red Stripe Premier League.

The PLCA according to reports reaching IRIE FM Sports had made an offer in the region of $1.5 million dollars, which was refuses, to the referees following a meeting on Wednesday.