{"id":404999,"date":"2017-07-25T08:42:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T08:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/kurt-okraku-blames-poor-infrastructure-for-lack-of-tv-coverage-of-local-matches\/"},"modified":"2017-07-25T08:42:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T08:42:20","slug":"kurt-okraku-blames-poor-infrastructure-for-lack-of-tv-coverage-of-local-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/25\/kurt-okraku-blames-poor-infrastructure-for-lack-of-tv-coverage-of-local-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurt Okraku blames poor infrastructure for lack of TV coverage of local matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 25 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-25<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20977871.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kurt Okraku3\" title=\"Kurt Okraku3\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Executive Chairman of Dreams FC and Ghana FA Executive Committee member Kurt Okraku<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385127052\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385127052\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500972140_799_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Executive Chairman of Dreams FC and Ghana FA Executive Committee member Kurt Okraku has blamed poor sports infrastructure in Ghana for lack of interest from TV networks to cover local matches live.<\/p>\n<p>In a discussion on why the television market in Ghana has neglected the football industry, Kurt Okraku hesitated in pushing the blame completely on the TV networks insisting the various stadia in the country are not TV-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside of the fact that the TV market in Ghana is a very small market, TV networks do not believe in local football content. And this is because most of our stadia are not TV-friendly,\u201d he opined on the Football Legends Night Show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere to place their cameras is even a problem \u2013 Accra and Kumasi are poor. The new Cape Coast Stadium is not even TV-friendly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people who are into TV production fully understand what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you want to improve upon production and show the quality players you have but the facilities do not create an enabling environment for that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of poor infrastructure has been overly chanted but government seems not the least interested in sports infrastructure development, an area capable of reducing the rate of unemployment in the country drastically.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">@DreamsFootballC Executive Chairman @kurtokraku wants more education for fans on LIVE telecast of matches<br \/>Do you agree?@iamrahmanosman pic.twitter.com\/bCPavKkmn5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sheikh Tophic Sienu (@DeSheikh1) July 24, 2017<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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