News reaching JiveGh.com indicates that the Ghana FA has abrogated its $17.9m contract with StarTimes.
This comes after the FA called for bids to takeover the rights bought by the Chinese broadcasting giants three years ago.
Ghana Football Association (GFA) is said to have invited media organisations to bid for the television and radio broadcast rights for all the competitions taken up by StarTimes in 2016 worth nearly $18m.
“The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is inviting bids from media organisations for the television broadcast rights for the following competitions,” the GFA said in a statement on Thursday.
“Bidders are allowed to bid for all the marketing assets listed above or any combination of the assets. Deadline for the submission of bids is 5pm on Tuesday, December 10, 2019.
StarTimes signed a deal with the GFA in 2016 to acquire media rights for the Ghana Premier League, the Gala, the National Division One League, the MTN FA Cup, the Ghana Women’s League and the Ghana Juvenile League for a decade.
The Chinese Pay TV company was expected to have constructed ten pitches as stipulated in their contract.
This obligation is said to have delayed due to issues of land acquisition for the location of the pitches.
Sports enthusiasts are wondering if the current management of the GFA cancelled the contract or the deal was abrogated under the Normalisation Committee.
The contract signed between StarTimes and GFA was expected to last for a decade and expire in 2026.
