I'll protect you with procedures, not words The Korea Professional Football Association visits Gwangju FC and holds an on-site meeting. Promise to double-check charitable events and expand anonymous reporting centers

Dec 02, 2025

I'll protect you with procedures, not words The Korea Professional Football Association visits Gwangju FC and holds an on-site meeting. Promise to double-check charitable events and expand anonymous reporting centers
photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association



The Korea Professional Footballers Association (hereinafter referred to as the Korea Professional Footballers Association) visited the Gwangju FC squad and held an on-site meeting. The association introduced the activities of the association by announcing the ongoing player protection system, including the charity game scheduled to be held on the 13th.

The Players' Association, which announced its response to the expansion of anonymous information channels for players, simultaneous support for legal and psychological affairs, the response to negative comments and hate expressions, and public debate on overdue wages, said, `We will stand by the players with procedures and systems, not words, and try not to infringe on the rights and interests of players.'

At the meeting with Gwangju FC, the Korea Professional Football Association first reaffirmed the schedule of the 4th Korea Professional Football Association Charity Game' to be held at the Dongseoul University Gymnasium on the 13th.




It is the only soccer event in Korea where male and female active and retired players gather together, and all profits will be used to help former professional players Shin Young-rok and Yoo Yeon-soo, as well as support for foundations and the welfare of players to help the disabled rehabilitate and become independent. The event schedule, preview videos, and posters were introduced to the team through the official SNS channel of the Korea Players Association.

I'll protect you with procedures, not words The Korea Professional Football Association visits Gwangju FC and holds an on-site meeting. Promise to double-check charitable events and expand anonymous reporting centers
Kim Hoon-ki, Secretary-General of the Players' Association. Photo courtesy = Korea Professional Footballers Association
Kim Hoon-ki, Secretary-General of the Players' Association, said "Charity games are about creating a soccer culture where seniors and juniors come together to be respected. Also, it is a precious time to make with fans. We will do our best to prepare as it is already the fourth anniversary this year."

For the second time, the Korea Federation of Players explained its plan to expand and operate an anonymous reporting center to protect the human rights of female and male soccer players. The Players' Association had time to examine the three-step response system of the anonymous reporting center's 'Anonymous Report-Legal-Psychology' with the Gwangju FC squad. Reports are received without real names (the principle of confidentiality), and legal review and psychological counseling are conducted at the same time after initial fact-finding.




I'll protect you with procedures, not words The Korea Professional Football Association visits Gwangju FC and holds an on-site meeting. Promise to double-check charitable events and expand anonymous reporting centers
photo courtesy of the Korea Professional Football Association
Secretary-General Kim Hoon-ki said "The Athletes' Association is trying to protect athletes through the operation of an anonymous reporting center and a dedicated center to preventing malicious comments. Violent language and abusive language against players are absolutely unacceptable, including the recent incident in which FC Anyang foreign striker Mo-ta complained of racist malicious comments. In response, he also explained to the Gwangju FC squad about the ongoing legal action of the players' association.

Finally, citing the recent overdue payment of wages by Asan FC in South Chungcheong Province, the Korea Federation of Players Association will eventually lead to pain for players. If this happens, the team should always tell the players' association about it. Asan FC in Chungcheongnam-do officially made unpaid wages in October, and since then, local governments have put 2.7 billion won in reserve funds into emergency management.

After the meeting, Secretary-General Kim said "We plan to continue the club tour meeting until the end of the year and report the details of the 2025 season's business activities and 2026 season's business plans at the regular general meeting before the start of the charity game.'






Reporter Lee Won-man wman@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.