Executive Council member of the Ghana Football Association, Dr. Randy Abbey has urged club owners to emphasize the importance of their various roles in the growth of football in the country.
Dr. Abbey, who is the bankroller and owner of Ghana Premier League club - Kpando Heart of Lions says club owners in Ghana must stop the obsession of shifting all responsibilities to the domestic football governing body in making their clubs to be attractive and ruthless.
"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," he told Kessben TV.
"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."
Dr. Abbey went ahead to make some examples on how clubs in England don't solely rely on their FA's when an issue arises, they rather look within and solve it.
"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 questioned.
"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 concluded.
By: Pascal Amoah
