The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG)\u00a0 has welcomed the proposal by the Ghana Football Association (GFA), that would require players who are called up to the national team to sign pre-tournament contracts.<\/p>\n
In an statement released to the media on Tuesday, PFAG stated that it had taken note of the GFA’s decision and\u00a0 “welcome a holistic review of the entire Black Stars campaign.”<\/p>\n
The Black Stars participation in the just ended World Cup in Brazil was marred by disputes between players and management officials over unpaid appearance fees and reports of indiscipline, resulting in the expulsion of two players, Kevin Prince Boateng and Sulley Muntari from the team’s camp.<\/p>\n
The president of the GFA, Kwesi Nyantakyi, announced at the team’s post World Cup press conference that henceforth, players would have “signed agreements” before they are allowed to play for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n
PFAG’s statement\u00a0 went on to read that it was waiting for the GFA’s report on the details of the player’s contracts “and are eager to dialogue with the federation to come up with ways to restore the glory of the Black Stars.”<\/p>\n
Find the full satement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n PFAG to dialogue with Ghana Football Association on Code of Conduct Rules for Players<\/strong><\/p>\n The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) has taken note of reports in many of our leading dailies and on broadcast media indicating that the Ghana Football Association (GFA) will henceforth require players of Ghana\u2019s senior national team, the Black Stars to sign contracts before being allowed to play for Ghana.<\/p>\n Many of these reports quote the GFA President Kwesi Nyantekyi at his press conference of July 2, 2014 where he indicated that there will be a strict code of conduct for players in the future.<\/p>\n A Citifmonline.com report of July 2, 2014 quotes the FA President as saying the following, \u201cthe current rules and codes of conduct of the Black Stars will be transformed into contracts that will detailed terms and conditions as basis for invitations to the national team. The contracts will cover appearance fees and bonuses.\u201d<\/p>\n We welcome a holistic review of the entire Black Stars campaign and any attempts to improve our performance in future competitions and Ghanaian football in general. We are currently waiting on the exact details of what the reported contracts will contain and are eager to dialogue with the federation to come up with ways to restore the glory of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n We further urge the GFA to apply any standard contracts to all of our national teams as well as to players of every club playing in the local leagues when they sign agreements.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Edwin Kwakofi\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG)\u00a0 has welcomed the proposal by the Ghana Football Association (GFA), that would require players who are called up to the national team to sign pre-tournament contracts. In an statement released to the media on Tuesday, PFAG stated that it had taken note of the GFA’s decision and\u00a0 “welcome […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":23774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3,577,1689],"yoast_head":"\n