"Thank you. You've done a lot now". "Football Enthusiasm" Park Moon-sung to Jeong Mong-gyu and Hong Myung-bo...

YTN Radio (FM 94.5) [YTN News FM Wise Radio Life]
□ Broadcast Date: November 6, 2024 (Wednesday)
□ Host: Announcer Park Gui-bin
□ Cast member: Park Moon-sung, soccer commentator

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◆ Announcer Park Gui-bin (hereinafter referred to as Park Gui-bin): As you just heard, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is yesterday. The results of the audit on the process of appointing Hong Myung-bo as coach of the national soccer team were announced. Let's talk about it in detail. Until recently, he was a person who did not spare any criticism about internal problems of the Korea Football Association. He is also called an independent soccer fighter. Let's call soccer commentator Park Moon-sung. Hello, Commissioner.

◇ Soccer Commentator Park Moon-sung (hereinafter referred to as Park Moon-sung): Yes, hello.

◆Park Gui-bin: I heard that you are in Spain right now. It's probably early in the morning over there, so thank you.

◇ Moon-Sung Park: No.

◆Park Gui-bin: We contacted you because we wanted to ask you about this matter so much, and you must have seen the results of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism audit yesterday. What did you think?

◇Park Moon-sung: Looking at it yesterday, it's actually a problem that's been taking about a year. To include Klinsmann's resignation now. So I dragged it for a long time. It should be completed well, but yesterday, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism pointed out 27 things and demanded heavy punishment, but at the same time, I wonder if the conclusion will be improved like this, and at the same time, I feel frustrated because the Korea Football Association has another position on this. A lot of thoughts overlap.

◆Park Guivin: Which part did you pay the most attention to?

◇ Moon-Sung Park: Because yesterday was actually the result of a comprehensive audit. There were problems we pointed out and knew before, such as the process of appointing a director and the pardon of match manipulators, but there were also some shocking problems. For example, I gave it to people who should not give P-level certificates, which can be called coaches' certificates, or gave 2.8 billion won to part-time executives who work at the Korea Football Association, which is not necessary. I was a little embarrassed and worried about how it came to this point.

◆Park Gui-bin: I see. As you said, the problem that has been going on for about a year has been audited since July and the final results were announced yesterday, but among the contents announced yesterday by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, there are two key things. So, major executives demanded severe disciplinary action beyond the suspension of qualifications, and the other is to re-step the process of appointing a supervisor as stipulated. I think there are two contents now. If I ask you a little bit, what does it mean to be a severe disciplinary action beyond suspension of qualification?

◇Park Moon-sung: If you look at it literally, according to the articles of association, severe disciplinary action beyond the suspension of qualification is literally suspended. Another thing is to expel them. The other thing is to dismiss them. So, it could be like immediately suspending the authority of the president of the Korea Football Association, expulsion from the membership of the Korea Football Association, or literally dismissing him from the chairman's position, which is literally a heavy punishment. This is enough to make you step down or gain strength, so there is one thing that says we should impose heavy punishment because there are 27 illegal matters and unfair work orders, and I think many people will feel that way. If you did something wrong, for example, you can just ask me to step down. Why do you ask for heavy punishment?

◆Park Gui-bin: I'm asking for it.

◇ Park Moon-sung: That's right. So, for example, I demand dismissal, not expulsion. I demand expulsion. Who does that? I talked about it not at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism or other external organizations, but at the Fair Commission inside the Korea Football Association. So now, many people ask, "What institution inside the Korea Football Association can impose severe punishment on Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, the head of the Korea Football Association?" And as I said, you can just make a decision. Why do you ask for that? Many of you may have heard about it, but the Football Association is an affiliated organization of an international organization called FIFA. In this case, you can impose sanctions on any outside force directly intervening in the president of the Korea Football Association or personnel matters. I've clarified my position to avoid this problem now. I did 27 things wrong. So this is a situation where we can impose heavy penalties that will require broadcasting, but we won't do it directly. So, I showed them a little bit of a stance that tells them to make their own decisions.

◆Park Gui-bin: Is it the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism?

◇ Park Moon-sung: That's right, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

◆Park Gui Bin: That's why I demand it. Now, by expressing it like this, the Korea Football Association's Fair Committee will actually decide that. What if that happens?

