"There's no place in the world that has a 25% chance of relegation. It's not 16 or 20 teams. We have 12 teams. They say K League 1 teams have an advantage in PO, but no one can guarantee that it's football."

Jeju United manager Kim Hak-beom, who succeeded in staying in the K League 1, made his own remarks on the current promotion system. At first glance, it may be nothing more than a "happening" that can be easily taken over, but I hope he will reconsider the system with his remarks.

Currently, the K-League is implementing an elevation system. To mark the 30th anniversary of the league's founding in 2013 season, the number of top-tier teams, which had 16 teams, was sequentially reduced to 12, and a total of eight teams participated in the second division. At the same time, the elevation system was introduced, and the bottom of the top-tier league was directly demoted and the 11th place was eliminated through the elevation play-off.

Starting in 2022, the platform has changed from "one plus one" to "one plus two." While up to three teams out of the 12 teams in the K League 1 can be demoted, up to three teams in the K League 2 can be promoted.

Currently, the K League 1 has one final round match, and the K League 2 has all scheduled and only the playoffs are left. "A 25 percent chance of demotion is too harsh. We are not allowed to do anything different. We cannot make long-term plans except for a few teams that are in the top ranks," Jeju coach Kim Hak-beom, who confirmed his early stay in the league, said after the 36th round match against Daegu.

Coach Hwang Sun-hong of the Daejeon Hana Citizen also raised the same opinion. "I agree with (Kim Hak-bum)," he told a press conference shortly after confirming his remaining position by winning the match against Incheon on the 10th. "Or we need to increase the number of K-League 1 teams. I think we have room to do that. There are also many applications for the establishment of the second division. It is okay to demote three teams by increasing the number of participating teams," he said. "Young generations don't usually become leaders. There is too harsh a standard. If nine to 10 coaches change in June due to relegation, there will be no good leaders. I think we need to discuss this."바카라사이트

Their statements of conviction are by no means wrong. In the current system, there is not enough room to make long-term plans. Of course, there are teams that can maintain the top ranks every season through investment and talk about the future, but there are not many K League 1 teams with such financial leeway. Particularly in the case of civic clubs, due to their annual budgets, the situation of immediately surviving in the first division is repeated.

In the end, if this situation is repeated, it could result in the K-League's competitiveness falling from a long-term perspective, and we face a situation where we can focus only on short-term results in order to survive in the first division right away. In addition, Hwang should also reflect on the issue of fostering young leaders. With a total of three of the 12 teams in the K-League 1 being demoted, coaches will have no choice but to use tactics that focus on surviving rather than melting their philosophy.

It is also pointed out that managers tend to use proven resources only for the sake of three points right now rather than actively utilizing young players. This is why the current K-League promotion system needs to be changed. The relegation system could provide a lot of fun, but it could hinder the development of Korean soccer in the long run. This is not to reduce the chances for second division teams to advance. The goal is to increase the number of first division teams to make the situation more suitable for the relegation system.

In addition, the government should actively consider ways to establish a healthy development structure by expanding the number of teams participating in the second division. If it is difficult, benchmarking the structure of other leagues is a good option. The government has established the correct demotion system just by looking at the Japanese J-League. With a total of 20 teams participating in the first division, the bottom three teams will be directly demoted. In addition, 22 teams will participate in the second division, the top two teams will experience automatic promotion, and the remaining four teams will advance to the top two teams after going through the playoffs.

As a result, teams in the first division have a higher chance of remaining, allowing them to make long-term investments and plans. It is also an environment where young and promising players and coaches can appear one after another to establish a healthy development and competitive structure. Eventually, Japan succeeded in producing many European players from the J-League under this system. Starting with Kaoru Mitoma, who is currently active in major European leagues, Ko Itakura, Wataru Endo, Junya Ito, Takumi Minamino, Takumi Doan, and Yuki Ohashi are representative.

Of course, it is not realistic in Korea to recklessly increase the number of teams participating in the league like Japan. Korea has produced excellent players such as Yang Min-hyuk, Yoon Do-young, Seol Young-woo, Kim Min-jae, Lee Jae-seong, Cho Kyu-seong, and Hwang In-beom within the current K-League system. However, in order to produce competitive players and make the league and Korean soccer healthier under better circumstances, shouldn't we reconsider the overall promotion and promotion system of the K-League.

There is a need for the federation to create an environment so that it can focus on developing better soccer and developing players as much as possible, which can hinder the K-League team's long-term projects. From a long-term perspective, we need to figure out what Korean soccer really needs.