Former vice-president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA),Fred Pappoe, is advocating for a significant increase in the prize money for the Ghana Premier League.
Pappoe emphasizes the importance of providing greater incentives for clubs and players involved in the league.
In his passionate appeal to the football authorities, Pappoe points out that the current financial rewards are overdue for an upgrade.
He highlights that the prize money was determined before the league commenced, and at that time, there were no objections.
However, Pappoe asserts the need to raise the prize money for future competitions.
He acknowledges that the feasibility of increasing the prize money relies on securing sponsorships and reaching agreements on how the sponsorship funds should be distributed among the clubs.
“As you can see, we all became wiser after the event. I think the figure was fixed before the league started so at the time, we were not complaining but now looking back going forward for further competitions if we can improve it,” Pappoe told Peace Fm.
He believes that the clubs should be involved in determining how the funds are shared and should collectively strive to improve their situation.
“But you know it all depends on sponsorship and the way we agree to share the sponsorship money.
And that one is the clubs the clubs are part of how we will do it we will use this for that and that,”
He concludes by stating that if the clubs feel that the current prize money is inadequate, they can always revisit the issue when the opportunity arises, and work together to secure better rewards for themselves.
“The clubs are fully in the know so if we feel it is not good, we can always go back once the opportunity comes then we do better to ourselves”.