“It should be a policy that thinks of sports and athletes, but it is too privatized. I think physical education is ‘political organized’.”
The Korean Badminton Association revealed the image of the sports world diagnosed by Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon.
On the 10th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held an interim briefing on the Badminton Association investigation at the annex of the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
After Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance), who won the gold medal in the women’s badminton singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism launched an investigation into the Badminton Association.
The survey is being conducted in four directions: ▲ system improvement ▲ national representative management ▲ auxiliary project performance status check ▲ association operation status.
Lee Jung-woo, director of the sports bureau, explained that it was about three weeks to launch an investigation after forming an investigation team, but what the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on that day was a big shock.
Problems such as the association’s sponsorship contract method, the national team selection process, restrictions on participation in international competitions, rookie contracts, and unfair sports fair committee operation were pointed out.
Furthermore, various suspicions related to the financial domain were raised.
It was revealed that the regulation that distributed 20% of the total donation ($722,000 per year, about KRW 4.855 billion) of the association’s sponsors in 2017 to the national team (approximately KRW 971 million) was deleted as of June 2021.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained that it did not collect any opinions from the players involved in the provisions, and that the majority recognized the fact during the process of listening to opinions with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. 스포츠토토
In addition, the bonus (privilege) support system that players receive from sponsors when they achieve excellent performance in international competitions did not even know the existence of the contract.
Suspicions of breach of trust and misappropriation of sponsored goods by the president of the association are also being raised.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism explained, “In 2023, the chairman and the chairman of the public offering business promotion committee within the association led the way. We signed an oral contract worth 150 million won to receive additional goods without the knowledge of the association’s employees while signing a private contract for foreign goods from the sponsor. The sponsored goods were distributed at random, and one-third of them were distributed to the chairman and the chairman’s area.”
“According to the articles of incorporation, executives cannot be paid. However, some executives were paid 10 percent of the lien on the grounds that they contributed to attracting sponsors by using the association’s marketing regulations,” he said.
Although the announcement was made in the middle of the investigation, the inside of the association, which was disclosed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is serious.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will announce the final results of the association’s investigation, which began with Ahn’s disclosure later this month.
