That’s what I mean. Is it right for the son and nephew of the late Chairman Chung Ju-young to monopolize the public interest known as the Korea Football Association for 30 years?
In the 1960s and 1970s, high-ranking public officials or politicians served as chairman. Jang Ki-young and Min Gwan-sik were politicians who served as prime ministers and ministers, while Jang Deok-jin and Park Jun-hong were high-ranking officials and President Park Chung-hee’s wife-in-law and nephew . They greatly contributed to the development of Korean football.
For example, Chairman Jang Deok-jin, while serving as Deputy Minister of Finance in the Ministry of Finance, served as director of the Korea Football Association and persuaded bank presidents to create as many as nine bank football teams in 1969 alone. Around 200 football players who had nowhere else to go were given jobs. He also raised 100 million won, an unimaginable amount at the time, to create a football development fund, brought in a foreign coach for the first time in Korean football history, and specifically built the first national team accommodation.
If you do well, who will say anything?
As economic development accelerated in the 1980s and conglomerates emerged, business figures took over the Football Association. In 1979, Shindonga Group Chairman Choi Soon-young took office, and in 1988, Daewoo Group Chairman Kim Woo-jung led Korean football. Not only was the chairman’s contribution from his own money important, but they also had as much power as any other politician.
Hyundai Heavy Industries Chairman Chung Mong-joon, the 6th son of Hyundai Group Chairman Chung Ju-young, will succeed Kim Woo-jung. He is the protagonist of the World Cup semi-final myth, which can be called the golden age of Korean football. However, from this period onwards, the Football Association became politicized and factional issues began to be internalised. At the time of his inauguration as chairman, Chung Mong-joon was a re-elected legislator and would later run for the presidency.
There is much debate among football people about how much Chairman Chung Mong-joon has contributed to the development of football, including through his personal contributions. He is clearly responsible for bringing in a world famous player named Guus Hiddink and leading Korean football to the semi-finals of the World Cup. However, there has also been criticism that ‘they don’t spend their own money’. In fact, Korean football has long been the most financially prosperous organization in terms of sponsorship, broadcast rights, and income from international matches, having advanced to the World Cup 10 times in a row since 1986. The budget of the Football Association- 2024 foot of 187.6 billion earned more than the combined budget of all affiliated organizations of the Korea Sports Council, excluding football.
The most obvious legacy left behind by Chairman Chung Mong-joon’s regime is that the public organization known as the Society became a private organization and became more authoritative than before. Until 2009, four long-term dictatorships lasting as long as 17 years led to another long-term dictatorship. Chairman Chung’s younger cousin, Chung Mong-gyu, the current president of the Korea Football Association, has been managing the association for 12 years, three times since taking office in 2013. The challenge for a fourth term next year is fait accomplish The Hyundai family has already had a monopoly for 27 years and plans to continue for another 30 years.
Korea Football Association on a windy day
It has been like that for the past year alone. Last year, his attempt to grant a surprise pardon to 100 match-fixers and corrupt footballers was met with public outrage, so he withdrew and apologised. This year, he took part in the Asian Cup with the aim of winning, but apologized again for failing to win. Hwang Ui-jo, who was involved in an unpleasant incident, was selected for the national team, but was eventually banned after receiving criticism from the public. The management of the national team was so messed up that Lee Kang-in punched Son Heung-min, who is 10 years his senior, and recently, public opinion is boiling over as the players and workers of the association are said to have made a wagon cash. in the training camp. There has never been an organization that was so noisy and raised public anger.
Is Korean football developing? no. It’s a regression. Nevertheless, it becomes a colony of modern people. Chung Mong-jun and Chung Mong-gyu are not the only 30-year dictatorships. The chairman of the Korean Professional Football League, another axis of Korean football, is also the chairman of HD Hyundai. He has been in power for 12 years since 2013, following the previous Chairman Chung Mong-gyu.
Of course, Hyundai’s contribution to Korean football is clear. In addition to professional clubs such as Ulsan Hyundai, Jeonbuk Hyundai, Busan I’Park, Ulsan Hyundai Mipo Shipyard, and Hyundai Steel Red Angels, we cultivate many academy teams. However, what is clear is that football is a public good. National teams as well as professional teams receive financial support from the government with the support of the public, play in stadiums owned by the government, and are allowed to broadcast their games through radio frequencies, which are public goods. More than half of the professional clubs are municipal and provincial clubs.
Stop apologizing, take responsibility
The person responsible for all the recent events related to the Korea Football Association is Chairman Chung Mong-gyu. It is not a moral responsibility. This means that he is the decision maker and the person in charge. However, Chairman Chung shows no signs of taking responsibility. Last year, when he gave a surprise pardon to a corrupt football player, even though it was clearly his decision, he made all the vice presidents and board members resign, leaving only him behind. Even during the controversy surrounding coach Klinsmann, he only left Klinsmann, who he said he was a fan of, and stayed behind.
If he has been in power for 12 years and has only brought disappointment to the people, caused Korean football to decline, and most of all, made him the target of national anger, he must now take responsibility for it. In the first place, ‘multitasking’ is not easy. If it has caused damage to many citizens, employees, and shareholders and even earned the stigma of being a ‘salt-free apartment complex’, it is right to focus on corporate management.
▲ After completing a meeting of executives related to the Korean national football team, the President of the Korea Football Association, Chung Mong-gyu, announces the results of the meeting at the Football Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 16th. ⓒ Youth News
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