Kwara /Tornadoes tie gulp N9m
Nigeriansportsonline.com can report today that the 2007 Globacom Premier League opening match between Kwara United of Ilorin and Niger Tornadoes of Minna cost as much as N9m to be televised live.
Nigeriansportsonline.com learnt that the huge bill in beaming the opening fixture live of the Globacom Premier League live by cable channel SuperSport who are the official TV right owners as well as other logistic shortfalls made it impossible for another match to be telecast live on Sunday.
“We pay N6m for each match we televise live. Like in this one [Kwara United versus Tornadoes] we could not get flight for our crew to get to Ilorin. So we had to chatter a flight straight to Ilorin”, a Supersport man told Nigeriansportsonline.com in Ilorin.
“This cost us an additional N2m while another N1m was spent on other logistics including staff matters bringing the total cost to N9m.”
The flight left immediately after the match.