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FIGHTING OVER FOOTBALL: TSARUKYAN, HAYRAPETYAN AT CENTER OF DISPUTE OVER TV COMPANY ACCREDITATION
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News | 11.10.12 | 16:22
The Football Federation of Armenia and Kentron TV have had a "strong
disagreement" because of the Armenia-Italy FIFA World Cup European
Qualifying match to take place on Friday, October 12.
While soccer fans are looking forward to the crucial match, FFA and
Kentron TV company belonging to Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik
Tsarukyan, who also chairs the Armenian National Olympic Committee
(ANOC), are arguing over FFA's refusal to register Kentron's regional
reporter and cameraman to cover the widely-anticipated event.
Wednesday evening newswire of Kentron made a reference to that issue;
the channel's political commentator Petros Ghazaryan wrote on his
Facebook page, saying: "To our request for clarification on the reasons
why they refused to accredit, they replied: because we don't want to."
This gives ground for many to assume that this way FFA president,
republican Ruben Hayrapetyan is boycotting the PAP leader who is the
one coordinating the entire sphere of sports in Armenia, except for
football. Hayrapetyan and Tsarukyan have had disagreements before. In
particular, in March there was a nasty dispute over the choice of
uniform design for the national football team, following ANOC's
accusations against FFA president of breaching the charter. In this
connection they exchanged "biting" statements. And recently, a number
of Armenian athletes have been outraged by Republican party-list MP
Levon Martirosyan's statement criticizing them for lack of progress.
Kentron's Ghazaryan today (Thursday) refused to comment on the
situation. "Frankly, I don't want to make any interpretations,
but there are also other events we are not allowed to shoot; and
they don't require accreditation, for example we were not called to
[UEFA president] Michel Platini's press conference." Ghazaryan told
ArmeniaNow that they know the accreditation procedure very well and
had applied in time.
Meanwhile, FFA claims that the Kentron representative did not submit
the required documents.
"If somebody at Kentron had cared to read the accreditation procedure,
he/she would know that it is done by order of priority and the list
of priorities is in accord with UEFA and FIFA respective documents,"
said FFA president's adviser Arayik Manukyan.
http://armenianow.com/news/40334/ffa_fifa_gagik_tsarukyan_ruben_hayrapetyan
News | 11.10.12 | 16:22
The Football Federation of Armenia and Kentron TV have had a "strong
disagreement" because of the Armenia-Italy FIFA World Cup European
Qualifying match to take place on Friday, October 12.
While soccer fans are looking forward to the crucial match, FFA and
Kentron TV company belonging to Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik
Tsarukyan, who also chairs the Armenian National Olympic Committee
(ANOC), are arguing over FFA's refusal to register Kentron's regional
reporter and cameraman to cover the widely-anticipated event.
Wednesday evening newswire of Kentron made a reference to that issue;
the channel's political commentator Petros Ghazaryan wrote on his
Facebook page, saying: "To our request for clarification on the reasons
why they refused to accredit, they replied: because we don't want to."
This gives ground for many to assume that this way FFA president,
republican Ruben Hayrapetyan is boycotting the PAP leader who is the
one coordinating the entire sphere of sports in Armenia, except for
football. Hayrapetyan and Tsarukyan have had disagreements before. In
particular, in March there was a nasty dispute over the choice of
uniform design for the national football team, following ANOC's
accusations against FFA president of breaching the charter. In this
connection they exchanged "biting" statements. And recently, a number
of Armenian athletes have been outraged by Republican party-list MP
Levon Martirosyan's statement criticizing them for lack of progress.
Kentron's Ghazaryan today (Thursday) refused to comment on the
situation. "Frankly, I don't want to make any interpretations,
but there are also other events we are not allowed to shoot; and
they don't require accreditation, for example we were not called to
[UEFA president] Michel Platini's press conference." Ghazaryan told
ArmeniaNow that they know the accreditation procedure very well and
had applied in time.
Meanwhile, FFA claims that the Kentron representative did not submit
the required documents.
"If somebody at Kentron had cared to read the accreditation procedure,
he/she would know that it is done by order of priority and the list
of priorities is in accord with UEFA and FIFA respective documents,"
said FFA president's adviser Arayik Manukyan.