A report containing restructuring recommendations for soccer has been concluded. And it now remains to be seen what impact it will have on the running of Bermuda's top sport.

A committee, chaired by Bermuda Football Association honorary vice president Cal Simons, formed to investigate and advise the governing body on the administration and development of soccer, recently handed in its work to the association.

However, anxious club affiliates were told this week that it needed to be studied more thoroughly by the BFA before they could see it.

BFA president Neville Tyrrell said he accepted that members were eager to peruse the document. But he asked them to be patient and give the association enough time to study it thoroughly.

While a summary of the report was revealed it reportedly wasn't detailed enough to enable the affiliates to learn much about any of the significant changes that have been recommended.

"It's a very wide ranging report,'' commented Tyrrell. "They have come up with some very good ideas, but we must bear in mind that some of the things they have recommended have already been put in place anyway.

"Remember two years have now gone by and work has had to proceed. We have done some things that they have basically included in the report.

"But there are other long-term matters that need further discussion and input from everybody, the BFA and affiliates, and time is needed to do this.

"The report was asked for by the BFA and now that it has been presented to us we have to go over it carefully, perhaps even to the stage where we may have to get further feedback from affiliates and then produce our own updated document.

"Maybe it will eventually mean forming another committee to put things in place, but we intend to do it the proper way.'' The introduction to the summary report read: "The executive committee has accepted and embraced the final report as submitted by the committee on January 10, 1997. The executive committee will take the report under review and use it as a working document to formulate initiatives for its implementation.

"We have concluded from the report that we should concentrate our efforts to include but not limited to the following objectives: To develop a six-year plan to provide direction for the association; Ensure that the strategic plan consists of processes to continually improve the management and quality of football, both locally and internationally; Provide assistance to those affiliates developing proposals to upgrade their facilities; Establish a mechanism to ensure effective communication channels to affiliates and news media; Work with community agencies, ministries and affiliates in developing policies, procedures and protocols to ensure "drug free sport''; Collaborate with various individuals and organisations to secure playing and educational opportunities for players and officials abroad; Utilise current and sound financial management principles to demonstrate efficiently and fiscal responsibility and accountability; Establish Performance Indicators to assess whether what has been accomplished is what has been expected; Examine each section of the BFA operations annually and report to affiliates accordingly; Improve the reporting format and general process of the annual general meeting; Develop annual operational objectives with deadlines for each goal.

In addition to chairman Smith, other members of the committee were former president Donald Dane, Rick Richardson, John Bento, Carlyle Crockwell, Elliott Jennings and Randy Horton.