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Ghana Football Association (GFA) General Secretary, Prosper Harrison Addo, has emphasized that attendance at matches cannot be the sole measure of the health of the Ghana Premier League (GPL).
Addo's comments were in response to claims made by Hearts of Oak board member Vincent Odotei Sowah that the GPL was a "dead product" that could not be marketed due to low attendance.
Addo stated that FIFA considers several parameters when evaluating the health of football in a country, such as referees' training, coaches' education, youth development, and the number of national teams available.
“I saw somebody write that Ghana football is dead, and I just smile because it's not attendance at one match or low patronage of our games that determine the health of football in a country. The match is not only about attendance.
“There are so many parameters FIFA looks at when it comes to the health of football, some of these are your referees training, coaches education, youth development, and the number of national teams available together with the games they play,” Prosper Harrison Addo said.
“I know there have been complaints about pitches, but we have spread ourselves up for games to be played everywhere there is a team. We can't play them at some selected venues as the Media says because the community and the teams will not agree. We are better than others but also below the developed countries.
“We can't play the EPL standard now since the men for the job are unavailable, we just have to train them gradually.”
Addo's comments were in response to claims made by Hearts of Oak board member Vincent Odotei Sowah that the GPL was a "dead product" that could not be marketed due to low attendance.
Addo stated that FIFA considers several parameters when evaluating the health of football in a country, such as referees' training, coaches' education, youth development, and the number of national teams available.
“I saw somebody write that Ghana football is dead, and I just smile because it's not attendance at one match or low patronage of our games that determine the health of football in a country. The match is not only about attendance.
“There are so many parameters FIFA looks at when it comes to the health of football, some of these are your referees training, coaches education, youth development, and the number of national teams available together with the games they play,” Prosper Harrison Addo said.
“I know there have been complaints about pitches, but we have spread ourselves up for games to be played everywhere there is a team. We can't play them at some selected venues as the Media says because the community and the teams will not agree. We are better than others but also below the developed countries.
“We can't play the EPL standard now since the men for the job are unavailable, we just have to train them gradually.”