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Coca Cola Games must be scrapped or abolished. It used to be purely an annual festive event for athletes, parents, teachers and supporters to meet, socialize and enjoy to conclude Term 1 of the academic year. But today, its been commercialized and monetized on such a level that businesses,Commercial Banks, Major and Minor Sponsors, Private enterprises and even government entities are pocketing hundreds of thousands to millions including massive Milages on this 3-day event. Teachers and students blood tears and toil are often ignored as an object to be used or as a sacrificial lamb, while they get nothing after the hype of the game has come down. How much money do schools, parents, teachers, old scholars and supporters spend throughout the preparation such as uniforms, shoes, accommodations, fare( boat, bus, car, airplane), training programs, food, merchandise etc etc. These sad part is Fiji Sports Council in conjunction with Fiji Secondary School Athletics Association increasing the price of tickets every year. On top of that the unfair trading practise of Tying the three day tickets in one package so that the public dont have an option. If you carefully ponder on it, especially in an economically difficult times like this in Fiji, the wealthy are getting wealthier from Coke Games while the people are left with nothing. Its time to speak up, coz we can't allow few to massively benefit from this annual event while teachers students and parents are left with nothing. Imagine the number of class time a student loses out for training, how much time teachers also lose out for training athletes, how much money a school, parents, have to spend in the preparation period which between Inter House , Zone and then National Finals could accumulate to months. Teachers are not compensated for sacrificing their time their afternoons their weekends. Furthermore, the pathway for athletics in Fiji nil and there's no t much benefit. We'd rather invest in Rugby since the pathway is huge and opportunities for scholarships and contracts are tremendous. #SaynomoretoCokeGames

What im sharing here is to help us bcoz for too long, we've been deceived into this Coca Cola ritual or culture or tradition in the pretense of "Socialising", "reunion", "enjoyment" that has trapped us the ordinary people for so long. But if only you realize how big corporations businesses and organizations are ripping us off very discreetly for decades now, you'd really change your perception towards this event. Time and Tide waits for no man and that Change is Inevitable. That meant that if Coke Game or what we call today "National Final" was a part of Fiji School( Secondary) Culture for more than 50 Years, it must and should undergo change bcoz thats God's Principle of this earth that everything has time and season under the sun( Eccelesiates 3:1)

Another reason is that the Economics of the 80s and 90s are very different from todays Economics. Apart from the Economic aspect of the Coke Game, let's consider the Social impact. How many young girls gets impregnated after this Game. Then consider the widespread abuse of alcohol, drugs, and other illicit substance simple bcoz the festive party atmosphere and the hype that this event stimulate. We have Social events, Home parties going on after the 3 Day event e.g Suva Foreshore Party, Suva night Clubs Jam packed with School students and OBs OGs Officials and supporters etc etc. How many Extra Marital Affairs bcoz of reunion OGs and OBs? How many innocent children smoke or drink for the first time?? How many marriage break up bcoz of it? These are all unspoken facts, and we shouldn't be too timid and be diplomatic about it.

Guys, as someone who is not well versed with what to do or say during kava sessions, can anyone elaborate on how to carry out the receiving of the kava when they first arrive at the grog session. What do we actually say like in Bau dialect or western dialect? Like you receive the kava and clap your hands 3 times or something like that and you say something?