K League Miscellaneous Pt. II

Discussion in 'Korean Domestic Leagues' started by Jitevra, Apr 9, 2015.

  1. edlee1992

    edlee1992 Member+

    Apr 3, 2012
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Gwangju FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Another possible prodigy?

     
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  2. edlee1992

    edlee1992 Member+

    Apr 3, 2012
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Gwangju FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Anytime I am reminded of the K League and attendance I get mad/sad. Koreans dont give a crap about their own league and crap on the NT players when they perform subpar (mainly in the international stage). They have no idea that national team success is somewhat linked to the league. Also as we all know, the k league has done a piss poor job on promoting the league. The author has an earlier piece and I thought it would be nice to have some of our posters to comment, cause we are probably the most knowledgeable experts of Korean football outside Korea (not me).
     
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  3. killaorca

    killaorca Member+

    AFC Ajax
    May 11, 2010
    Pacific Ocean
    Club:
    RSC Anderlecht
    Ok I'll bite:
    The drop happened when they changed the rule on how they can count attendance. Pre-2011 it was pretty obvious that they were exaggerating the attendance #. Right now they only count tickets sold so the number looks a bit underwhelming than the actual people inside the stadium. I'll say it's been roughly the same as I've watched this league since 2009. Maybe the numbers did gradually got smaller though especially for teams like Seoul and Suwon.
    1. Stadium is not the solution. Teams that have small football specific stadium still can't fill in half the people. Maybe other than Pohang.
    2. Don't really think transportation is an issue when Korea is well connected.
    3. It might work but Korean teams have zero money.
    4. Yes I think there should be more community engagement but I don't know how they should go about it.
    5. Yes the matchday environment is a huge problem because nobody knows what they are doing and supporter clubs don't do jack shit to engage with casual fans.
    6. I thought about that long time ago. I think it's better for ajjushis to watch football then to get hammered with their co-workers. They might also bring their kids as well, quality family time. But when it comes to ticket deals, so many teams give out tickets for free and they are very cheap in general. The problem is that there's zero demand.

    My solution:
    1. I think that the K-league needs to revamp and create a new league. The club and the league need to rebrand itself kind of what the premier league did in the 90s. First, the league needs around 8 teams, some teams might have to be new or relocated. I'll get rid of promotion and relegation for now. Concentrate on that small remaining team for now.
    2. Personally I'll locate the teams in 8 more populated cities. Each teams must have a financial backer/companies thus they can't be backed my a municipal government. But it also needs to be financially independent. To do this there needs to be a rule where companies can only contribute 50% of the revenue at least for now. This number will decrease in the future. Also create a rule where clubs must be accountable for their attendance record. For example, 3 straight years of having sub 10,000 people, and you're out.
    3. This league needs a lot of investments and needs a lot of contribution from many sources. Everyone needs to be in on it. I've talked about parent companies, but the most important source of revenue needs to be broadcast. Tell KBS or whomever and tell them about this new project and hopefully they are willing to give us a very good TV right.
    4. To increase viewership, K-league needs to think quality instead of quantity. First set a minimum number of players allowed in each clubs. I'll say around 28. The remaining players we need to kick out by sending them abroad or to the independent second division. Secondly, with new revenues I'll bring in better foreign players. Not only that clubs need to start hiring better managers abroad.
    5. To increase attendance, I'll strip out all the seats, put in crazy lights, smokes, and blast house/edm music. It'll be like a club/party which many young people are into. Young people aren't into watching football, they're more into drinking and dancing and shit, we'll give them exactly that. As well, I'll decrease the numbers of weekday matches. Instead, there's be a lot of Friday/Saturday matches around evening which is the time when people aren't really that busy.
    6. Over time demand increases -> more money -> bigger pie -> more mouth to feed so we can start expanding. Once we have 16 teams we can create the second division with 18 teams. This time, teams in second division will have a lot of incentive to get promoted because of the "bigger pie" in the first division.
     