◇Moon-Sung Park: That's right. But now, the Fair Trade Commission of Sports will decide, but if you are interested in the Fair Trade Commission later, if you go to the soccer association's website or this side, the committees are the chairman of the committee and the organizational system is disclosed. Who's doing it. However, in the case of the Fair Trade Commission, there is no such thing as who does it and how it is organized.

◆Park Gui Bin: Is that so?

◇ Park Moon-sung: In fact, there are some that cannot be operated on a regular basis, and some that are not disclosed to the outside world because of the FTC, but the core is that the Fair Trade Commission is also under the influence of the president of the Korea Football Association. It doesn't make sense because the person appointed by the chairman or decided by the chairman will sit down. The person appointed by the chairman decides the fate of the chairman. There is a contradiction in itself, so there are actually a lot of controversies about this, but I think you should interpret it like this. As I said, even though I know that, what the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism tells the Fair Trade Commission to do is not to report to the Fair Trade Commission, but to tell the president of the Korea Football Association to decide on his own.

◆Park Gui-bin: Re-step the process of appointing a director according to the regulations, how can I see this? This means correcting procedural defects, but the result may or may not remain the same, so what is this a request to do?

◇ Park Moon-sung: So, we haven't discussed about Hong Myung-bo right now, in conclusion, how competitive he is or not. From the beginning, what do you think coach Heung Myung-bo will be like on the World Cup stage? I think it's going to be like that. This is not why people opposed it, but that they were appointed unfairly. So now, how can it be an interview at night at a bakery in front of the house that many fans talk about? Why do other foreign directors and other candidates submit documents? Like when we submit resumes and interviews when we get a job at a company, we receive data from other foreign directors and conduct interviews. Why did Hong Myung-bo take all such procedures as an exception? Why did he give preferential treatment unfairly to other candidates? That's why people's criticism was there and it was unfair, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it in conclusion, so what I said was an unfair choice by an unauthorized person, that is, an incumbent director was appointed because he was not authorized. To put it more simply through the unfair process, I drove without a license. So now we're discovering this again. So, of course, this solution is to discover the process again. Of course, that's going to be possible for director Hong Myung-bo, so if you want it from director Hong Myung-bo, apply there again. And other people told me to apply the same way, so I told them to follow the process by fair rules. So if director Hong Myung-bo is elected, I'll accept that, but if someone else is elected, I'll accept that, too. So, for Coach Hong Myung-bo, the Korea Football Association should take the process again from the beginning and participate in it to take a fair process. So if it's possible, we'll admit it. Like that.

◆Park Gui-bin: I see. Earlier, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism demanded that FIFA of the International Football Federation secure administrative autonomy of the Korea Football Association, and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism demands the Korea Football Association because of any responsibility or burden. The audit results were announced in this way, but from the committee's point of view, the message of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism should have been clearer and clearer. You're in this position. Are you sad about that?

◇ Park Moon-sung: I feel a bit sorry for you. What I mean is that if I did 27 things wrong, I would have been very eager to be able to hold people accountable and exercise any authority, but rationally, I understand that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced it like that. And I don't think it's going to end with this demand. When the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announces this time, some messages are revealed. In the message, for example, we focused on the money issues this time. For example, 2.8 billion won was provided to part-time vice-chairman or directors, and the state's money was spent to build a national training center in Cheonan, but unlike the regulations, public funds were spent differently in New York. So, for example, you may be fined up to five times. So according to the media that calculated it now, it could be more than 20 billion won. Then, it could be over 30% on average for a year's KFA budget. It can be quite a burden. And what the last question was about was that Hyundai Development fraudulently dispatched an employee to the place that Hyundai Development was building in Cheonan, the national training site that Hyundai Development mentioned earlier. This was the story that we're going to continue to appreciate additionally. This message is that Hyundai Industrial Development was mentioned. Who is the chairman of Hyundai Industrial Development? This is a company where Chung Mong-gyu, chairman of the Korea Football Association, is the chairman. So this message is that Hyundai Industrial Development can also come into this storm. This could be a very big problem for Chairman Chung Mong-gyu. If something spreads like this or the problem becomes bigger, in fact, if the problem spreads with Hyundai Industrial Development, it could be an opportunity for shareholders of Hyundai Industrial Development who are not guilty or for consumption. In fact, if you can read such a message, if you think more about the Korea Football Association or modern industrial development, it's actually right to decide your own position and it's wise.

