JAKARTA - Helmy Yahya was fired from the position of President Director (Managing Director) of TVRI on January 16, 2020. There are a number of reasons why the TVRI Supervisory Board dismissed Helmy as Managing Director. One of them, Helmy bought the broadcast rights of the Premier League which caused debt.
However, during the General Hearing Meeting (RDPU) with Commission I of the Indonesian Parliament at the Parliament Complex, Tuesday, January 28, Helmy said that the price of broadcast rights for the English League was much cheaper than that of the Indonesian League. Is that right?
Perhaps, Helmy has a reason why he says the English League is much cheaper than the Indonesian League. But we won't get too far, because that's not the place. Instead, we try to analyze the statement and provide an explanation with our version.
You see, the Indonesian League does not only present a game of processing the round skin but also involves many sports. Do not believe? The Indonesian League was often punctuated by fights between players so they had to practice boxing, karate, taekwondo, mix martial arts, and even 'javelin throwing'. This is what causes the Indonesian League to be more expensive than the English League.
Then, in the Indonesian League, whoever plays is always titled BIG MATCH. Whether it's a fellow top team, between a top team and a bottom team, a fellow mediocre team, or a team of residents in the red zone. We know for ourselves, the BIG MATCH in the Premier League is a match involving the 'Top 6' teams the previous season. What happened, big matches in the first four weeks such as United vs Chelsea, Man City vs Tottenham, Arsenal vs Liverpool, and Arsenal vs Tottenham, were not broadcast on TVRI.
In the Indonesian League, Perseru against Central Kalimantan, men alone was labeled BIG MATCH. No wonder the nation's children's league is much more expensive than Queen Elizabeth's League. All 306 Indonesian League matches are all BIG MATCH!
It doesn't stop there. In the Premier League, supporters cannot act even though all the stadiums are without fences. The reason is, the FA will record the identity of the audience who entered the stadium. Once riotous, these supporters will be banned from entering stadiums all over England for several years, even for life. The loss of the guardrail actually made British supporters mature. If this is implemented in the Indonesian League, do you imagine what will happen?
In the Indonesian League, even high fences are at stake. Spectators will enter the field and injure the player or coach of the opposing team if they are not satisfied with the final result of the match. The rioting of supporters that occurred in the Arema FC vs Persib Bandung match that occurred in April 2018 is one example.
The incident started in the final minutes of the match when the crowd, dissatisfied with the referee's leadership, entered the field. As a result of the rioting, Persib Bandung coach Mario Gomez's forehead was bleeding. Not only that, a number of supporters also suffered injuries due to the incident.
However, events outside the stadium both before and after the match are usually much more gruesome. Not a few supporters lost their lives as a result of being beaten by supporters of the opposing team. This is another reason why the Indonesian League is much more expensive than the English League. Yes, life stakes!
Next are the fines received by the team, the players and the match organizing committee (Panpel) for violating the competition. This type of violation that ends in a fine can be in the form of players attacking the referee, supporters throwing dangerous objects into the field, or committees who fail to provide a sense of security and comfort. The PSSI Discipline Commission can make each team of offenders spend hundreds of millions. You can't imagine how expensive the Indonesian League is?
This is our version of analysis, not an explanation from Helmy Yahya. So, don't take it seriously. Because discussing Indonesian football if it's too serious will end up hurting. We too often put our hopes in Indonesian football, even though it always ends in disappointment. We'd better watch that 'cheap' league, huh. While the remaining broadcast rights are still there. You see, next season will not necessarily appear on TVRI.
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