The number of people who agreed to audit and disband the Korea Football Association, which appeared in the National Petition of the National Assembly, exceeded 50,000 and is now in the process of consent. Since then, the wave of petition consent has continued, exceeding 55,000 as of the morning of the 4th.
Among them, Lee Chun-soo, a former member of the South Korean national soccer team, opened a speech on whether the Korea Football Association will audit the government.
On the 30th of last month, Lee Chun-soo released his thoughts on the fundamental point where soccer fans are currently angry with the Korea Football Association and whether the Korea Football Association will be disciplined in front of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s audit through a video titled “Lee Chun-soo,” his personal YouTube channel.
Regarding the reason why soccer fans were angry, Lee Chun-soo said, “In a way, fans may be angry at how the owner of the association treated him like his personal property when he was not (Jung Mong-gyu) chairman and not his personal property.”
He added, “Sports should be fair, and times have changed, but I think soccer fans are very angry about the school ties and delays in selecting someone.”
The Korea Football Association recently selected former Ulsan HD coach Hong Myung-bo to replace former Korean national soccer team coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who was dismissed in February. In early July, the official announcement that Hong had already been appointed was made by the Korea Football Association, and the appointment was virtually completed by uploading it to the official SNS on July 8. Later, the official announcement was made on July 13.
Initially, the KFA promised to officially appoint a foreign coach within May to lead the A-match team. However, five months have gone by meaninglessly due to sluggish negotiation skills.
Hong has been displeased with being mentioned in the media as a candidate for the national team’s leadership. When Hong reversed his words, mentioning his last challenge, soccer fans became enraged at the feeling of betrayal.
In the process, Hong was appointed only after a two-hour interview with technical director Lee Im-saeng without any preparation materials or interview procedures, sparking controversy over preferential treatment. Since then, the Korea Football Association issued an explanation in a hurry on the 22nd of last month, but it effectively admitted the controversy over preferential treatment by itself.
In addition, Chung Mong-kyu, president of the Korea Football Association, appeared to defend former coach Klinsmann or blame Son Heung-min and Lee Kang-in for the conflict in his autobiography “The Age of Football – 30 Years of Jung Mong-gyu Football” published at the end of July, further fueled fan anger.
In response, a soccer fan filed a petition with the National Assembly on June 17 to suggest the Korea Football Association to audit and disband the organization. The petition has well exceeded the standard of 50,000 people in 12 days, and is now in the process of consent. The Korea Football Association expressed displeasure with the government’s announcement of the audit, saying, “If the government intervenes too much, it may not be able to participate in the World Cup,” but complained about worsening public opinion.
Fans are now weighing whether the Korea Football Association can go beyond simple audits and warnings to substantial disciplinary action.
Lim Hyung-chul, a commentator who appeared as a panelist in the video, said, “There is nothing wrong with the ministry’s audit itself,” but added, “We cannot say that the ministry suddenly changes its director or cuts the association’s president. The ministry can only give warnings as if it is recommending the association. The ministry itself said, “It is not that the (audit) will change the association, take action, and give any disciplinary action.”
Lee Chun-soo told an anecdote when he was the former chairman of the Korea Football Association’s Social Contribution Committee (2021-2022). “In my opinion, if a problem is raised with the association, it can be audited by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism,” he said. “When I was inside the Korea Football Association, (the association) told me to make money.” 메이저사이트
“When I met the culture, sports and tourism committee when I built the Cheonan Football Center, all of my senior executives (including the chairman) fell out and put forward star players,” he said in a strong tone. “The association asks me to meet with members of the committee and get a budget for the Cheonan Center. That’s why I make money if I ask them to do so. That’s all the ministry’s budget. Wouldn’t it be right for me to be audited by the ministry when I make a mistake if I ask them to do so? But I don’t think I have any intention to keep repeating what I said?”
In addition, the panelists who appeared in the video pointed out the administrative ability of the current soccer association, saying, “Even those who speak well are embarrassed when they go to the parliamentary audit, but is there anyone who can come out of the association now?”
In particular, Lee Chun-soo made a prediction that (if a national audit is held) Lim will split the video of his brother’s press conference and play it, and commentator Lim pointed out sharply, saying, “The audit process will not be easy if you are a high-ranking member of the Korea Football Association with the ability to respond and talk.”
In addition to this, Lee Chun-soo also talked about some of the poor administrative organization of the Korea Football Association. “Even if you are an executive of an organization, you don’t have the authority,” he said. “I don’t know what I’m doing, and since I’m the vice president of the title, I go out and greet a lot, but I don’t know what I’m doing, and I just come back after greeting.”
He said, “I just twisted it vaguely, even though I don’t know what the organization is doing. I have a meeting every Tuesday, but I don’t even know what kind of meeting it is. I suddenly twisted my department when I was entering the company. Maybe he called me because I was too loud. When I joined the organization, I couldn’t even join the association.”
Meanwhile, Hong Myung-bo, the new coach of the national soccer team, will participate in the Korea Football Technology Philosophy (MIK, Made In Korea) held by the Korea Football Association on the 6th.