Ghana Premier League clubs will each receive an amount of USD 30,000 from StarTimes as part of the entity’s broadcast deal with the Ghana FA.
This was revealed on Tuesday at a meeting between the the FA’s officials and representatives of clubs.
The amount is expected to help with the running of the clubs during the league season.
In January 2020, the GFA announced that StarTimes had won the bid to become to the Ghana Premier League’s exclusive broadcaster on television for a 5-year period worth USD 5.25 million.
In total, the Ghana Premier League will receive USD 700, 000 from the StarTimes deal out of which USD 540, 000 will go directly to the clubs while the rest of the amount will take care of “administrative work, the merit awards for positioning on the league table and officiating expenses.”
The meeting between the FA and the clubs also highlighted how much the clubs would receive over the 5-year period of the StarTimes deal.
Over the period, the clubs would get a total of USD 4 million with the breakdown as follows:
YEAR 1 – 2019/20 season
Premier League – $700,000
FA Cup – $150,000
Visibility support to DOL & Women football – $100,000
TOTAL CASH FEES – $950,000.00
YEAR 2 – 2020/21 season
Premier League – $750,000
FA Cup – $200,000
Visibility support to DOL & Women football – $50,000
TOTAL CASH FEES – $1,000,000.00
YEAR 3 – 2021/22 season
Premier League – $800,000
FA Cup – $200,000
Visibility support to DOL & Women football – $50,000
TOTAL CASH FEES – $1,100,000.00
YEAR 4 – 2022/23 season
Premier League – $850,000
FA Cup – $200,000
Visibility support to DOL & Women football – $50,000
TOTAL CASH FEES – $1,100,000.00
YEAR 5 – 2023/24 season
Premier League – $850,000
FA Cup – $250,000
Visibility support to DOL & Women football – $50,000
TOTAL CASH FEES – $1,150,000.00
TOTAL = $5250,000.00
