[기자의눈] Professional volleyball shaken by’hakpok’, you have to squeeze painfully

Heungkuk Life Insurance Lee Da-young (left) and Lee Jae-young. 2020.9.5/News1 © News1 Reporter Jinhwan Kim

The professional volleyball V League, which was cruising as a popular winter sport, is staggering due to’school violence’. The shocking past of Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop, who led OK Financial Group’s 2nd consecutive men’s victory, starting with the twin sisters of the most popular women’s volleyball stars, Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young (Heungkuk Life), has also risen to the surface.

The whole professional volleyball world, which had a good time amid the great love of fans, fell into a big shock. Of course, it is not comparable to the disappointment of the fans.

When Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young, who were not regretful of the expression of being a representative player in the V-League, were exposed to their deviant behavior from their school days, a public petition for their permanent expulsion came out. Got bigger.

The club apologized, and the two, who were alleged as perpetrators, said, “I should have admitted and apologized sooner,” via their respective social media networks. “In the future, I will never forget wrong actions and words and become a more mature person. I will become a more mature person. I will live,” he bowed his head.

It didn’t take long to apologize, but the format of’Apology through SNS’ appeared on the cutting board again, and it was still unclear. It didn’t end there.

It was confirmed that Song Myung-geun and Shim Gyeong-seop of the men’s OK Financial Group also committed school violence in middle and high school. Shim Kyung-seop and Song Myung-geun also bowed their heads after acknowledging the fact through the club. The form of the two players’ apologies was’press release’. First, let’s put aside the’method’.

A situation of great wave occurred. There is a lot of glance that the four publicly disclosed may not be all. Like the former’Me Too’, the likelihood of further exposure to’hakpok’ cannot be ruled out.

The volleyball industry, including the Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO), was in deep trouble. Discipline may be given for’damage of dignity’, but there are disagreements as to whether it is appropriate to impose sanctions at KOVO, a professional organization, for what happened during school before the draft.

A federation official said, “Because hakpok is an obvious mistake, it is correct to understand and clarify the facts,” he said. “However, it is also true that it is difficult to judge disciplinary action because it is the first unprecedented case.” However, if the cotton bat is only punished, they may have to deal with the terrifying turn of public opinion.

All 13 teams in men and women are tense looking at this situation. In any case, there is an anxiety about the question,’Would the club player be designated as the perpetrator?’

OK Financial Group’s Shim Gyeong-seop (left) and Song Myeong-geun of OK Financial Group who are accused of male volleyball harassment. (Courtesy of the Korea Volleyball Federation) © News 1

It is clear that it is a big bad news in the volleyball world that the main players of the team who are classified as winners at this time and the stars who are counted in the league as a whole are involved in’Hakpok’. An atmosphere that wishes to pass as quietly as possible is also detected. However, you have to squeeze out the pus sorely to get the roots out. There is a loud voice saying that the entire volleyball world should use it as an opportunity for magnetism beyond individual reflection.

Professional volleyball, which was pushed to the end of existence due to a shocking’game operation’ more than 10 years ago, was able to leap again after trying to sharpen the bones. The V-League was able to grow by acknowledging the mistake and taking quick actions such as permanent expulsion. Thanks to such internal efforts, I was able to play volleyball with the admiration of’popular sports’. It was a painful process, but we have to go back to that point.

This is the time when you need to be sincere to repent before being caught and apologizing with a’sentence’. Clubs and players don’t spend sleepless nights looking at some community bulletin boards, but it can also be done by conducting a thorough investigation on’hakpok’ altogether.

As in the case of a match-manipulation case, it is necessary to have a voluntary report period for a certain period of time and respond firmly to issues related to’school violence’ through the federation’s unified window. Covering the wound as ugly is not the solution.

It is by no means a problem for some clubs. You need to squeeze out the pus and shake it off. It is important to eradicate the evil habit of being ill, even if you are sick, rather than having a vague hope that you will not be a player on our team.

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