{"id":18115,"date":"2019-02-11T19:27:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=18115"},"modified":"2019-05-29T21:55:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T21:55:59","slug":"breaking-normalization-committee-special-competition-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-normalization-committee-special-competition-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Normalization Committee special competition cancelled"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Special competition that is supposed to kick off on the 16th of this month has been canceled, Sahara Football understands.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nNormalization committee released the fixtures of the special competition only a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">A statement released on Monday read: &#8221;The Normalization \u00a0Committee\u00a0took time to meet the football community\u00a0to help understand the challenges and problems facing \u00a0Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;Clubs and players appealed to the N.C to do something and start football playing again.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;The clubs said they were hemorrhaging with debt and their players were getting rusty.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;The N.C heard their appeal and put together a tournament that was designed to make the game beautiful and encourage fans to go to venue centres and also watch on television.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;There were arrangements to pay better fees to referees, budget for media hype to generate interest and a core of young volunteers to help generate interest in young people in football.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;Additionally, plans had been put in place to telecast the matches to bring football to the doorstep of the people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;Unfortunately, because of the bad image no company was willing to align its brand with Ghana football hence no sponsorship was secured.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;We then had to appeal to the government to come to the rescue of the sad situation of Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;The government heard our plea and advanced 1.2m dollars not just to restart football but to train referees and also look at women football and colts football.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;When we got the money the premier league clubs opposed the format of the competition; we bent to accommodate some of their concerns to come up with the final tournament structure that everybody agreed.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;Anytime the game was about starting there was a hiccup from the premier league clubs and the tournament never started.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;The N.C has come to a point where the truth must be told and the right things be done to save Ghana football which is a great asset for the people of Ghana even though it has private sector coloration.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;We hereby cancel the proposed N.C tournament. We will engage the interest of government as to the other alternative uses to the funds advanced the Normalization Committee.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;We sincerely apologize to the Division One league clubs who overwhelmingly subscribed to participate in the N.C Special competition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;We will come up with a new programme to keep them engaged whilst we reform Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"16\">&#8221;We want to assure the people of Ghana that Ghana football will be normalized, and \u00a0will not allow the inherent greatness of our football to die on the alter of selfishness, greed and braggadocio.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Special competition that is supposed to kick off on the 16th of this month has been canceled, Sahara Football understands. Normalization committee released the fixtures of the special competition only a few days ago. A statement released on Monday read: &#8221;The Normalization \u00a0Committee\u00a0took time to meet the football community\u00a0to help understand the challenges and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,859],"tags":[8215],"class_list":{"0":"post-18115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-premier-league","9":"tag-normalization-committe"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/NormalisationCommittee.jpg?fit=640%2C351&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-4Ib","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16840,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/official-ghana-fa-reveals-club-football-will-resume-ghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":18115,"position":0},"title":"OFFICIAL: Ghana FA reveals when club football will resume in Ghana","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"December 15, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Football activities in Ghana will resume next month. 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