PREAMBLE In the exercise of the powers conferred on the Congress of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the Supreme and Legislative organ of the Ghana Football Association by Article 23 of the Statutes of the Ghana Football Association, these Second Amendments of the Statutes of the Ghana Football Association (hereinafter called “the Second Amendment”) is hereby made.

THE GFA STATUTES HAS BEEN AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. Point 11 of the Definitions and Interpretation of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Point 11 as follows: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 11 “IFAB” means “The International Football Association Board, which authorizes and modifies the Laws of the Game”

2. The Preamble of the GFA Statute is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Preamble as follows:

PREAMBLE In exercise of the powers conferred on the Ghana Football Association (GFA) by the GFA Congress these Statutes are hereby made.

3. Article 30(1)(2) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 30(1)(2)(a) and Article 30(1)(2)(b) as follows: ARTICLE 30(1)(2)(a) Six (6) persons duly elected by the Premier League Clubs - 6

ARTICLE 30(1)(2)(b) Four (4) persons duly elected by the Division One League Clubs - 4

4. Article 30(1)(3) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 30(1)(3) as follows:

ARTICLE 30(1)(4) Ten (10) persons duly elected as Chairmen of the ten (10) Regional Football Associations (RFAs) - 10

5. Article 30(1)(4) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 30(1)(4) as follows:

ARTICLE 30(1)(4) One (1) person duly elected by the Constituent Bodies: a. Coaches, b. Referees, c. Clubs of the National Women’s League, d. Clubs of the Juvenile Football League, e. Players, f. Security Services Sports Association g. Schools and Colleges sports, and h. Tertiary Institutions sports. - 1 6. Article 30(7) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 30(7) as follows:

ARTICLE 30(7) When a person ceases to be a member of the Executive Committee, the newly elected person for the position shall serve the unexpired term of the vacancy created on the Executive Committee.

7. Article 34(1) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 34(1) as follows:

ARTICLE 34(1) The Executive Committee or the Emergency Committee at a meeting shall make decisions by a simple majority of the members present. Voting by proxy is not allowed. Provided always that the Executive Committee or the Emergency Committee shall be at liberty to make decisions electronically, when an issue is sent to them electronically. Any decision taken electronically shall be captured in the next minutes of the Committee.

8. Article 37(2) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 37(2) as follows:

ARTICLE 37(2) The President shall sign jointly with the General Secretary all documents and letters binding the GFA or in the absence of either or both of them, by person(s) duly authorised to do so.

9. The Duties of the Prosecutor and Article 39(3)(1) to Article 39(3)(5) of the Statutes are amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 39(4) as follows:

ARTICLE 39(4) - DUTIES OF THE PROSECUTOR The duties of the Prosecutors are but not limited to the following: 39.4.1 to investigate and prefer charges. 39.4.2 to present charges to the Disciplinary Committee. 39.4.3 adduce evidence to support the charge. 39.4.4 to make submission in support of the charge. 39.4.5 to prosecute cases before the Appeals Committee. 39.4.6 to prosecute matters before the Ethics Committee or before any other Committee of the GFA, if required.

10. The heading of Article 64 of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 64 as follows:

ARTICLE 64 ARTICLE 64 REFEREES COMMITTEE AND MATCH REVIEW COMMITTEE

11. The heading Duties after Article 64(1) of the Statutes are amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 64(2) as follows:

ARTICLE 64 64.2 DUTIES OF REFEREES COMMITTEE

12. Article 64(1) to Article 64(8) under the heading Duties of the Referees Committee are amended by renumbering them as Article 64(2)(1) to Article 64(2)(8) as follows: ARTICLE 64(2)(1) to ARTICLE 64(2)(8) Articles 64(1) to 64(8) are hereby renumbered as Articles 64(2)(1) to 64(2)(8) of the GFA Statutes.

13. Article 64 of the Statutes is amended by the addition of new Article 64(3) as follow:

ARTICLE 64(3) The Executive Committee shall determine the number of persons to be appointed as members of the Match Review Committee. The GFA shall provide a Secretary to the Match Review Committee.

14. Article 64 of the Statutes is amended by the addition of new Article 64(4)) as follow:

ARTICLE 64(4) 64.4 DUTIES OF MATCH REVIEW COMMITTEE 64.4.1 To receive for their review complaints from clubs on officiating by match officials and study same. Club, official or players shall not talk negatively about match officials in the media or any other forum.

