FORMER Barbados Football Association (BFA) general secretary Randy Harris has been suspended from "any football-related activity" for four years.

And he is heading for the law courts again.

Harris, who has been at the centre of the biggest storm in Barbados' football history, was handed a letter signed by the disciplinary committee of the BFA which found that he had violated the BFA's constitution article 15A and FIFA Statute article 61.2.

The ban relates to the findings of the disciplinary committee which held hearings on June 20 and July 4.

The letter, signed by LeVere Richards, chairman of the BFA's disciplinary committee, has been copied to deputy general secretary of FIFA, Jerome Champagne.

Harris' legal team of Michael Yearwood and Junior Allsopp, in association with Hal Gollop, have responded by taking the matter to the court.

Stressing that the BFA's action was "preposterous and contemptuous', Gollop said they were moving to have the matter dealt with in court as early as Monday.

Harris' counsel are arguing that under Section 15 of the BFA's constitution, an individual has the right to go to court and it was contemptuous to hand a person a ban when they were pursuing their rights under the same section.

The suspension stretches to July 3, 2009, and yesterday Gollop jokingly remarked that the "extreme measure taken by the BFA means that Harris may not be able to even attend a dance sponsored by the BFA".

The BFA's attorney, Ralph Thorne, made it clear the BFA would not do anything to dishonour the content of its constitution "nor will it infringe the laws of Barbados".

"At every turn, the other side has complained. They complained after the election, after the first hearing in court, after the arbitration, and now the other side is complaining after the disciplinary proceedings," he said.

Last night BFA president Ronald Jones noted the disciplinary committee of the BFA was an elected body charged with a specific responsibility and "had a right to discharge that responsibility without fear or favour".

"I don't think the actions of the disciplinary committee conflict with what is before the court. The BFA has not gone too far. We have bent over backward in a spirit of compromise and understanding."