{"id":406567,"date":"2017-07-28T22:18:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/kotoko-slams-gfas-decision-to-deduct-points\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T22:18:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:18:57","slug":"kotoko-slams-gfas-decision-to-deduct-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/28\/kotoko-slams-gfas-decision-to-deduct-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko slams GFA&#8217;s decision to deduct points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 28 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Kotoko express<\/p>\n<p>2017-07-28<\/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\/82528070.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asante Kotoko Squad Foto\" title=\"Asante Kotoko Squad Foto\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kotoko have reacted to the decision by the DC of GFA<\/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=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1501280337_446_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Management of Kotoko has completely rejected a decision by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ghana Football Association(GFA) that, the club is to be ducked points for \u201cfor failing to obey the enforcement decision of the Disciplinary Committee on the Dauda Mohammed transfer\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Kotoko\u2019s managers say, the Disciplinary Committee of the GFA has no legitimate grounds to deduct the club any points. They have therefore advised the committee to be fair.<\/p>\n<p>The Disciplinary Committee, in its decision, forwarded to Kotoko and also published on the GFA\u2019s website on Friday, said, it has \u201cdirected that Asante Kotoko be deducted points for matches to be played with immediate effect\u201d but Management has totally rubbished that directive.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement dated July 28, 2017 and signed by Head of Legal Affairs, Lawyer Yaw Boafo, Management reminded the Disciplinary Committee of its initial ruling, which said that, \u201cGlobal Stars SC [were] to refund money paid by Kotoko for Kotoko to pay all parties correctly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko haven\u2019t been paid by Global Stars for it to pay the other parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThus, it is patently clear from the decision of the Committee that, Kotoko\u2019s obligation is contingent on receipt of the sum of $102,000 from Global Stars\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Management in its statement also reminded the Committee that, on July 14, 2017, they wrote to them notifying them that, Global Stars have failed to pay Kotoko as they directed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust as the Committee has indicated that, it is acting pursuant to the notification of Intervest of non-receipt of monies from Kotoko, we also expect the Committee to act fairly in relation to our notification on 14th July, 2017\u201d on Global Stars\u2019 failure to pay us\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKotoko has not received the sum of US$102,000 to enable us undertake the distribution as ordered by the decision of the Committee and as a member of the GFA, we cannot enforce the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the GFA on our own\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe [Committee]\u2019s decision never indicated that, in the event of a failure on the part of Global Stars SC to Kotoko, we were to pay the sum ordered out of our resources\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, that is what your correspondence seeks to do by asking Kotoko to find the sum of US$102,000 out of its own resources to make the said distribution\u201d the statement argued.<\/p>\n<p>Management demanded total fairness from the GFA\u2019s Disciplinary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe expect the Disciplinary Committee to act fairly in the circumstances of this case to take the appropriate sanctions for Global Stars SC to comply with the decision of the Committee. 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