{"id":468139,"date":"2018-02-27T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/plb-chairman-laments-over-lack-of-headline-sponsor-for-gpl\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T18:30:28","slug":"plb-chairman-laments-over-lack-of-headline-sponsor-for-gpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/plb-chairman-laments-over-lack-of-headline-sponsor-for-gpl\/","title":{"rendered":"PLB chairman laments over lack of headline sponsor for GPL"},"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, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/42970558.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ashford Tetteh Oku2\" title=\"Ashford Tetteh Oku2\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Premier League Board chairman, Ashford Tettey-Oku<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519756228_199_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Premier League Board (PLB) chairman, Ashford Tettey-Oku has expressed worry over their inability to find a headline sponsor for the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>The nation\u2019s elite league has been without a sponsor since First Capital Bank pulled out as headline sponsor three years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Following yet another upcoming \u2018sponsorless\u2019 league season, the soft-spoken PLB chairman lamented the financial burden on the clubs as a result of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know this has not been easy on the clubs\u201d, he told Sportsnetghana.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been particularly worried for all this years, thus \u201crunning a league without a headline sponsor\u201d but the GFA are taking steps to get a headline sponsor very soon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has not been easy because if it were that easy we could have gotten one by now, so let\u2019s keep our options open and I believe when there is one, the GFA will announce\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Premier League clubs have been complaining about the lack of sponsorship for the competition, with most of them finding it difficult to financially cater for their teams throughout the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>However, there have been speculations that the GFA has reached an agreement with a new sponsor whom it plans to unveil before the commencement of the league.<\/p>\n<p>The 2017\/18 Ghana Premier League season is due to commence on March 3, 2018.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: 55 --><\/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, 27 February 2018 Source: adomonline.com 2018-02-27 Premier League Board chairman, Ashford Tettey-Oku Premier League Board (PLB) chairman, Ashford Tettey-Oku has expressed worry over their inability to find a headline sponsor for the Ghana Premier League. 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