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This year, Chairman Cho Nam-don will serve as the head of the reward and punishment committee to deliberate and decide on matters related to disciplinary action and rewards for professional soccer K-League clubs and players. It is the 13th consecutive season since the last 2014 season.
According to the Korea Professional Football Federation on the 16th, it was confirmed that the chairmen of each subcommittee of the federation would all be "appointed" through the first board meeting and regular general meeting in 2026 at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul.
According to the federation's articles of association, the federation can establish and operate subcommittees with the resolution of the board of directors for efficient operation and purpose business. The subcommittees operated by the federation are the reward and punishment committee, the technical committee, the finance committee, the medical committee, and the club qualification review committee.
The term of office of executives excluding the president, secretary-general, vice-president, auditor, etc. is one year, but they can be reappointed. There is no limit on the number of consecutive terms. According to the resolution of the federation's board of directors, Cho Nam-don, chairman of the reward and punishment committee, who was first appointed in 2014, will lead the reward and punishment committee for 13 consecutive seasons.
When Chairman Cho Nam-don was first appointed as the chairman of the reward and punishment committee, the K-League was a system of 12 teams in the K-League Classic (currently K-League 1) and 10 teams in the K-League Challenge (currently K-League 2), and the now-disbanded Ansan Police Agency, Goyang Hi, and Chungju Hummel were in the season.
Since the appointment of Chairman Cho Nam-don, the K-League has drawn attention as major incidents such as the purchase of referees by Gyeongnam FC and Jeonbuk Hyundai clubs, FC Seoul's Realdol incident, and Ulsan HD team's racism on SNS have been referred to the reward and punishment committee every year.
Last year, despite the consistent denial of then Jeonbuk Hyundai coach Thanos, the federation's reward and punishment committee judged the act of bringing a finger to the eye as a racist act and imposed a five-game suspension of 20 million won in penalties. Gwangju FC club, which was referred to the reward and punishment committee for violating fiscal consolidation regulations, was fined 10 million won, banned from recruiting players, and suspended for three years, causing anger from other clubs.
In the midst of this, the federation's board of directors decided to appoint Chairman Cho Nam-don to serve as the chairman of the reward and punishment committee for 13 consecutive seasons. The chairman of the federation's reward and punishment committee may be commissioned by the president with the consent of the board of directors if he/she has more than 10 years of experience in legal affairs with a lawyer's qualification.
In addition to Chairman Cho Nam-don, Chairman Lee Kyung-tae and Chairman Kim Ho-young of the Technical Committee will all serve as chairmen of each subcommittee of the Federation following last year.
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