Spintex Knights co-founder Dr Eric Opoku-Antwi says the Ghanaian club is considering withdrawing from the Basketball Africa League Elite 16 because of financial difficulties.
The Knights won all three games in the Division West group stage in Tripoli, Libya, to qualify as Ghana’s sole representative. The club is now stranded in the country with outstanding flight costs estimated at $33,000, raising concerns over its return to Ghana and participation in the next stage.
Opoku-Antwi said mounting debts from the club’s continental campaign over the past three years have prompted discussions about whether Spintex should continue competing in the BAL.
“One of the things, as a group, we are thinking about is that if year by year we keep on adding debt to our accounts and within the year we clear it then add another debt,” he said.
“With support from my church and my family and my friends around, we’ve been able to do this, how long can we continue to do this just for mother Ghana how long?” Opoku-Antwi said.
