'Run wid it again!'

Edward Seaga, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, is shocked at the amount of money that Jamaica would have to cough up to host the World Cup.

The World Cup extravaganza is an excellent example of small countries with small resources trying to do what big countries do on the same lavish scale in order to show that we can throw a good party too ­ even if in our case there are massive crowds of poor and vulnerable people locked out at the gate and, the misery will be greater for the likely poor showing of our team.

The Jamaica Gleaner editorial offers a different view.

The arguments and counter arguments about the cost to the country of hosting a part of next year's Cricket World Cup tournament reflect a sad lack of appreciation by both the Government and the parliamentary Opposition of the real and potential economic benefits.