64.4.2 To, on its own, study the video of all matches and make recommendations to the Executive Committee.

64.4.3 To recommend to the Executive Committee for their action: a. reward for excellent officiating; b. suspension for poor officiating; c. removal from the referees list of officials found to be grossly incompetent or guilty of serious misconduct.

15. Article 67(2)(7) of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 67(2)(7) as follows:

ARTICLE 67(2)(7) The decision of the Players’ Status Committee shall be enforced without reference to the Disciplinary Committee of the GFA and an appeal against any decision of the Committee shall be filed within three (3) days upon receipt of the decision by the party.

16. Article 82 of the Statutes is amended by deletion and is replaced with a new Article 82 as follows:

ARTICLE 82 ARTICLE 82 - OWNERSHIP, COMMERCIAL & MEDIA RIGHTS OF GFA COMPETITIONS

82.1 The ownership, organisation, control and management of all the competitions of the GFA and any rights associated with them of any nature shall be vested entirely and exclusively in Ghana Football Association (the “GFA”).

82.2 In relation to each match in any GFA organised competition, the GFA shall itself be exclusively entitled to, or otherwise to authorise or grant to others, rights of access to and attendance at the ground of the Home Club (“Access Rights”) for the purposes of transmitting or filming or otherwise recording on or by any media, any audio and/or visual materials depicting or describing all or any part or parts of a match (the “Copyright Materials”).

82.3 In relation to each match, the GFA shall itself be exclusively entitled throughout the world, or to grant to or otherwise authorise others:

82.3.1 on a live, delayed, recorded or highlighted basis to broadcast or otherwise transmit by any method whatsoever (now known or hereinafter devised) the Copyright Materials by way of any and all forms of television or similar technology (now known or hereinafter devised) including, without limitation, free to air television, pay television, pay per view, “not-video-on-demand” internet or other on-line media and “video-on- demand” (the “Television Rights”).

82.3.2 on a live or delayed basis to broadcast or to otherwise transmit the Copyright Materials (or audio) by way of radio broadcast or internet, or other on-line media or similar technology (now known or hereinafter devised) (the “Radio Rights”).

82.3.3 to use, sell, publish, distribute and otherwise exploit the Copyright Materials in any manner whatsoever including, without limitation, clip licensing, videos, CD Rom, CDI, internet or other on-line media (the “Footage Rights”).

82.3.4 In relation to each match, the GFA shall be exclusively entitled, either by itself or to authorise others, to use sell or otherwise exploit all commercial and other marketing rights associated with its competitions including, without limitation, fixture list copyright, sponsorship, supplier rights, licences, perimeter board branding or other commercial arrangements (the “Marketing Rights”).

82.4 Clubs shall comply with the terms of all contracts entered into by the GFA from time to time in relation to Access Rights, the Television Rights, the Radio Rights, the Footage Rights and the Marketing Rights (collectively the “Commercial Contracts”) in relation to the any GFA competition.

17. Article 90(1) of the GFA Statute is amended by its deletion as follow: ARTICLE 90(1): {is hereby deleted}

18. Article 90(2) is amended by renumbering it as the new Article 90(1) as follows: ARTICLE 90(1) Articles 90(2) are hereby renumbered as the new Article 90(1) of the GFA Statutes

19. Article 90(3) is amended by renumbering it as the new Article 90(2) as follows: ARTICLE 90(2) Articles 90(3) are hereby renumbered as the new Article 90(2) of the GFA Statutes

20. Article 90(4) to Article 90(8) of the Statute is amended by its deletion as follow: ARTICLE 90(4) to ARTICLE 90(8): {are hereby deleted}

21. Article 90(9) is amended by renumbering it as the new Article 90(3) as follows: ARTICLE 90(3) Articles 90(9) are hereby renumbered as the new Article 90(3) of the GFA Statutes.

22. Article 90(10) of the GFA Statute is amended by its deletion as follow: ARTICLE 90(10): {is hereby deleted}

23. Article 90(11) is amended by renumbering it as the new Article 90(4) as follows: ARTICLE 90(4) Articles 90(11) are hereby renumbered as the new Article 90(4) of the GFA Statutes.