Former vice president of the Ghana Football Association, Fred Pappoe has said football in the country is dying and will take an attitudinal change from stakeholders to reverse the trend.
Pappoe, who spent five years serving as Kwesi Nyantakyi’s vice between 2005 and 2010, was reacting to news that Division One league clubs will have to cough up a whopping GHs 30,000 each as officiating fees for next season after the league’s sponsor, GN Bank, decided against renewing their contract.
Pappoe, who is also chairman of relegated premier league side Accra Great Olympics, described the figure as “insensitive” while questioning the FA’s inability to maintain sponsorship deals.
Polytank, First Capital Plus, OneTouch, Glo, Goldfields Ghana, GNPC, have all either pulled out of contracts with the GFA before their expiration or acted against renewal upon expiration, raising eyebrows about the FA’s management of sponsorship deals.
Asked if he thought Ghana football was dead, Pappoe told Happy FM: “Ghana football is not dead, but it is dying against all available parameters. It is not an opinion. It is a fact.”
Pappoe’s comments come at a time Ghana football is grappling with integrity issues with allegations of match fixing and bribery of referees littering last season’s league. The Black Stars have also failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in fifteen years while the youth teams have not won a trophy since 2009.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Mr Papoe , should have said this when you were actively involved in the day to today management of Ghana football, you don't go and stand outside and throwing stones on the peace, why didn't we hear your voice when you were enjoying some of the coefficient money, Massa you guys are part of the problem, Ghana football did not start sinking today, is being like this since your days with management, whoever has been involved in Nyantakyes administration is equally corrupttt like the man himself, we don't need any of you again, if old man dies and succeeded by the same age , you ve only set another funeral date
Is it dead or is dying? People have not sat down to reflect and ask critical questions? Our FA has been used to promote the ambitions of certain individuals. Whereas the game is dying those characters are able to shamefully climb up higher to grab positions. Where has hard work as a value gone to? Should hard work be rewarded? I am now convinced that FAs around the globe are all money making machines and very corrupt in nature. Until the recent raid, no one thought the decay had reached the levels played before us.