The staff of the entire women's national programme has been sacked by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), as the organisation continues to fear for the worst, having been eliminated from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers in the semi-final round.

Heading the list of those relieved of their duties are women's senior team coach Charles Edwards, Under-17 coach Junior Francis and Under-15 team head coach Neil Thomas.

"The public have at large not seemed to realise that there were some 26 members of the paid coaching staff and we simply won't have the resources to pay them," Burrell explained to STAR Sports.

"It is not just the national team, but every single member of the coaching staff or other staff is paid a salary and therefore, not qualifying for the final round will cause us to have to take some drastic measures," he added.

"Naturally, not all members are being asked to stand down, but like in any other business, we have to downsize to manageable levels and think in terms of being able to make monthly payments," he said.

As a result of the changes, former women's national team coach, Vin Blaine, who had been shifted to manager of the national senior men's team, will now resume duties as head coach of the women's programme.

Additionally, Bradley Stewart, who served as assistant to Theodore Whitmore when he served as interim national coach, was assigned to the women's programme with oversight responsibility and to play a key role in the coaching school, which opens in January.

Wendell Downswell

Wendell Downswell, who formerly coached the senior men's team, was also assigned duties with the coaching school.

An estimated $170 million from gate receipts and foregoing of a US$350,000 (J$26,250,000) incentive reward for making the final round from gear sponsors KAPPA, have been major reasons for the JFF feeling the pinch.

Eyeing a spot in the final round, Jamaica finished in third place behind Honduras and Mexico, who finished in second ahead of Jamaica on goal difference.

"We have missed an opportunity to earn some much-welcomed revenue, so the federation will simply not be able to shoulder all the costs in terms of salary," he said.

"Another option that we are looking at is to have individuals volunteer, as they do at the parish level," he added.

The JFF will also be forced to look at cutbacks with regard to their administrative staff.