Badminton Association, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Pointing Out 'Violation of Subsidy Act', "Followed Guidelines"
Badminton Association, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's Pointing Out 'Violation of Subsidy Act', "Followed Guidelines"
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The Korea Badminton Association released a statement close to a rebuttal to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's claim that it violated the Subsidy Act, saying, "It was a case in which guidelines were followed."
The Badminton Association announced on the 23rd through a press release under the name of Chairman Kim Taek-gyu, "Regarding the violation of the Promotion and Relegation League and Youth Club League Subsidy Act, we applied and executed the business plan after receiving approval from the higher-level organization in compliance with the guidelines of the Korea Sports Council and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism."
He added, "This was done in compliance with guidelines, including completing a settlement verification through a certified public accounting firm. We are doing our best to prove this."
According to an announcement from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's office inspection late last month, the association received about 150 million won worth of sponsorship items through verbal 스포츠토토사이트 contracts when purchasing shuttlecocks and other items as a government-supported project last year.
This year, we have signed a written contract to receive goods worth 140 million won.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has determined that the sponsored items were distributed arbitrarily to local areas without any official procedures.
Last year, 40 million won worth of supplies were provided to the Taean County Badminton Association, which is under the association's competition promotion committee.
At the time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism designated Chairman Kim Taek-gyu as the person responsible and requested the association's Sports Fair Play Committee to dismiss him, saying it would request an investigation into him on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust.
In addition, as a follow-up measure for violation of the subsidy law, the company was ordered to return 150 million won from the previous year and was imposed with a penalty surcharge of 450 million won. The amount to be returned this year will be confirmed after the business settlement.
Contrary to the announcement by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the association, which took the position that it had “followed the regulations,” did not provide detailed explanations, such as the grounds for not judging the problematic administration as a violation of the Subsidy Act.
The association, which has been asked to improve various unreasonable practices in addition to the subsidy issue, said, "We are doing our best to correct some of the wrong systems and regulations that have continued for a long time and to improve the operation of the national team and the association."
He explained, "We conducted interviews with national team players and held briefing sessions to actively collect their opinions. We revised some of the absurd national team management guidelines."
It was also revealed that they are in the process of changing the contract terms to reflect the players' opinions, including holding three meetings with equipment sponsors.
The association said, "While respecting the national team players' right to choose, we are doing our best to ensure that no player, except certain players, is excluded from sponsorship benefits."
He added, "I will actively revise the wrong systems and regulations so that the association can be normalized. I will learn from this incident and work to make badminton a sports organization that is loved by everyone and is not ashamed of it."
The association, which promised 'normalization', will hold the 2024 Paris Olympics medalist award ceremony at the Arena Hotel in Miryang, Gyeongsangnam-do at the end of this month.
Gold medalist Ahn Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) will receive 100 million won, and silver medalists Kim Won-ho (Samsung Life Insurance) and Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) will each receive 50 million won.