Brigadier George Brock, Acting Chief Executive of the National Sports Council (NSC) has said that the country is not ready to host the African Under-17 baseball tournament scheduled to kick-start in September because of short-notice and financial difficulties.
Speaking to the GNA Sports in Accra, Brigadier Brock said he received the letter giving Ghana the mandate to host the event about three weeks ago, adding "this is not good enough because it has not been factored into our calendar for the year".
"I was surprise when I first got the information from the Vice president's office that Ghana has been awarded the right to host such an international tournament involving about eight nations at such a short notice", Brigadier Brock said.
He said knowing what it takes to host tournament, he does not think the nation is ready to host such an event and added "anyone who accepts to host such event does so it at his our risk".
Brigadier Brock said hosting the tournament would be a logistical nightmare because there is no standard baseball pitch to be used, with just a month to go.
He said even though he has been told that the participating countries would pay some fees, it would still not be enough to pay for their hotel bills, feeding and internal transportation.
"More so, I do not know the preparation of the national under-17 team, and remember that we also need to prepare the team adequately to make an impact.
Can we do all these in one month?, Brigadier Brock asked.
