{"id":431911,"date":"2017-10-25T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/25\/the-premier-league-must-be-autonomous-amponsah\/"},"modified":"2017-10-25T04:00:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T04:00:35","slug":"the-premier-league-must-be-autonomous-amponsah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/25\/the-premier-league-must-be-autonomous-amponsah\/","title":{"rendered":"The Premier League must be autonomous &#8211; Amponsah"},"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, 24 October 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-10-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/96121996.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amponsah Autonomous\" title=\"Amponsah Autonomous\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President of Phar Rangers FC, Nana Yaw Amponsah<\/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=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1508904035_188_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The President of Phar Rangers FC, Nana Yaw Amponsah is said to be nurturing the ambition of ascending the throne of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>A leaked manifesto made available to GNA Sports outlined several developmental programmes to be implemented when given the nod.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amponsah, who is seen to have a decent chance to lead Ghana&#8217;s football from 2019 as president, revealed in the document that he would make the premier league autonomous. <\/p>\n<p>He indicated that within two years, management rights should be handed to an independent body to enable the GFA to concentrate on the National teams, First and second divisions and Regional Colts Football through the Regional Football Associations (RFAs).   <\/p>\n<p>His projections for the association also included the introduction of \u201cAll Stars tour\u201d which will see the best selected players of the season embarking on a two-week foreign tour to play friendly matches and thereby help their clubs to sell and generate income.<\/p>\n<p>The astute lawyer, who has worked in the sports industry actively for a decade and built a great deal of experience and with huge contacts globally, also stated in the document that, he would implement a \u201cone league centrer, one ambulance\u201d policy at the various league centres.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amponsah also has plans to introduce a three tier national leagues system; Super league with 16 clubs, Premier league with 24 clubs and the first division with 24 clubs.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 24 October 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-10-24 President of Phar Rangers FC, Nana Yaw Amponsah &#13; The President of Phar Rangers FC, Nana Yaw Amponsah is said to be nurturing the ambition of ascending the throne of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) in 2019. 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