There is an inevitable contrast when comparing the first PSSI chairman, Ir. Soeratin Sosrosoegondo, with General Chairman of the 14th PSSI, Nurdin Halid.
Ir. Soeratin, the person behind the establishment of PSSI on April 19, 1930, chose to lose a job as an architect who gave abundant revenues to be able to totally take care of PSSI had just stood.
When it Soeratin work in building design bureau named Boukundig Bureau Sitsen en Lausade with salaries approximately one thousand guilders per month. PSSI care activities to make their performance at work to relax. Office of the memekerjakannya gives two options: leave the FA or leave a job.
This is not a simple choice. Leaving a job not only makes financial intake Soeratin loss for themselves and their families, but also makes the supply of funds Soeratin lose some of which are used to shore up its operations in PSSI PSSI for itself when it can not be expected to give revenue. Soeratin could just remove the position as Chairman of the PSSI. After all, he can still help PSSI in other ways.
But Soeratin choose the option out of his job. For him, building a large concentration of PSSI need. There are still many issues that must be faced when it PSSI, from insulation made NIVB to build solidarity bond-bond football that bumiputera (sometimes) are still competing with each other. Very pity if ikhtiarnya who pioneered the establishment of struggling in PSSI was left in the middle of the road.
Historical fragments that can be read as an existential moment for human Soeratin above seem so contrasted with the attitude of "diehard" Nurdin Halid to continue to survive in the highest leadership reins PSSI - which oddly enough attitude is supported by no less hard head by the committee and Executive Comitte PSSI PSSI.
Contrast is increasingly felt ridiculous when reading a statement when answering the demands of Nurdin Halid for himself resigned his position as Chairman of the PSSI.
"Or the problem I faced no request for my back and I was in a state didzalimi. Therefore, for the sake of my pride and dignity for the sake of PSSI. God willing, with the blessing of God I will survive lead PSSI," he said "(Kompas, 21 February 2008).
If Soeratin chose to quit his job to get the total care of PSSI to risk losing an abundant intake of guilders in his day, Nurdin Halid precisely keukeuh to continue to sit in his post even though he was obviously totally unable to lead the organization PSSI. Rather than lead with a total PSSI, Nurdin was more often "troublesome" because it forces the managers PSSI PSSI had to go back and forth to jail, good for coordination meetings or simply to give a report.
In the tradition of Napier, "Sirri" not trivial. He referred to the pride of self, self, self as a man of integrity and men. If until someone mentions "Sirri", he almost certainly was in great anger, feel the integrity of himself torn going back many, his pride being trampled.
The problem is, suits to Nurdin to withdraw was not a personal issue. The increasingly strong demands that arise as a matter of organization, in this case PSSI, organizations that manage the most populist sport in the country, a stance cultivated with difficulty by its founders.
The statement was laughable because Nurdin Nurdin equate self-esteem and personal dignity with self-esteem and dignity of PSSI, though if the Chairman of personal feeling harassed PSSI PSSI automatically as an organization also abused self-esteem and dignity.
Nurdin may be true that the PSSI had lost self-esteem and dignity, but not because its chairman was abused, but because PSSI was already losing his own integrity because of its failure.
What proud accomplishments under the leadership of PSSI for Nurdin Halid? Bahrain wins opponent but then lost by Saudi Arabia and South Korea in Asian Cup 2007? Failed to qualify for the SEA Games semi-finals of 2007? Lose memalukkan from Syria with an aggregate 11-1 in World Cup play-off 2010?
If Nurdin Halid mertahankan need examples of behavioral self-esteem and dignity of PSSI, consider just how Soeratin with a tough stand to defend self-esteem and dignity in the case of delivery PSSI Dutch East Indies team to the World Cup 1938 in France.
When the Dutch East Indies sent a team of Nederlandsh Indische Voetbal Unie (NIVU, the organ which is the metamorphosis of NIVB) to France. Although nine players on that team from among bumiputera and Chinese, Soeratin mad not to play because he considered NIVU violate "Gentlement Agreemnt" signed PSSI (represented Soeratin) with NIVU (represented Materbreok) on January 5, 1937 which states that the delivery team must be preceded by a match between NIVU with PSSI. Soeratin also want to flag used by the Dutch East Indies team was not the flag NIVU.
Violations of the deal was valued Soeratin as harassment on the dignity of PSSI. That is why Soeratin, on behalf of PSSI, unilaterally cancel all points of agreement between PSSI PSSI with NIVU at Congress 1938 in Solo.
At that congress Soeratin read a speech titled "Spirit Loekisan PSSI: Educating Ra'jat mediated Voetbalsport", a speech that became the blueprint PSSI vision in the colonial period, a speech that seemed to never be read by Nurdin Halid and the managers of PSSI now.
One of the most famous sentence Soeratin - as told Maladi - reads: "If on a football pitch we can beat the Netherlands, later in the political field too we can beat Holland."
Nationalism and politics at that time become an inherent part of PSSI. Do not be surprised if, for example, PSSI II championship committee in 1932 that was held in the field Travelli Laan, Batavia, daring Sukarno invited to do honor to kick the ball at the final of the championship which memertemukan Vij (Voetball Indonesia Jcatra) against PSIM Yogyakarta.
Actions that yield subversive because Sukarno was just out of prison in Bandung Sukamiskin its activity as a result of the Indonesian National Party leader.
Times have changed. Politics really should not be carried in the world of football (FIFA prohibits government intervention football association, despite the funny board PSSI had to carry around election law to justify the attitude of Nurdin). But, quite obviously too, the case self-esteem and personal dignity can not be carried into the affairs of football and PSSI.
Nurdin and all board PSSI must look in the mirror to what is already exemplified Soeratin. I do not know if LP Cipinang provides a mirror in every cell of prisoners or not. Indonesia Today
