The Nara Club is a fine for inflating the number of soccer visitors 1 million yen December 26 18:18
The football JFL = Nara Club of the Japanese Football League has increased the number of visitors for five seasons in order to meet the conditions for entry into J3, and the league has decided to dispose of a fine of 1 million yen.
The problem was that the Nara Club had announced more home game attendees for the five seasons since 2015 when it joined the JFL, and JFL received comments from other teams and others. A survey revealed that over 40,000 people had inflated more than 40 games in total.
The inflating was performed under the direction of the president and other members, and was intended to achieve 30,000 visitors annually, which is the standard for promotion to J3.
JFL held a press conference in Tokyo on the 26th and decided to dispose of the Nara Club for a fine of 1 million yen, saying that "it has lost the trust of the entire league."
In addition, Masashichi Nakagawa, President and CEO, has been banned from entering the club-related area of the match venue for 10 games in the next season, and Jiro Yabe has been blamed for the responsibility, but it has been announced that two will resign. Was.
JFL's Managing Director Keizo Kato said, "I would like to thoroughly understand how to count the number of visitors and also give guidance on compliance awareness to each club."