The Kantoh Collegiate Football Association in May ruled that former Nihon University head coach Masato Uchida and ex-assistant coach Tsutomu Inoue did not tell the truth about the illegal tackle incident when it decided to hand them lifetime bans from the Kantoh Collegiate League.
Now, the KCFA is accused of lying to the media.
The KCFA received grievances from Uchida and Inoue on Monday, the deadline for submitting them. The KCFA, however, said the paperwork was not submitted at the next day's news conference where the regional collegiate football organizing body announced that the Nihon University Phoenix's season-long ban wouldn't be lifted.