Why is the K League of Nations switching to Chuchun Festival?
Why is the K League of Nations switching to Chuchun Festival?
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The Korean Professional Football Association informed reporters on the afternoon of July 7 that a public hearing will be held to consider switching to the K League's Chuseok Festival. While European leagues have been adopting this method since the early days, East Asian and North American soccer leagues have been using the Spring Chuseok, which starts in the fall and ends in the spring. Why are professional soccer leagues holding public hearings to consider switching?
Holding a public hearing is the most fundamental step in formulating a policy to gather expert opinions, fan and media feedback, and the act of taking this step is a big step in the right direction. It is interpreted that the federation also recognizes the transition as an inevitable system that can no longer be postponed.
Yang Song-hee, head of public relations at the Korea Football Association, said, “The Asian Champions League's change to the Chuseon Festival is also affecting the domestic K League schedule. We are holding a public hearing because we believe that it is difficult to turn a blind eye anymore, as we are hearing that Japan's J-League and the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) are also pushing for a change to the festival system.”
In fact, with teams juggling the K League and the Asian Champions League, the entire league schedule has been shaken up recently. For example, Jeonbuk Hyundai, who are currently exposed to the relegation playoffs, are currently playing Asian Champions League qualifiers, 카지노사이트 and the Champions League schedule has pushed back the entire relegation playoff schedule by a week, meaning that the league schedule will not be finalized until mid-December.
For teams preparing for the relegation playoffs in the second division, this could be a problem for their form, and for Jeonbuk, it adds to the pressure of playing Champions League matches against foreign clubs at a critical time when relegation is on the line. It's a structure that affects the entire league, not just the teams playing in the Champions League.
On the one hand, the introduction of the autumnal equinox would free the league from this scheduling constraint. On the other hand, there are still questions about the feasibility of introducing Chuseok in Korea's climate, which is still characterized by severe cold. The federation plans to explore the pros and cons of the festival in depth through a public hearing on the 13th, and then carefully decide whether or not to introduce it before making a bold move. The league also plans to collect opinions on the turf of professional soccer stadiums, which is an obstacle to the introduction of the chu-chun system, through a symposium on the 20th.