According to the sports reporter of Tasnim News Agency, Mohammad Poladgar, Deputy Director of Championship and Professional Sports Development of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, said that before the assembly, the Azizpur Squash Federation was introduced as candidates whose qualifications had been approved. It is not me and I am not responsible, part of it is with us and the approval of management qualification has been done. It is not our responsibility to verify the qualifications and the institutions themselves are responsible, and we came today to hold the elections, but some members of the assembly left the assembly and the assembly lost the majority, and according to the constitution, we will hold the assembly again with a 15-day breather.
In response to the question that there have been such incidents before, he said: “We were more present in our own federation’s assemblies, yes, they should have announced earlier, they will surely be held accountable, maybe there has been a case where they made such a decision at the last minute, to I was told that the answer to the query of 2 people has not arrived and we hope that this problem will be solved in 15 days.
Deputy Minister of Sports in response to the question that the people who left the assembly will be allowed to attend again according to the law? He clarified: I don’t want to do anything legally, but morally it was not right. When a person is allowed to express his opinion and vote as a representative of a province, it means that he was given an opportunity and that he leaves and does not express any opinion, it is not right and the friends who left the assembly did not do the right thing. It would have been better for them to sit down and not vote at least once or to vote blank.
Regarding the fact that the answer to the qualification of 2 people did not come and these two people were not the ones who were on the list, they said earlier during the football federation election that the letter of disqualification did not come, so we can say that it was rejected, maybe the letter was not received here. Based on the fact that there was no problem, he said: The security center should allow people whose qualifications have been approved to attend the assembly, and it did not allow these 2 people.
In response to the fact that the announcement of disqualification on the day of the assembly was not very fair, we now have 12 federations that are almost managed by the supervisor, and these issues may have an impact on the future elections, he noted: To say that it is influential is your interpretation. This is definitely not the case, yes, they should have announced the approval of qualifications earlier, but the institution that should announce this should answer. It is possible for a person to be approved with all the conditions and following all the criteria, and something happens at the last moment and a document is presented so that they do not approve that qualification, and that institution must be held accountable. There are two steps to confirm qualifications, one is management qualification and we had done it, and one is the approval of security qualification.
About other federations that are managed by a supervisor, including cycling, which has been managed by a supervisor for more than a year, as well as badminton, Poladeger said: In Badminton, God willing, we will enter the process of holding elections. Also, in cycling, there was a debate on the approval of the statute.
He said about the budget of the federations: until now, most of the federations have been paid more than 65% and some up to 75%, and these are the help of the Ministry of Sports. I hope we can have two payment stages by the end of the year.
He said about the situation in the Equestrian Federation: Let me not talk about it.
Poladager said about the athletes’ protest and their reaction to the several thousand dollar bonuses of the national football team in the World Cup: “Football is a separate issue and a major part of it is paid by FIFA.” Football is a subject and a discipline that everyone refers to as the football industry. Even the sums that FIFA allocates to the federations to participate in the World Cup are astronomical sums that none of the federations are in that format, and the contract of some footballers is as much as the entire sports budget of a country. These are not comparable.
Regarding the protests against bonuses, he clarified: This is a procedure that all countries consider for football due to its different dimensions. You know that if this promotion happened, it would be good for all sports and the state of the country would be different. These are the effects and characteristics of football and we are not the only ones like this. You have seen other countries that gave astronomical rewards to their athletes with a win. Anyway, everything is respectable in its place; The opinion of athletes is also respectable for us, and I think all athletes should be realistic and consider the effects of different sports. In addition, it is not just a matter of reward. Some of the clubs that the private or government sector invests in football can also be criticized, but football has this characteristic and now football has no problem getting sponsors, but all sports have this problem. Also, football has no problem in getting live broadcasting and even claims the right to broadcast, and it is football that demands from radio and television. These are the characteristics of football and athletes should take this into account.