Before registering as a leader? Son Heung-min's 父 re-examination was suspended... Victim "Can't understand in common sense"
Before registering as a leader? Son Heung-min's 父 re-examination was suspended... Victim "Can't understand in common sense"
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A new controversy is brewing as the disciplinary action against Son Heung-min's father, Son Woong-jung, coach of SON Football Academy, was canceled. Given that the reason for the cancellation of the disciplinary action is "an act before registration of a leader," some say that an unqualified leader may have run the academy for several years. On the other hand, Son's side argues that there is no problem with Son's qualifications, citing that the leadership qualifications and registration are different concepts.바카라
The Gangwon Provincial Sports Council held a sports fair committee meeting on the 28th and announced that it had canceled the three-month suspension imposed on coach Sohn after reconsidering the disciplinary action of SON Soccer Academy leaders on abuse of youth players.
The provincial sports association said, "Coach Son's disciplinary action was committed before registration as a leader of the Korea Football Association, and related regulations cannot be applied." According to the sports community, Sohn was found to have registered as a leader in April, after March last year when the youth abuse incident occurred.
Ryu Jae-yul, a lawyer for the victim, strongly protested the decision, saying, "Then, it is hard to understand in common sense that I have run a soccer academy as an unregistered leader for many years, coached youth players, and participated in the competition as a leader."
In contrast, requests for retrial of Son Heung-yoon and his coach A were rejected. They are banned from participating in all competitions hosted by the Korea Sports Association and related organizations until disciplinary action is completed, as they have been suspended for six months and three months, respectively.
The accident occurred during an off-season training in Okinawa, Japan, in March last year. According to the victim's team, Son Heung-yoon, the coach, instructed a trainee to run to the center line within 20 seconds after losing the match, and when he failed to follow the instructions, he hit him in the thigh with a corner kick rod while lying face down, wounding him in need of treatment for two weeks.
Coach Sohn also repeatedly cursed at the victim, citing mistakes in training at the time, and Coach A was found to have committed acts such as hitting his hips and calves or pulling his sideburns and hair at the accommodation. After the training camp, the victim remembered the situation at the time and left a note saying, "Honey chestnut No. 4, foot butt No. 6, ear pull No. 2, sideburn No. 2," and "I am upset and feel bad."
The Sports Ethics Center determined in February that three people, including head coach Sohn and head coach Son Heung-yoon, were found to be guilty of violence, and asked the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism to demand disciplinary action from related sports organizations through the Korea Sports Council.
Three people, including head coach Sohn, were fined 3 million won and ordered to complete a 40-hour child abuse treatment program by the Chuncheon District Court in October last year on charges of violating the Child Welfare Act. The Gangwon-do Football Association initially judged their actions as "accidental and minor cases" and imposed the lowest level of punishment under the regulations, which was criticized as a soft punishment.
Director Sohn said in a statement at the time, "I deeply apologize to the hurt child and his family," but added, "There are many parts of the complainant's claims that are different from the facts. There was no action that did not presuppose love for children in the leaders' words and actions."
Meanwhile, Son Woong-jung's legal representative said in a press release, "Coach Son Woong-jung has Field A-level qualifications issued by the Korea Football Association, and all of the academy's leaders are legally qualified," adding, "The 'qualification' of the leader and the 'registration' of the participating team to participate in the Korea Football Association game are different concepts."
He also explained, "The academy established the U-15 team and applied for the first time to participate in the 2024 Gangwon secondary soccer league, and considering the schedule of head coach Son Woong-jung to and from England, he completed the registration of the team leader mainly by senior coach Son Heung-yoon."
"Shortly after the incident, head coach Son Heung-yoon took responsibility and withdrew from the academy, and coach Son Woong-jung registered as the leader of the U-15 team and participated in the secondary league in Gangwon Province," Son Woong-jung said. "The suspension of Son Woong-jung, who was not at the site of the off-season training at the time of the incident and did not register as the leader of the U-15 team, was canceled."