The head of the team verbally abused the referee → 10 million won in sanctions, 'withdrawal'... Gimhae FC, executives and athletes 'ethics education'

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The professional soccer K League 2 Gimhae FC club, which was punished by 10 million won in sanctions for the general manager's verbal abuse toward the referee after the game, said it will take the lead in creating a healthy game culture by conducting ethics education.

Gimhae FC club said on the 3rd, "We have established concrete action plans for establishing a culture of mutual respect in the stadium and have begun a full-fledged reform."

Earlier, after Suwon FC in the third round of the K League 2 held at Gimhae Stadium on the 14th of last month, Gimhae FC's general manager Son Byung-chul was referred to the Korea Professional Football Federation reward and punishment committee after verbally abusing the referee.

Since then, the federation's reward and punishment committee has imposed a penalty of 10 million won on the Gimhae club in accordance with the regulation that if executives and employees make remarks insulting the referee, they can impose sanctions on the club.

The Gimhae club, which participated in the professional league for the first time this year, is in a swamp of four consecutive losses, and was punished before the first points of the league.

"After the end of Suwon FC, the team was fined 10 million won for inappropriate behavior (by the head of the team) against the referee," the Gimhae team said. "The team recognized the situation seriously and immediately started follow-up measures to prevent the recurrence of similar cases."

He added, "We humbly accepted the decision of the Federation's reward and punishment committee, felt responsibility for the incident, promised fans to restore trust, and established a code of conduct for practical change beyond a simple apology."

The club said, "We are pursuing sportsmanship and fair play spirit through ethics training for all executives and athletes and resolution of the code," adding, "We will take the lead in creating a healthy game culture by announcing our own slogan of 'respect for the whistle and manners for cheering."

A club official said, "We apologize for causing concern to citizens and fans over the unfortunate incident. Taking this as an example, we will try to become a more mature club and do our best to spread an advanced viewing culture that puts mutual respect first," he said.

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