According to Mehr’s reporter, the second week of Azad Wrestling Premier League will be followed with 6 matches on November 4th, 5th and 6th in Takestan, Qaimshahr, Sari and Alborz.
This is while the members of the technical staff of the Bank Shahr team criticized the unequal conditions and injustice in the Premier League on the eve of the crucial match against Sari Stars.
According to the claim of the staff of this team, they witnessed some immorality on the part of prominent and national players, as well as the behind-the-scenes influence of people connected to the body of the wrestling federation in directing aligned teams in order to attract the desired players.
The technical staff of this team announced that this incident is not the beauty of this sport that carries the title of Pahlavi and this problem has always been an obstacle for independent teams. Undoubtedly, behaviors outside of professional principles have caused discouragement, distance of sponsors and ultimately their non-attendance.
In this regard, Hamed Raiszadeh, the manager of this team, confirmed this claim and told Mehr reporter: Our team, under the head coach of Reza Yazdani, a leading figure and title holder of wrestling, took action to participate in this season of the league. In the past) we are running a team in the Premier League under the name Bank Shahr for the third year. Of course, this team reached the runner-up and championship titles in 99 and 1400 with the names of Esteghlal Tehran and Mazandaran Industries. This year, while maintaining the structure of the previous years and attracting the desired wrestlers, and by developing a targeted and comprehensive program, it seeks to repeat the championship. In order to achieve this great goal, we even set up a preparatory camp in Mazandaran with the best conditions from October 18th.
He announced the recruitment of 2 foreign wrestlers as one of the programs of the technical staff and stated: In previous years, we saw that sponsors started their teams with the aim of continuous participation in the league, but in the following year they preferred to be active in wrestling. Do not have. Some teams also used the same middle ground to give him the gift of being in the league and by not fulfilling their obligations, they wasted the rights of other wrestlers who had no role in this. To the extent that some wrestlers are still involved in their demands after years.
He added: We expect from the organization of the league and at the head of it the wrestling federation as the custodians of organizing these competitions, by observing the principle of neutrality, they will see all the teams participating in the league with the same eye and reduce the pressure of the people affiliated with the federation in making decisions. . Surely, with this work, the suspicion of favoring a particular team, stonewalling and personal decisions will disappear.
He continued by criticizing the speed of organizing the wrestling league to end these competitions: If the wrestling federation emphasizes on supporting sponsors and motivating them, it should solve these problems. However, with the haste in holding and reaching the finals of the league, I doubt that few interested sponsors who intend to have a long team will show their desire for the coming years. The federation has stated many times that the league competitions are of great importance, but in practice, with this way of holding and in this limited time, in which only the interests of the federation and the wrestlers are taken into account, there will be no justification for the long presence of the sponsors.
In the end, Raeeszadeh noted: No one denied the rights of the wrestlers and it is not hidden from anyone. The stated amounts are insignificant compared to the effort and effort that these loved ones endure, but when it comes to comparing with other disciplines and receiving the contract figure, it is better. Its aspects should be considered. I hope that in the coming years, the federation will organize a league taking into account all these aspects, so that in addition to the interests of the wrestlers, the wishes of the sponsors will also be satisfied in some way.