Executive Council Member of the Ghana Football Association, Frederick Acheampong, has revealed that the GFA did not renew its broadcast rights deal with StarTimes because the company owes the association nearly one million dollars.
The contract with StarTimes ended at the conclusion of the previous season, and no agreement was reached to renew it.
The broadcasting rights have since been awarded to several free-to-air TV stations.
Addressing the discontinuation of the deal with StarTimes, Acheampong told Kessben TV that the GFA had to secure funds from other sources to settle the clubs before the start of the new season.
"StarTimes owes Ghana Football Association close to 1 million dollars. The GFA had to find money from different avenues to settle the clubs with the
'StarTimes money that the clubs were supposed to receive. This is the reason why we could not continue with StarTimes.”
The pictures shown on match day one has since been widely criticized for the poor broadcast.