"I live with more than 80-90% of what I have been proud of. I did not live with shame."



Choi Cheol-won, CEO of Might & Main, who was rejected as the president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association due to the so-called 'attack on the price', raised his voice that the refusal to be approved was due to treason by the Korea Sports Council.



CEO Choi met with reporters today (16th) after finishing the final pleading regarding the lawsuit requesting confirmation of the chairman's status at the Seoul Eastern District Court and said, "I think that the approval was refused because of the tact of the Korea Sports President Lee Ki-heung." .



Choi was elected as the next president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association on December 17 last year, defeating his opponent, Jeon Yeong-deok, president of Kyunghee University's College of Physical Education alumni by an overwhelming vote of 62 to 20.



When it was announced that CEO Choi, who is known as the real person of the second generation of the chaebol in the movie 'Veteran', was elected as chairman, public opinion swelled.



In 2010, he was sentenced to probation for beating a truck driver and giving him 20 million won as a 'match price'.



The athletics association, which received the application for approval in January, could not easily come to a conclusion as noise grew over CEO Choi, who caused a stir in the controversy over 'attack on a match price'.



Then, after the past school violence incident of Jae-young Lee and Da-young Lee, the 'twin sisters' of Heungkuk Life Insurance in women's professional volleyball, the voice of the need to eradicate recurring violence in the sports world grew. Rejected.



In response to this, CEO Choi filed an injunction requesting confirmation of the chairman's status to the Seoul Eastern District Court and a series of lawsuits on the merits.




The application for injunction was dismissed in May, and the final judgment regarding the main case will be made on February 10 next year.



CEO Choi said, "Three years ago, I heard a lot of opinions from ice hockey people asking me to take over as the president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association, but I refused. It was difficult to accept because I kept hearing about it.”



He said, "The election for the president of the Korea Sports Council was held in January 2021, and the election for the president of the Korea Ice Hockey Association was held in December of last year." He said he would approve it as soon as it started."



He said, "However, things changed after Chairman Ki-Heung Lee was elected." He said, "Chairman Ki-Heung Ki-Heung refused to approve without giving him a chance to explain. Actually, I didn't want to bring this matter to court, but I did my best because there were many people who supported me. I came here because I wanted to show you.”



The controversy over 'attacking a match price' by CEO Cheol-won Choi, the cousin of SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, goes back 11 years.



At that time, he was known to have called a transport worker in his 50s to a one-man protest in front of the SK headquarters and hit dozens with a baseball bat in front of people saying, "It's 1 million won a car."



This is the movie 'Veteran'became the motif of



When it became known that he had been given 20 million won for a 'match price' after assaulting a worker during a one-man protest with a baseball bat, a big stir broke out.



However, CEO Choi said, "The media reports on 'Matt Assault' are 85% exaggerated and fictional.




He said, "It would be nice if you made a movie fun and made people like me a bad person and made people feel cool, but it's a lie that I beat up and threw money." I never did. The money was transferred online,” he added.



However, contrary to Choi's argument, he was convicted and sentenced to probation in court.



In this regard, CEO Choi said, "I was convicted of being convicted and I was told that I had to be arrested and punished, so I walked in to be convicted. He didn't say anything."



"Once it's made, people don't look at it even if it turns out to be a lie," he added.



CEO Choi emphasized, "As a father raising children, I have lived my life with more than 80-90% of what I did.



The final judgment of the court regarding the refusal to approve the Korea Sports Council will be made on February 10 next year.



When asked if he would appeal in this case, CEO Choi said, "The appeal needs to be further reviewed. If the absence of the president becomes longer, the association may become more difficult, so I think it is appropriate for a new person to do it. I think we need to hear your opinion." said.



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