According to the Rah Dana information network; In this week, some officials of the federation, the league organization, and the media have repeatedly heard speculations about the possibility of suspending the Iran Football League. The point here is that the news indicates that because the clubs in the Premier League are not up to standard and the audit blade of the Asian Football Confederation has become sharper than Iran, so the lack of requirements for issuing a professional license to many clubs has led to the suspension of the league. It will be Iran.

It should be said that although the sensitivities, warnings and ultimatums of FIFA and AFC have taken on a more serious tone towards Iranian football, but raising these issues in the midst of the federation elections is a flight to the front of the supporters of an election candidate who happens to be the head of the federation. It is also the federation, and during the six months of his presence at the head of the federation, mismanagement has continued to count the lives of the football community.

First of all, I must say that the suspension of a country's football league is in no way one of the disciplinary punishments for the violations of a member of the football confederation, due to not having the conditions to obtain a professional license. In other words, according to the regulation of the professional licensing of the Asian Champions League, if the football league clubs of a country do not succeed in obtaining the criteria and conditions for obtaining a professional license, there is no executive guarantee under the title of suspension of the football league in these regulations. At most, only that club will be banned from participating in the Asian Champions League.It is necessary to emphasize that the violation of the constitution of the Asian Football Confederation does not result in the suspension of the football league of a country, but in the most severe case, if a member of the football confederation violates its basic obligations, the membership of the football federation of a country in the AFC may be revoked. It will be suspended in FIFA, which again does not mean the suspension of the league, but the football league matches of that country can be held at the national level, but these matches will be deprived of the supervision and support coverage of the Asian Football Confederation and FIFA.

According to the introduction that was said, now the question arises, what is the reason for fueling the concerns about the possibility of suspension of the Iran Football League by a certain number of people? To find the answer to this question, it is enough to follow the serial sequences of mismanagement in Iranian football, especially in the last six months, when Azizi Khadem was temporarily dismissed, and Mr. Mirshad Majdi opened his feet to the president's office of the federation:
1- Imprudence in preventing inappropriate encounters with female football fans on the sidelines of the Iran-Lebanon national team match in Mashhad.

2- Disregarding FIFA's expectations in allowing women to enter the stadiums, which has now provoked a serious reaction from FIFA regarding the necessity of complying with this condition and makes the federation obligated to have women in the stadiums at all levels.
3- Inability to manage football affairs independently, which made it possible for the football federation to stand on its own feet, and we witnessed that the suspicions of direct and inappropriate interference of the government in football grew stronger in the eyes of FIFA.

4- Failure to adequately monitor the process of identifying foreign companies that do business with the federation, an example of which was recently disclosed in the media about the correspondence between the head of the federation and the Ministry of Sports regarding the purchase of a video assistant referee from a problematic company, which can lead to Serious international consequences due to the violation of the fundamental principles governing football and the Olympic Charter.
5- Bad taste and creating a crisis in the selection of Canada as the host of the friendly matches of the national team in one of the FIFA days as a valuable and less attainable opportunity for preparation before the start of the World Cup in Qatar and the projections made by the gentlemen against the big gaffes of the contract terms. The sponsors of the match resorted to it and the federation has not yet announced that it has taken any steps to receive compensation.

6- The incompetent work of a group of current tenants of the federation building who, without paying attention to the protocols of the formalities of an official meeting with the president of FIFA, secretly recorded the content of the conversations between the Iranian parties and Infantinho, and its disclosure would greatly damage the credibility and good relations of Iran. And FIFA hit.
7- The creation of earthquakes of several magnitudes, the selection of the new head coach of the national team as a replacement for Skocic, by the federation, which shook the four pillars of the national team without any positive change, and spread the shadow of division within the team's players to the extent that outsiders were quoted. From the body of the football federation, they went to the stage of dictating a replacement head coach.

These cases are only manifestations of the reality of the failure of the current federation, including the current head of the Iran Football Federation, that getting rid of the heavy international results and consequences of these failures on the part of FIFA, has left no choice for some to hide the existing mismanagement, which The main root of FIFA's possible dealings with Iranian football is to give false addresses and excuse the non-fulfillment of standards and conditions for issuing professional licenses, while the main reasons for the possible punishment of Iranian football should be sought in the series of management masterpieces of the recent era, which Some of them were mentioned.

It is proper for the officials of the football federation and the league organization, instead of just looking to draw a line for the clubs, first of all, they should fulfill their obligations without any hesitation and make a detailed report of the actions taken regarding the tasks they are responsible for regarding the issuance of a professional license. The federation should present to the clubs, secondly, do not encourage unprofessional statements. Running forward will definitely not result in more marginalization in the atmosphere of fans of big clubs like Persepolis and Esteghlal and the elections of the Football Federation.

It is the people's right to know that the suspension of the football league is not a danger that threatens Iranian football only because of non-compliance with the conditions of the professional license, but if the membership of the football federation is to be suspended, this is simply a sign of violating the fundamental obligations of the federation itself against It will be the AFC and FIFA, not the failure to meet the professional licensing requirements, alone, that will stop the league.

Amir Saed, international sports lawyer, member of the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Tehran

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