Sports Writers Association of Ghana has told the football governing body of Ghana to wake from their slumber amd fixed problems local football.
The Ghana Premier league has decline in the last decade, and sports writers of country has called on the country to revive the walking corpse.
Last year, the Ghana Premier league was delayed by over four months due to the FA failure of the association to expeditely solve problems the Disciplinary Committee, and same is happening this year.
SWAG believes the FA should have led the country’s flagship competition to higher level after overseeing successful in contrast, the league has rather gone down the drain.
A statement signed by SWAG President, Kwabena Yeboah, said it was very disappointing and discouraging that four clear months after the 2014/15 season ended with AshantiGold winning the First Capital Plus Premier League title, there is growing uncertainty and uneasiness over the undue delay in the commencement of the new season which has thrown the preparations of the Premier League clubs into disarray.
“After organising the Premier League for over two decades, with Mr Welbeck Abra-Appiah in charge of the PLB for the last decade, it is rather disappointing that we are still grappling with very elementary problems such as a lack of adherence to a fixed football calendar, allegations of match fixing, poor officiating, failure of the FA’s judicial bodies to adjudicate disputes in time, among other issues which have all contributed in no small measure to the unattractiveness of the league to fans and the corporate sector,” the statement said.
SWAG president added that: “It is about time the GFA Executive Committee, in particular, sat up to confront the numerous problems that militate against the development of the local game, such as sponsorship for its competitions and general reforms aimed at giving the PLB greater autonomy and powers to effectively organise the FA’s flagship competition.”
“In the last few years the FA has been entering into sponsorship deals for the Premier League which end in litigation. We had issues with the GLO sponsorship and now the Capital Bank has also pulled the plug on its sponsorship. We cannot continue this way because the FA always gets its act right when it comes to the Black Stars but the same cannot be said about the elite football competition.” It noted.
Wake Up From Your Slumber - SWAG Tells GFA And PLB
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