The Commission of Inquiry into the millions of dollars spent on football and cricket by Government is close to submitting its findings to Glenn Blakeney, the Minister of Sport.Minister Blakeney formed the commission in late September and gave an eight-person panel, chaired by William Madeiros, eight weeks to complete their inquiry, setting them a deadline of Monday, November 21.“Please be advised that the Commission of Inquiry is on schedule,” the Department for Youth and Sport said in a brief statement yesterday. “Minister Blakeney will review the Commission’s Report once it is received, and will advise at a later date when it will be made public.”The commission was formed with the remit of conducting: “an independent inquiry to review the financial standing of the Bermuda Football Association and the Bermuda Cricket Board, with emphasis on an examination of how the special grant funding allocated to these two National Sport Governing Bodies over the last 6 to 7 years was used in respect of the continued development at all levels of the respective sports.”Minister Blakeney said at the time that while the inquiry was not a public one it was his intention to make the findings public once he had reviewed the commission’s official report.There has been no date set for that, however it is understood that the Minister is keen to make the findings known as quickly as possible.The decision to hold an inquiry was not universally popular with the Bermuda Football Association or the Bermuda Cricket Board, with Larry Mussenden, the BFA president, going so far as to call it ‘unlawful’.However, officials from both governing bodies have appeared before the commission in recent weeks and while the terms of the commission prevent them from speaking publicly those that attended meetings with the panel expressed satisfaction with the outcome.BFA sources said that the group of officials who made a presentation to the commission believed it had gone ‘very well’.Meanwhile there have been mixed reviews on the BCB side, with some commission members reportedly unhappy that much of the blame for the game’s failings was laid at the feet of the clubs.However, that is contrary to what BCB sources have said, with officials believing that their explanation for where and how the money had been spent had met with a largely positive response.