Let’s stop over-relying on GFA – Randy Abbey to Ghanaian clubs
Dr. Randy Abbey, a member of the Executive Council of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), has reminded Ghanaian football club owners of their critical role in the growth of their organizations.
According to Dr. Abbey, the owner of Kpando Heart of Lions, a team in the Ghana Premier League, the majority of clubs in the nation anticipate that the GFA will take care of all the duties involved in keeping their teams appealing and competitive. For this reason, he has pushed the teams to be accountable for their own accomplishments.
“The GFA can only do so much. The GFA is managing the competition. The GFA will try as much as possible to maximize the commercial potential of the competition but the clubs themselves have a responsibility. I don’t like the way we like running away from those responsibilities. You have set up a club; you didn’t set up a club for GFA to come and take care of your club for you.
“So, yes, the GFA has its responsibility. The league as a competition is run by the FA. The FA must maximize the commercial potential of the league. True, I agree but the club themselves, ourselves, we have a responsibility. Nobody forced me to go and buy Heart of Lions. Nobody put a gun to my head to go and own a club.
“…So, I have my responsibility. I cannot shirk my responsibility and blame the GFA for that.
“When you hear the Manchester United supporters shouting the Glazers must go, don’t they see the English FA? They do. don’t they?, he quizzed.
“I am not saying that we should not put the GFA on its toes. I am not saying we shouldn’t hold the GFA responsible but I’m saying that we must be able to know what the GFA’s responsibilities are, how far or how much the GFA can go and do and what the responsibilities of clubs are” He said.
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