In defence of Pan Trinbago initiative - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

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In defence of Pan Trinbago initiative - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THE EDITOR: The argument that grassroots pan lovers are being pushed out of the North Stand by corporate sponsors is not just misleading – it’s fundamentally flawed. While it’s easy to appeal to emotion by suggesting that the people who built this art form are being sidelined, the reality is far more nuanced. Pan Trinbago’s initiative to allocate a portion of the North Stand seating to sponsors is not an exclusion of grassroots supporters, but r…