The Executive Committee held Tomáš Král. He then announced that he would resign anyway next year.
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It was Monday afternoon, when Tomáš Král was beating his chest for an hour and a quarter of a long press conference that he would not resign from the position of President of Czech Hockey.
“My goal is definitely not to harm hockey. If the hockey partners said that I was harming him … No one called me. But I will not withdraw from myself. Not because I would insist on my chair, but because I would probably make a lot of people happy. I’d rather wait until I do something, “he reacted arrogantly to questions from journalists and tried to convince the public that he had not received any negative reactions from sponsors to his cooperation with military counterintelligence.
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When the federal press spokesman Zdeněk Zikmund arrived among the journalists on Wednesday afternoon after the end of the executive committee, he informed that Jana Obermajerová, chairwoman of the board of directors and CEO of BPA sport marketing, was also present at the meeting. This is to inform the members of the Executive Committee about the opinions of the partners.
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“Tomáš Král has full support from Tipsport to continue in office. And she did not receive any responses, questions or anything similar from other partners of Czech Hockey in connection with this case, “Zikmund summed up Obermajer’s words.
Loosely translated: The king’s past does not matter to partners. Nevertheless, Zikmund announced that next summer, after 14 years, a graduate lawyer will say goodbye to the highest position in domestic hockey. It is said of his own decision …
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Why did such a turnaround come, when two days before he claimed that at that time he managed it “brilliantly” at VKR and has no reason to resign?
The reaction may be the reaction of Tipsport, the main partner of Czech Hockey, which was sent to journalists by its head of communication, Václav Sochor. And it is easy to read from his text that the situation is certainly not as Zikmund interpreted when summarizing Obermajer’s reaction.
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“Tipsport, primarily through its foundation, actively supports a range of initiatives and activities to preserve and develop democratic values in society. We are actively opposed to political extremism and to any attempt to apologize for or relativize the crimes of the previous regime. We consider this to be one of our absolute non-business priorities, “the betting office said in a statement.
“At the same time, we have full confidence in Czech hockey and we expressed it before the vote of the executive committee and the hockey association, believing that the case will be resolved without a negative impact on Czech ice hockey. In this context, we have now read the result of the vote and we welcome Mr King’s decision to complete his term of office within a few months. Tipsport is not an arbiter in the case, we are the most important partner of Czech hockey – national teams, extra-leagues and national leagues – and we want to do our best for its good name and further development, “added Sochor.
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The union’s reaction? “A representative of Tipsport was not present at the meeting of the executive committee and I did not speak to anyone from the company either. Jana Obermajerová, members of the Executive Committee, presented the opinion of Tipsport and the responses from other partners. Her statement, which I personally consulted with her before leaving for the briefing for sure, was then more or less literally reproduced to the journalists present, “Zikmund wrote.
Was it the reaction of the main partner with the finger on the trigger that forced the King to back off?
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