  4. chook90

    chook90 Member+

    South Korea
    Jan 2, 2015
    Al Khor, Qatar
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
  5. Seol Korea

    Seol Korea Member+

    Jun 24, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Interview with Ulsan's Richard Windbichler:
     
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  6. chook90

    chook90 Member+

    South Korea
    Jan 2, 2015
    Al Khor, Qatar
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    #481 chook90, Sep 23, 2018
    Last edited: Sep 23, 2018
    Yang Han Bin to Derby County confirmed?




    :D In all seriousness, it's great to see a K-league keeper (a fantastic one at that) get some support overseas. All the way from UK!
     
  7. ChaDuRi671

    ChaDuRi671 Member+

    Dec 30, 2010
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    #482 ChaDuRi671, Oct 14, 2018
    Last edited: Oct 14, 2018
    Jang Hak-young, who retired in 2017, was arrested for attempted match-fixing.

    What went down:
    - On Sept. 21, Jang offered 50 million Won ($44,200 USD) to an Asan Mugunghwa player (surname Lee) if he got sent off at the 20th min with a red card on Sept. 22 in a match against Busan.
    - Lee basically told him to fuck off.
    - Lee reported Jang immediately to the police after the incident.
    - Jang got arrested at a hotel in Busan.
    - The news couldn't be released until the police caught Jang's accomplice.

    People are saying the player who reported Jang was Lee Han-saem. Respect to the dude for rejecting/reporting the incident considering what military players/referees make.
    http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/10/14/0200000000AEN20181014004400315.html

    Also, fuck these sensationalist-type titles:
    https://m.news.naver.com/read.nhn?mode=LSD&sid1=001&oid=028&aid=0002428391
    Where it sounds like the player actually accepted the offer. :rolleyes:
     
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  8. batumchange2

    batumchange2 Member+

    South Korea
    May 6, 2015
    apparently jang hakyoung has had issues related to gambling addiction and is currently broke
     
  9. ChaDuRi671

    ChaDuRi671 Member+

    Dec 30, 2010
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
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  10. chook90

    chook90 Member+

    South Korea
    Jan 2, 2015
    Al Khor, Qatar
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    looks nice
     
  11. edlee1992

    edlee1992 Member+

    Apr 3, 2012
    Los Angeles
    Club:
    Gwangju FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
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  12. killaorca

    killaorca Member+

    AFC Ajax
    May 11, 2010
    Pacific Ocean
    Club:
    RSC Anderlecht
    Waste of tax payer money but wasn't Bucheon suppose to make one as well?
     
  13. 10August2012

    10August2012 Member+

    Oct 28, 2012
    Melbourne
    Club:
    Sunnanå SK Skellefteå
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Bucheon's new stadium to be opened 2020
     
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  14. killaorca

    killaorca Member+

    AFC Ajax
    May 11, 2010
    Pacific Ocean
    Club:
    RSC Anderlecht
    Article? Did they start building it?
    Heard it'll be 5,000 and can expand to 10,000.
     
  15. 10August2012

    10August2012 Member+

    Oct 28, 2012
    Melbourne
    Club:
    Sunnanå SK Skellefteå
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    http://bucheonfc.net/xe/board/280740
    Yes it's a 5000 seater that can be expanded to a 10k seater, but might require construction during the season.
     
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  16. killaorca

    killaorca Member+

    AFC Ajax
    May 11, 2010
    Pacific Ocean
    Club:
    RSC Anderlecht
    Ah ok, so I'm they're going to start constructing this year.
     
  17. TigersOfAsia2

    TigersOfAsia2 Member

    Toronto Maple Leafs
    South Korea
    May 12, 2017
    K League teams finally realizing how important a football specific stadium is.
     
  18. ChaDuRi671

    ChaDuRi671 Member+

    Dec 30, 2010
    Club:
    FC Seoul
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
  19. 10August2012

    10August2012 Member+

    Oct 28, 2012
    Melbourne
    Club:
    Sunnanå SK Skellefteå
    Nat'l Team:
    Korea Republic
    Oh damn away kits actually nice. Thank the lord kleague teams are going back to the bigger suppliers from those ugly af zaicro and hummel kits.
     

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