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Sports and Recreation Minister-designate, Kofi Adams, has expressed worry about the practice where team managers and officials are paid equal and even sometimes more than the playing body.
Adams believes it’s not rational that players who do all the action get to receive same compensation as officials. Speaking to JoySports, he argued that players should be the top priority when it comes to rewards and other benefits.
He stated the following as quoted by JoySports:
Does it really make sense that I play a full 90-minute game, we win, and I receive a reward—yet someone who didn’t play at all receives the same or even more?
Adams, however, acknowledged the role team managers and other officials play in ensuring that teams performance well. The Buem MP further stressed the crucial tasks these people play in a team's success but maintains he has a problem if their compensation equals or surpasses that of the players.
I have no issue with rewarding those who have spent time with the team in a different capacity. However, if their compensation equals or surpasses that of the players who actually take to the field, then I have a personal problem with that.
Concerns over reward system
His comments come on the back of numerous concerns raised on how the reward system is structured in Ghana sports, especially at major continental and global competitions.
Some members of the Black Stars management committee reportedly received $100,000 as allowance after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, despite Ghana crushing out of the group stages.