Former coach Hideki Nagai of soccer J2 and Tokyo Verdy did harassment such as ranting to players and staff, but did not fulfill the duty of management manager such as correction, J League decided the club I decided to pay a fine of 1 million yen and harassment.
Verdy's former coach Nagai, who resigned in September, was reported in some media as having a power harassment-like act when coaching players, and Verdy was accompanied by an outside lawyer. I proceeded with the investigation and submitted the report to the J League.
In response to this, the J-League proceeded with its own investigation, and on the 24th, Mitsuru Murai and Kazuyuki Hagiwara, Director of the Compliance Office, held a press conference to explain the contents.
According to that, in Verdy's report, the harassment of former coach Nagai was recognized, and specifically, there was a rant that denied the personality etc. to the players and staff.
The J-League has decided to impose a fine of 1 million yen and blame the club for not fulfilling the management and supervision obligations such as correction by the club side and greatly damaging the credibility of the league.
On the other hand, since former coach Nagai has already resigned, there is no disposition based on the J-League rules, so the results of this survey will be submitted to the Japan Football Association.
Mr. Murai said, "I think that the essence of the problem is that there is no malicious intent or awareness. It is extremely important to carry out enlightenment, education, and guidance as an organization."