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Karl Samuel Oyston (born 20 February 1968) is an English businessman and chairman of Blackpool Football Club. After running other family businesses, Oyston took on his current position at Blackpool following the resignation of the previous chairperson and his mother Vicki Oyston in 1999. Vicki had assumed her position after the imprisonment of her husband and Karl's father, Owen, for rape and indecent assault in 1996.〔("Oyston gets six years for rape" ) – ''The Independent'', 23 May 1996〕 The ''Sunday Times'' Rich List lists the Oystons' wealth at £100M, making them the 863rd-richest in the country, down from 759th in 2008.〔 Karl Oyston assumed his current role in 1999, when Blackpool were in the third tier of the Football League. At the end of the following 1999–2000 campaign, they were relegated to the bottom tier. At the first time of asking, they returned to the Second Division, where they remained for the next six seasons. In 2007 they were promoted to the second tier. Three years later, after financial backing from new club president Valeri Belokon, Blackpool were, for the first time, promoted to the Premier League. After this promotion, Belokon was frozen out of day-to-day involvement, he claims because the Oystons no longer needed his financial backing.〔("Blackpool bosses drive fans to despair as Tangerine dream turns to dust" ) – ''Daily Telegraph'', 2 April 2015〕 Blackpool remained in the top tier for one campaign, and after failing to return from the Championship at the first attempt, they have finished no higher than 15th, with Oyston employing four different managers since 2013. In 2015, Blackpool were relegated to the third tier for the first time since 2007. Oyston has had a poor relationship with Blackpool's fans, mostly since the club's relegation from the Premier League, due to a perceived lack of funding for the club's stadium, playing staff and training ground.〔 The relationship was described as being "at breaking point" by Tim Fielding, the chair of the Blackpool Supporters Trust, in December 2014.〔("Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston allegedly labels fan a 'retard'" ) – BBC Sport, 22 December 2014〕 Fielding resigned from his position the following month after the Oystons began legal action against him for comments he made on the internet,〔("Lawyer's web comments apology to Owen and Karl Oyston" ) – BBC News Lancashire, 13 February 2015〕 even though it was revealed that Karl Oyston had labelled a Blackpool fan a "massive retard" and an "intellectual cripple" in a text-message exchange two months earlier.〔("Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston apologises for abusing supporter" ) – ''The Guardian'', 22 December 2014〕 The local newspaper, the ''Blackpool Gazette'', subsequently decided to scrap Oyston's weekly column "given such disgusting and offensive comments".〔("Gazette comment: More shame on Blackpool FC" ) – ''Blackpool Gazette'', 22 December 2014〕 He was later charged with misconduct by the Football Association,〔("Blackpool chairman Karl Oyston charged with misconduct" ) – TheFA.com, 23 March 2015〕 a charge he appealed.〔 The appeal was rejected by a tribunal,〔 and he was given a ban from all footballing activities for six weeks and fined £40,000.〔("Karl Oyston: Blackpool chairman banned and fined over texts" ) - BBC Sport, 10 June 2015〕 ==Blackpool F.C.== Up until 1999, Oyston spent much of his time involved in running the Oyston family businesses, including property management, farming interests and publishing.〔 〕 On 3 April 1999, Oyston took over as chairman of Blackpool, becoming the third member of the Oyston family to occupy the role, after his father and mother, Vicki, from whom he inherited the role. Initially he took over the role of managing director, following the resignation of both the previous managing director, Gill Bridge, and Vicki Oyston, who had resigned as chairman following what was described as "an ugly 'Oyston Out' demonstration by fans at the stadium". Oyston had been handed control of the club by his father, who was, at the time, still serving a prison sentence for rape. Oyston stated that his mother had quit to give him a level playing field and let him run the club his way after his father had promised he would not seek to take over again upon his release. In July 2005, Oyston was elected onto the Football League board of directors as a representative of League One,〔 〕 and in June 2006 was elected back onto the board. In September 2006, after an undercover investigation into illicit payments in football on the BBC ''Panorama'' current affairs documentary series, Oyston claimed that he had been offered bungs by football agents, saying "I've been offered cash as a bribe to bring a player to the club and it's happened more than once. In one instance, someone wanted me to take a player on a higher salary than we would normally pay, so he offered me a certain amount of cash as a gift to get me to do it. I said no and it didn't take any time whatsoever to reach that decision. Since 1999 when I became chairman here, my managers have been offered bungs. We've missed out on a lot of footballers because of it and that is one of my biggest concerns. It is very disturbing and in the Premiership where there are huge, huge deals taking place, it is a major problem."〔 〕 The Football Association asked Oyston, and others who made similar claims, to name the agents concerned, saying that they had a duty to provide evidence. On 26 January 2010, Oyston was elected to the Football League board of directors as a representative of the Championship in a ballot for the vacant position, but had to leave this post at the end of the season following Blackpool's promotion to the Premier League. In August 2010, Oyston offered to stand down as chairman of the club, stating his belief that he has a different approach to the rest of the Premier League chairmen and the difficulties of dealing with top-flight players and their agents. Oyston said: "The offer (to stand down) is still open. I have told the board and, yes, I am very serious. Why? Because I'm not sure I have the right approach to be in this division. The more I speak to other people at other clubs, the more I realise I am a lone voice. There was some support for things I did and said in the Championship but there doesn't seem to be any in this division. Everyone else seems to subscribe to the way that business seems to be conducted and it is a way I find unacceptable, so we'll see." He added about agents: "We are the ones who are the employers. We are the ones offering the terms and the contracts. It is up to us how we go about things. I don't think any deal should be about the agent. It should be about the player, and about giving the player a platform under a wonderful manager to perform on one of the best footballing stages in the world. Agents are sometimes denying their clients that chance." On 18 August, he stood down as both chairman and director of the club with immediate effect, although he remained as Acting Chief Executive. The following day it was reported that Oyston was involved in a bankruptcy hearing. Lancaster Crown Court confirmed that a judge was considering bankruptcy papers involving Oyston. The order was annulled on 12 October.〔("Blackpool reveal Karl Oyston bankruptcy order annulment" ) – BBC Sport, 12 October 2010〕 Oyston returned to the his role as chairman in 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl Oyston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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