It can only be seen as a comedy and a snatch. Who is the final decision maker? You will have to take responsibility.
At around 6:00 pm on the 28th, about two hours before the match between Korea and Uruguay, a press release was sent to reporters from the Korea Football Association (KFA). The content was a comedy-like story, “I will pardon 100 soccer players, including the match fixer.”
Precisely, KFA announced, “We held a board of directors meeting in the conference room of the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the afternoon of the 28th and decided to pardon 100 soccer players who are being disciplined.”
“Persons subject to amnesty include former and current players, coaches, referees, and group executives who are being disciplined for various misconduct. Among the targets are 48 players who were expelled in 2011 for match-fixing in professional football. The association issued an amnesty. It’s been 14 years since 2009,” he said.
Sports are based on fair competition. Players who have put in their best efforts share wins and losses through fair competition on the stage. There are winners and losers, but that’s why sports are beautiful.
Match fixers are people who harm such sports. What is the meaning of sports if money, entertainment, or anything else determines victory or defeat? Those who did this without hesitation are match fixers, and KFA made an announcement that it would allow such figures to be active in the soccer world again.
Issuing a press release about snatching two hours from the start of the game can only be seen as pathetic. Typically, the reporters are at the stadium about two hours before the start of the game. It is not easy to be tied to the field and do other coverage.
In addition, articles related to corruption can be widely publicized only when they are read more, and when the game starts, the articles of each media company or portal are changed to game-related. Although not official, we can infer why KFA issued a press release two hours before the start of the game.
KFA also explained the background of the amnesty. The KFA said, “We congratulated ourselves on advancing to the 10th consecutive World Cup last year and advancing to the round of 16 at the Qatar World Cup, and reflected the opinions of the frontlines who proposed an amnesty for harmony and a new start in the soccer world. There is also the purpose of giving a second chance to talented soccer players.”
It is incomprehensible why the performance of the last 16 World Cup led to the amnesty of the manipulators. It’s just funny.
In addition, the KFA said, “A person who has been expelled and disciplined to prevent voluntary pardon is subject to 7 years from the date of disciplinary effect, 5 years from the date of disciplinary effect in the case of indefinite suspension of qualifications or indefinite suspension of participation, and those who have been suspended from qualification or participation for a limited period of time are subject to disciplinary action. Those who had passed more than half of the disposition period were subject to pardon review. People involved in sexual violence or sexual harassment were excluded, and even in the case of match-fixing, those with a high degree of misconduct were excluded from the pardon.” “We are closely watching to ensure that this pardon is not misunderstood as a change in the association’s basic position on match-fixing. they just became 안전놀이터