[ 2016-11-29 ]

Confusion rocks Ghana's 18-league proposal
Ghana football could be heading for its biggest
shake-up since the creation of the country's
top-flight with a radical 18-league proposal
splitting heads in the West African country.

A radical revamp of the Ghana Premier League
structure would see the league expanded to
18-teams.

Currently the structure is a 16-league table with
the controversial proposal attracting mixed
reaction from Premier League clubs.

The Ghana FA has contacted the Premier League
clubs to explain the idea-with an aim of bringing
the changes into effect for the 2016/17 season.

The controversial proposal has split heads in the
West African country amid fears of litigation
derailing the start of the Premier League.

Dreams FC and Tema Youth are locked up in long
winding legal tussle which has prompted the Ghana
FA to find an easy route to solve the lingering
issue.

It appears the latest move is a pathetic,
sorrowful and cutback attempt by the FA to avert
another legal showdown which threatens the start
of the Premier League.

The thinking behind the proposal is to re-instate
Tema Youth who won their case against the Ghana FA
at the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS)
regarding their legal battle against Dreams FC.

The Ghana FA will seek a ratification of the
decision at next month's congress, with a final
decision to be confirmed before the start of the
new season.

Clubs are bound to have reservations about having
to play more games which would affect their
finances.

The proposal will see relegated teams New
Edubiase, Hasaacas alongside King Faisal battle
the second-placed teams in the second-tier league
last season to determine the winner to join Tema
Youth in the elite division.

The Ghana FA signed a ground-breaking 10-year deal
with Africa's leading pay-TV operator StarTimes
Group last week worth $17,950,000, replacing South
African group of television channels Supersport.

Source - Soccernet

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