A former Vice Chairman of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), Nana Yaw Owusu, has appealed to the FA Congress to take a second look at the deduction of points from clubs which use unqualified players as a form of punishment.
He pointed out that such a form of punishment undermines the value of determining the strength and weaknesses of teams that win league trophies, and those that are demoted to the lower division.
He noted that it was important for Congress to devise a better way of punishing teams that go contrary to its rules and regulation instead of deducting points from such teams.
Once a player is given a card duly certified by the GFA that he could take part in soccer matches in the country, it is unimaginable for the same body to declare the certified player as unqualified”, he noted, adding “ this game of deducting points from teams has gone on for sometime, and it was time the GFA devised a better way of punishing teams affiliated to the body”.
Speaking to Graphic Sports in an interview on the fallout of the just-ended Premier and First Division leagues in Ghana, Nana Yaw Owusu said some teams were punished unjustly after working so hard to earn points on the field of play.
He explained that deducting points from such teams gives undue advantage to the weaker teams to place respectable positions on the league table, thus ridiculing the rationale behind the objectives of bringing teams together to compete for a league trophy.
“ I wonder why at this stage of football development, we should still use points deduction, or added points, in respect of matches already played on the pitch to determine the placement of teams on the league table “. Nana Yaw Owusu bemoaned.
He suggested to the GFA to institute a research committee that would verify the background of newly transferred players from the lower divisions to the premier clubs and their eligibility or otherwise.
“ If this is done and a card is issued to the player, there should be no further question arising that such a player could be declared unqualified”, he noted.
Nana Yaw Owusu, however, commended the GFA for its decision to honour past Chairmen of the body.
“ It is very innovative, and the GFA President and his lieutenants should be commended for their action”.
He said honouring men who played useful roles in soccer development in the past was not only commendable, but also a way of encouraging others who have the desire to serve the country to offer their services in future.
He, however, urged the GFA to invite past Vice Chairmen to grace the occasion and offer them the opportunity to offer moral support to their past colleagues during the occasion.
He said even though some of the past Chairmen are now deceased, many are alive, and having their Vice Chairmen around when receiving such national honours would ignite their past relationship to make the ceremony a memorable one.
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