Marius Vizer, SportA...

Marius Vizer, SportAccord 회장 사임

2015-06-01 08:03:18

Marius Vizer가 2015년 5월 31일에 SportAccord 회장직에서 전격 사임함. Vizer 회장은 홈페이지를 통해 성명문을 발표하고 SportAccord 회장 및 2020도쿄올림픽조정위원에서 사퇴하겠다고 밝힘. 반면, 국제유도연맹(IJF: International Judo Federation) 회장 직은 종전대로 유지할 것이라고 언급함. Vizer의 SportAccord 및 2020도쿄올림픽조정위원회 사퇴 발표는 공교롭게도 IOC가 각종 위원회의 재구성을 발표하고 얼마 지나지 않아 일어남. IOC의 이날 발표에 따르면, Vizer는 2020도쿄올림픽조정위원으로 이름이 올라 있었음. <주요 발표 시간> •IOC의 각종위원회재구성 발표: 20시41분(한국 시간) •Vizer의 SportAccord 회장 사임 및 2020도쿄올림픽조정위원 사퇴 발표 시각: 22시경(한국 시간) 지난 2015년 4월 20일 Vizer SportAccord 회장은 IOC와 Thomas Bach 위원장을 거세게 비난한 바 있음. 이후 Vizer의 발언에 동의하지 않는다는 이유로 올림픽 및 비올림픽 종목 IF가 잇따라 SportAccord에서 탈퇴 또는 자격정지를 선언함에 따라 Vizer는 논란의 중심에 섰음.

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Vizer는 이날 사퇴 성명을 통해서 IOC를 다시 한번 맹비난함. 이 성명에서 Vizer 회장은 SportAccord는 IOC와 지속적인 대화를 시도하였으며, 협력을 위한 제안을 여러차례 제시했으나, IOC가 항상 이를 타당한 이유 없이 거절하였다고 성토함. 또한 국제스포츠 시스템이 막후에서 일부 귀족, 세습 가문, 종신 위원 등에 의해 지배되고 있다고 언급함. (the system working behind the doors is dictated by nobility titles or family inherited titles, or by members appointed for life ) Vizer 회장은 자신이 제시한 Reform Agenda 20개를 재차 언급하며, 이 개혁안이 폐쇄적인 국제스포츠계를 개방시키고 스포츠와 그 가치를 위해 논의되기를 희망한다고 밝힘.

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한편, IOC는 SportAccord 회장의 사임건과 관련하여, IF 및 Olympic Movement 관계자들과 이 문제를 지속적으로 논의할 것이며, 오는 2015년 6월 7일부터 진행될 IOC 집행위원회에서 이에 대한 대책을 논의하겠다고 하였음. <Marius Vizer의 성명 전문> Dear Sport Lovers, Courage is one of the basic principles of sport and one of humanity’s important virtues. When I emigrated from communism in 1988, I risked my life and my family’s life in order to live in a free and democratic world, where one of the supreme values is the freedom of speech and of opinion. In this past month it was proven that in the free world there are, still, higher structures where the supreme value is SILENCE! Given that this is the answer that I received to my declaration in Sochi and to the proposal of the 20 points agenda, regarding the reforms and benefits requested for the sport and the athletes, I decided to withdraw from SportAccord and the IOC Coordination Committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, thanking all those who supported me and believed and still believe in me, in the values I proposed and I defend! One important principle of the sport that consecrated me is HONOR. I withdraw with honor and for the honor of sport, its credibility in society, and I hope that one day sport becomes a completely transparent system, a moral code and a model for society. Everything I proposed is right and I hope to have opened a door that had been closed for a century, and I hope it remains open forever for the benefit of sport and its values. Today, the system working behind the doors is dictated by nobility titles or family inherited titles, or by members appointed for life and I hope that in the future, the basic criteria of the system will be dictated by the achievements in sport, professionalism, performances, fair-play, transparency and the courage to express the truth. To those who accused me of not knowing well enough the “Olympic Movement” I can answer that I know much better than they think the international sports movement and the honor of sport, because I dedicated my entire life to sport, serving it voluntarily, by passion and love, without pecuniary advantages like others … The part that they say I don’t know, to be honest, I don’t even want to ever know it! It is the secret and mysterious part in the shadow of the organization of big sports events, a dirty game, with huge stakes, whose implications can be seen these days in some organizations, but at a very small scale. What is important in this game? At one point, everybody “plays” by the “no rules“ rule! Inside the Games initiated a voting poll giving the chance to vote on the rightfulness of the contents of my declaration from Sochi and the poll – reflecting the voice of society, the consumer of the sport values and the beneficiary of the sport events, was in my favor, with over 90%. In the “free world” this voice of society does not matter anymore?! I would like to remind my colleagues who decided to suspend their organizations’ SportAccord membership and who chose not listening to the voice of society and continuing the fight for reforms, transparency and fair-play in sport, that in a European city there is a bridge called “Bridge of Lies” where lovers promise each other eternal love by hanging a padlock on this bridge. I have never hanged and I never will hang a padlock on this bridge for two reasons: one -honor, the other – there is no more space for padlocks! I only have one question for my self-suspended colleagues: which proposal of the 20 points agenda that I submitted for the reform of sport did you disagree with? The prize money for athletes, the pensions for athletes, the transparency, the lack of criteria and principles of the IOC, the higher dividends for International Federations, the ownership of 50% of the Olympic TV Channel by the International Federations, with the lack of discrimination for the non-Olympic sports, with the transparency regarding the contracts and the salaries of the IOC staff and the consulting companies, with the implication of the Sport Ministries who finance your sport events and your National Federations? And if they don’t want to answer to me, they should answer them to the National Federations and the athletes that they represent… I love sport in all its forms, I believe in the Olympic spirit and its values but I also think that the system can be improved and that in a democratic world every person is free to express his opinions freely. I did try to collaborate with the IOC in the 2 years of my mandate, submitting them numerous proposals for collaboration between the two organizations, but these were always rejected without any plausible explanation. My door has always been open for collaboration, theirs was always closed! The cancellation of the Combat Games of Lima 2018 that was meant to bring substantial benefits to sport and participating athletes, confirms the pressure that was exerted on sports and the organizers of sport events. Hoping that the IOC system is neither a dynasty, nor a tyranny or an inquisition, I entrust its destiny in the hands of the young generations, marked by the vision of modernization of society and all its sectors. I retire from SportAccord, with honor and respect hoping that those who really serve the sport, sincerely and in a disinterested way, will give a chance to the millions of children and young people who consider sport their only chance in life. In life, the most dangerous and difficult battle is always that for a right cause! In this dispute, unfortunately there is no winner party, but only one defeated –THE SPORT! I will dedicate myself to judo, the sport which I love and that helped me become what I am today, teaching me the solid principles – courtesy, courage, sincerity, honor, modesty, respect, self-control, friendship and the code of honor that each person should adopt in life, sport which I will continue to develop with all my energy, devotion and passion. 같이보기 위기의 SportAccord, 대화 제안(Click) 태권도와 레슬링도 SportAccord 활동 중지(Click) 국제복싱연맹, 2017 SportAccord World Combat Games 불참(Click)