Great Olympics vs Nsoatreman game was not part of initial games to be televised - Oluboi Commodore

Great Olympics General Manager, Oluboi Commodore, says their game against Nsoatreman was not part of the initial Ghana Premier League week 9 games to be televised.

He disclosed that they were only informed about the plan to broadcast it on their way to Bechem United for a game on Wednesday.

The Dade boys hosted the Samreboi outfit on Monday afternoon at the Accra Sports Stadium with no arrangements made for the use of floodlights.

Darkness was setting in but the floodlight was not being turned on causing over 30 minutes delay in the game in the second half.

Great Olympics came from a goal down to beat Nsoatreman 2-1 and go second on the league table.

Explaining why the game was rescheduled to Monday from Sunday, Oluboi said the game was not scheduled to broadcast on television.

“This match was supposed to be played on Sunday at 3 pm. It was not on StarTimes’ programme to telecast it. On our way to Bechem I had a call that they were pleading with me to allow the match to be shifted to Monday,” he told Asempa FM.

“I agreed and the schedule for week nine was amended and StarTimes would televise it at 4 pm. When the match is going to be played into darkness it means the organisers had arranged for floodlights.

“Why 4 pm? There was no good reason for the match to be postponed to 4 pm.”

35 minutes were eventually added to the game.