Despite opposition to the 2020 Korea Sports Council, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism approves changes to the articles of incorporation. The Football Association, in principle, must follow the articles of incorporation of the Korea Sports Council as a superior organization. If a candidate for the president of the association who is '70 years of age or older' is nominated, a legal dispute may ensue.
While the Korea Football Association faced controversy four years ago for limiting the age of presidential candidates to under 70, it was reported that the Korea Sports Council, an umbrella organization, opposed the revision of the articles of association at the time.
An official from the Sports Association said in a phone call with Newsis on the 25th, “In September 2020, we submitted a written opinion opposing the revision of the Football Association’s Articles of Incorporation, which limits the age of executives such as presidential candidates, vice presidents, and directors.”
The Football Association claimed that the age limit reflected the Articles of Association of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), but the Sports Council approved the provision on the grounds of fairness with other organizations, saying that the age limit was not specified among the reasons for disqualification of officials in the member sport organization regulations. opposed it.
However, despite the opposition of the Sports Association, the Football Association passed a general meeting to revise the age limit articles of association and received approval from the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism in November of the same year.
Regarding this, an official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said, “I understand that the Korea Football Association approved the change in the Articles of Incorporation at the time, taking into account international relations as it is a member sport organization of the Korea Sports Council and an affiliate of the AFC.”
However, there remains room for controversy even with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's approval.
According to Article 54 (Interpretation of Regulations) of the Sports Association Member Sports Association Regulations, Paragraph 1, the Sports Association regulations take precedence over the Member Sports Association Articles of Incorporation (Rules), and the Member Sports Association Articles of Incorporation are not changed to comply with this regulation, so the Member Sports Association Articles of Association and the Sports Association If the Articles of Incorporation are different, the Articles of Association of the Sports Association must be followed. It is unlikely that the Football Association, which has already been approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will follow the provisions of the Sports Association, but if a person over 70 years of age raises an objection based on the provisions of the Sports Association during the election of the President of the Football Association scheduled for January next year, it may lead to a legal dispute. An official from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism expressed a cautious stance, saying, “We need to comprehensively consider various situations,” and “We will need to look more closely into whether or not there is a legal review.” Meanwhile, due to a change in the Articles of Incorporation to restrict the age limit for candidates for the head of the Football Association, Chairman Chung Mong-gyu, who was born in 1962 and is now 62 years old, can run as a candidate two more times in the future, considering his four-year term. On the other hand, potential candidates include Purple Works Chairman Heo Seung-pyo (born in 1946, 77 years old), who ran for the election as president of the Korea Football Association, Kwon Oh-gap, president of the Korea Professional Football League (born in 1951, 73 years old), and former coach Cha Bum-geun (born in 1953, 71 years old). Characters cannot even register as candidates. 고스톱사이트