Strange criteria for determining sports experts; Politicians are not allowed to enter the committee!

According to the sports correspondent of Fars News Agency, one of the reasons for postponing the elections of the National Olympic Committee in February of last year was the introduction of the election regulations, which were finally sent to the IOC by the officials of the committee in March last year. With several follow-ups in early June, the opinion of the International Committee was announced and objections were made to it, which, of course, could be edited.

In this regard, the members of the executive board of the National Olympic Committee decided to write a regulation for the selection of sports experts so as not to repeat the problems of previous periods, because usually the chairman of the committee was selected from the same sports experts. The bylaws were passed yesterday amid criticism.

* Preventing the entry of politicians

The criteria for introducing the 5 sports experts are such that they will prevent some people from entering the assembly. Among the experts, two are women and one is a representative of student sports, there is no dispute in this regard, but the selection of the other two experts is of considerable importance, which can determine the fate of the four-year chairmanship of the committee.

The conditions set by the committee for introducing the experts are as follows:

* Minimum undergraduate education.

Have at least one term on the Executive Board of the National Olympic Committee or the President of the Olympic Federations.

* Senior sports managers who have a history of management or have participated in the Olympic and Asian Games as a manager.

Familiarity with international sports structures including OCA, IOC and انوک.

* Adequate knowledge of the structure of the National Olympic Committee and championship sports

* Indicators of experts to the detriment of the government option?

Now, the determination of these indicators seems to prevent the entry of some politicians, who have been in Iranian sports for many years, one of whom is the president. سیدرضا Salehi Amiri, who had financially significant services to sports due to his close ties to the Rouhani government. Although these criteria were not defined at the time, if he were, he could not have been in charge of Seoul Building for 4 years.

The’s administration’s years have shown that whenever the people in charge had a close relationship with the government, they were able to provide significant financial services, but whenever this did not happen, not only was the committee not funded by the government but there were always disputes with the ministry. An example of which we witnessed during the presidency of Kiomars Hashemi. According It is not clear from the criteria set whether the government can have an option to chair the committee. Earlier, there were rumors about Hamid Sajjadi’s presence in the elections, but this issue was repeatedly denied by him. سیدرضا Saleh Amiri also stressed in his last press conference that he has no plans to rejoin the committee.

* The Secretary General’s reaction to determining the indicators of sports experts

However, Kikavous Saeedi, Secretary General of the National Olympic Committee, emphasizes that the determination of the indicators was not person-centered. “We only talked about the indicators, that is, we did not look at people first and then create the ground for the presence of certain people,” he said. It was definitely just a matter of setting the conditions so that those present would be familiar with the subject of the Olympic movement.

Now, with these conditions, the registration of candidates for the July 11 elections is scheduled to begin, and it remains to be seen who will enter the field for the presidency by then. That the government can, as in the past, have the option of taking over a political position, or that a sportsman will chair the committee?

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