{"id":42070,"date":"2024-08-15T01:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42070"},"modified":"2024-08-15T01:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T01:39:22","slug":"i-will-not-sponsor-gambling-ghana-premier-league-mcdan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/i-will-not-sponsor-gambling-ghana-premier-league-mcdan\/","title":{"rendered":"I will not sponsor \u2018gambling\u2019 Ghana Premier League &#8211; McDan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has strongly distanced himself from investing in the Ghana Premier League following &#8220;gambling&#8221; concerns.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking on Asempa FC as to why he hasn\u2019t taken the initiative of sponsoring the league, he remarked that the spate of \u201cgambling\u201d has been the beauty of the game hence his decision not to sponsor the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">league<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I can sponsor the Ghana Premier League but the gambling is too much,&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The match-fixing is collapsing our game. You will watch a game and how a goalkeeper will concede a goal is funny <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and it is<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> because someone must win a bet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Football is a nice game but our players cannot play for years. It is about time we sanitize our game,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, announced betPawa as the headline sponsor of the Ghana Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"Black Princesses arrive in Colombia for FIFA U20 Women\u2019s World Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-princesses-arrive-in-colombia-for-fifa-u20-womens-world-cup\/\">Black Princesses arrive in Colombia for FIFA U20 Women\u2019s World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Betpawa was set to invest $6 million over the three-year deal, with over $2 million already paid during their involvement of just over a year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a little over a year, the betting company abruptly decided against sponsoring the league as <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">things stand<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> the league is without a sponsor with barely a month to commence the 2024\/2025 Ghana Premier League. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief Executive Officer of the McDan Group of Companies, Dr. Daniel McKorley has strongly distanced himself from investing in the Ghana Premier League following &#8220;gambling&#8221; concerns. &nbsp; Speaking on Asempa FC as to why he hasn\u2019t taken the initiative of sponsoring the league, he remarked that the spate of \u201cgambling\u201d has been the beauty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42071,"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":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-42070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-premier-league"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Dan-Mckorley.jpg?fit=400%2C375&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-aWy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42076,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/cafcl-nsoatreman-fc-thrash-elect-sport-from-chad\/","url_meta":{"origin":42070,"position":0},"title":"CAFCL : Nsoatreman FC thrash Elect Sport from Chad","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"August 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Premier League club, Nsoatreman FC recorded an emphatic victory in their maiden CAF Confederation Cup campaign with Chadian side Elect Sports. \u00a0 \u00a0 The MTN FA Cup winners making their bow in the competition for the first time made their presence felt as they raced to a three-nil lead\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CAF Confederation Cup&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CAF Confederation Cup","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/caf-confederation-cup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsoatreman.png?fit=668%2C395&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsoatreman.png?fit=668%2C395&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/nsoatreman.png?fit=668%2C395&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42073,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ibrahim-osman-joins-feyenoord-on-season-long-loan\/","url_meta":{"origin":42070,"position":1},"title":"Ibrahim Osman joins Feyenoord on season-long loan","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"August 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ibrahim Osman has joined Dutch Eredivisie side Feyenoord from Brighton & Hove Albion on a season-long loan. \u00a0 The 19-year-old Ghanaian joined the English club in the current transfer window from Danish club FC Nordsjaelland on a five-year deal. 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