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Ghana's World Cup Commission says Black Stars players must sign contracts with the country before they are invited to the national team in future to avoid conflicts with management. Justice Senyo Dzamefe, a member of the three-member Commission of Enquiry, made this known on Monday. According to him, this proposal will be part of his recommendations for the revival of the Black Stars following their disastrous showing at the World Cup. His proposal is in line with an earlier recommendation mooted by the Ghana Football Association (GFA). The GFA revealed that contracts with players at future international tournaments will be signed to avoid the problems encountered at the 2014 World Cup over bonus payments. Under the scheme players will be asked to sign the team's code of conduct, agreed amount as bonuses before tournaments and mode of payment of bonuses which will be through the banks. The players took strike action because they had not been paid prior to Brazil 2014, resulting in $3m (�1.74m) in cash flown out to appease the squad. Players $100,000 appearance fees each even though government had resolved to give them $82,500 which led to an agitation by the players at the World Cup. The country's football association said it would revert to "signed agreements" and bank transfers for bonuses. Now the commission set up to investigate the Black Stars poor showing at the World Cup also agrees that the new measures to be implemented is the right way to go. "These are the systems we want to put in place after the commission of inquiry's work. Cash payments, agitations for increment will be a thing of the past," Justice Dzamefe said. "The players, even before they are given their training kits, are given the terms of contract to sign. Those who agree will go to Brazil or wherever we are going next time. "So that if you don�t agree on $82,500 here and when you get there you say no you want $100,000. It�s a system failure and I am happy you say they (GFA) now want to correct that. "We will develop that for the nation so that from now on no national teams will even see cash. The mode of payment you must have agreed on figures before you even set off."