◆Park Gui-bin: I see. I see. Then, if we summarize the key demands discussed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism yesterday, the appointment of the director should be done from the beginning without any problems, and in the case of Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, it means to impose heavy punishment during suspension of qualification, dismissal, or expulsion.

◇Park Moon-sung: But it contains a message that Chairman Chung Mong-gyu says, "I do it myself, but it's best to step down."

◆Park Gui-bin: I see. You analyzed that there is a message in the back that tells you to step down.

◇Park Moon-sung: But he's stepping down on his own. In fact, there will be an election for the president of the Korea Football Association in January next year. If you're going to come out there, you actually have to step down now for about a month or so. According to the Election Commission regulations, what it means to step down on your own is that you have to come down now anyway. But the fact that we don't want to go for the fourth term is that we're just talking about complicated things. I think it's very common sense not to do at least four terms if you've caused a problem that's been dragging for a year and you have the inability or unconsciousness to solve it for a year. I'm saying that I'm stepping down on my own right now, but I'm not going to do it. Actually, it's really hard for me to understand that I can't accept it. If you've caused this much trouble, you shouldn't make an oblique line.

◆Park Gui-bin: The committee member should not run and the chairman should step down right now. I guess you're in this position.

◇ Park Moon-sung: Retiring like this is actually the same as coming down from three terms. It's just that I'm not going to serve a fourth term in a row. in reality

◆Park Gwi-bin: Yes, I see. But I told you to go through the process of appointing the director again, but is that realistically possible now?

◇Park Moon-sung: For example, we're doing a preliminary round right now. Is it possible?

◆Park Gui-bin: That's true, and we're in the preliminary round due to time, and we were told to do it within two months. How do you see it?

◇Park Moon-sung: It took eight months to appoint Hong Myung-bo. Despite being able to do it due to the confusion of the Korea Football Association, it already took eight months for the Korea Football Association, and in the process, he used a temporary coach twice. We continued to play the World Cup qualifiers in the process. It's not that I didn't do it. And we've actually done that, but think about it. Now our society has changed a lot. I don't think it's a society that can ignore all the procedures in the process and accept that someone is given preferential treatment and the process is unfair. In particular, sports are important and first place is important, but our society has become a society where we can applaud the sweat, effort, or justification we shed in the process, even if we are not first place. On the contrary, even though the process is so wrong, if we tie all those things up because of our conclusion, then maybe many fans and people who are watching soccer now will not applaud sincerely. You have to look at it for a longer time.

◆Park Gui-bin: I see. We are in the third qualifying round for the North-China World Cup. What happens to director Hong Myung-bo?

◇ Park Moon-sung: Right now, this is actually the real decision of director Hong Myung-bo. Since this issue has been appointed anyway, if the national team coach Hong Myung-bo steps down to take the re-election like that and doesn't go through the process again, he'll just go for now, but he'll keep going with a lot of pressure. And we don't know what will happen if the chairman changes. The chairman could say, "Go through the process again."

◆Park Gwibin: I see. I'll ask you a short question. The Korea Football Association said it plans to request a reconsideration of the audit results. If you can say something, how do you see it? Or what do you think it should be?

◇ Park Moon-sung: This is enough, right? So, if you really give up 100 times and love Korean soccer and care about the Korea Football Association, as a leader, you're going to stop dragging out the current messes, confusion, and many working-level officials who are falling down by the stray bullet, right? I'm asking for a reconsideration here or explaining the explanation, but we've seen all the explanations. It's past time to make a claim. If it's really that unfair, you can prove it with specific documents, but I've never been able to prove it with specific documents. You've been making claims since the hearing in the past. However, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's audit looked into everything and announced the grateful results through documents, but if you keep looking at it, we have never done that. I didn't. Our thoughts are different from those of him. The time for the captain's domain is over now. If you need such a thing, you can submit specific data to prove it. You can't do that. If this happens, I want to tell you that it is right to step back on your own now, instead of making more people suffer or turning the clock back on Korean soccer.

◆Park Gui-bin: That's right. In fact, the committee member is in Spain right now, and I know it's about 3 a.m. in the early morning, but I connected with such a hard time. Thank you again. Due to time constraints, I only asked about the results of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism audit today, but I will bring you back to Korea later for the analysis of the national team's history. Thank you again, Commissioner. Thank you.

◇Moon-Sung Park: Yes, thank you for your precious time.

◆Park Gui-bin: I have been soccer commentator Park Moon-sung.