There is no doubt measures are needed to fix an ailing Ghana Premier League but this call is more of a joke than a measure.
I have heard some ridiculous ideas in my day but this must be up there with the best (worst) of them. Seriously if these kind of ideas are what is being propounded to fix Ghana football it’s no wonder we aren’t going anywhere.
The GFA communication head made the call in an interview with an Accra based radio station Montie FM, as reported by Starrfmonline.
“In England, parliament has introduced a law that does not allow their local free to air television stations to show foreign league games live. They only allow pay-per-view stations like Supersport to show the foreign leagues”
“So, in response I think the Parliaments in Africa, especially in Ghana must introduce a law that stops our local TV stations from showing live EPL matches”
Whilst it might sound like a fine idea in principle, what does it really change? On the list of reasons why patronage of the Ghana league is so low, watching foreign leagues ranks really low.