HEAVY BLOW TO G.SARAY FROM PFDK: 1.6 MILLION TL FINE

The Turkish Football Federation's Disciplinary Board officially announced astronomical money fines issued to Galatasaray with highly interesting reasons following the recent critical league struggle. The total cost of this shaking bill creating massive astonishment in the sports community was explained exactly as 1.620.000 TL. When the sub-details of this massive fine are examined comprehensively, extraordinary articles we rarely see on football pitches instantly attract attention. According to the official reasoned decision published by the board; initially, a highly heavy fine of 560.000 TL was issued to the yellow-red club due to various pitch events caused by fans and club members. However, the most discussed part of the penalty report did not remain limited to standard violations. Due to a highly rare rule violation like the number of companion children attending the pre-match official ceremony being more than the number of referees and footballers, Galatasaray was sentenced to another extremely high fine of exactly 500.000 TL. The footballer seeing a red card making a statement to press members waiting in the mixed zone instead of going directly to the dressing room was found completely contrary to instructions, bringing out an extra 280.000 TL bill to the club. Finally, using the opponent team's unregistered logo on the stadium's giant scoreboard definitively did not escape the board's careful eyes, and a 280.000 TL fine was applied separately for this out-of-rule visual usage. Thus, the club management must pay this massively heavy bill worth 1.620.000 TL emerging from the combination of small negligences and rule mistakes experienced on the pitch. This chain of interesting reasons clearly showed everyone once again how much attention sports clubs must pay to all organization details.

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