Sports News of Monday, 13 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghFormer GFA capos back StarTimes dealDr. Nyaho Nyaho-TamakloeTwo former Ghana football chiefs Nana Sam Brew-Butler and Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe have backed the Ghana Football Association’s decision to award the Television Broadcast Rights to StarTimes despite protest by the state broadcaster, Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), which is crying foul over perceived injustice in the bid process. However, ?Nana Brew-Butler asked the GFA to provide full disclosure and explanation on all the criteria used to evaluate the bids in order to clear the air and put the brouhaha to rest. Last week GBC accused the GFA of giving them a raw deal after the pay-TV firm, StarTimes, was named as Television Rights Holder of the Ghana Premier League and the FA Cup in a five-year deal worth $5.25m. While GBC claims their proposal was technically and financially superior to that of the winning bid, the FA in a statement claimed it looked beyond just the superior financial proposal by StarTimes to hand them the deal. ''It is pure business, there were offers and they (FA) found the offer of StarTimes more attractive and lucrative for them so GBC has no right whatsoever to complain.

Source: GhanaWeb January 13, 2020 15:45 UTC