In response to the drug scandal of the Japan University American football team, the first briefing session for club members since the university announced its policy to close the club is being held tonight, and it is believed that the details of the situation are explained.
According to the people involved, the first briefing session for club members since the university announced its policy to close the club was to be held both online and face-to-face, and just before 7 p.m., when the meeting was scheduled to be held, members of the football team and university officials were seen entering the building amid a large number of members of the press gathering at the headquarters of Japan University in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Regarding the Japan University American Football Club, after the Competitive Sports Steering Committee announced its policy of discontinuing the club on the 28th of last month in response to a series of drug incidents, President Mariko Hayashi emphasized at a press conference on the 4th that the Board of Directors will continue deliberations.
On the other hand, in an exchange on a messaging app within the American football club obtained by NHK, members of the club wrote heartbreaking comments such as "Life itself will be greatly affected by the closure of the club" and "Why don't you announce it to the world before explaining it to us and explain it to us first?"
According to interviews with those involved, the closed briefing session began around 7 p.m., and it seems that the circumstances leading up to the announcement of the club's policy of discontinuation were attended by Vice President Yasuhiro Sawada, Director of the Sports Science Department Toshishi Masuko, and the head coach of the American football team, Toshihide Nakamura.