[서울신문] Discipline for raising’fan inspection suspicion’ and acting… The punishment gets stronger

The Korean Baseball Commission (KBO)’s disciplinary decision against the controversial Kiwoom Heroes has been postponed again.

KBO announced on the 23rd that “Governor Jung Un-chan reported and reviewed the results of the reward and punishment committee, but decided to make a final decision after considering the matter a little more.” As KBO accepted Kiwoom’s request for an opportunity to call the day before, the decision was unusually postponed for one day, but the final disciplinary proposal is scheduled to come out on the 24th as it is postponed again on this day.

The reward and punishment committee determined the level of disciplinary action based on Kiwoom’s vocation and reported it to the governor. However, it is known that Governor Chung feels that a slightly stronger disciplinary action is necessary for the disciplinary proposal of the reward and punishment committee. A KBO official said, “If you follow the rules and discipline, you can become passive,” he said. “It seems that the governor has a little more willingness for discipline as it is wrong and unwise to anyone.”

As the KBO Reward and Penalty Committee is an independent and separate body, KBO cannot be involved in the decision-making process. This is also the reason why the cotton bat of’one year organic disqualification, 300 hours of volunteer work’ was punished in connection with Kang Jung-ho’s return in May.

However, the governor’s approval is required to finalize the disciplinary action. According to the KBO Regulations Article 151, the sanctions against dignity, the governor may add sanctions according to the severity and severity of any sanctions decision. have.

The reason Governor Jung is worried is that Kiwoom has already been disciplined once in March. At that time, the KBO imposed a sanction of 20 million won on the suspicion of former CEO Jang-Seok Lee’s incarceration management as’acts that damaged the value and dignity of the league’. KBO has already announced that it will take strong countermeasures such as the deprivation of the nomination right for new players and the expulsion of the league when a major issue that damages the league’s value arises.

Kiwoom is also struggling with countermeasures. An official from Kiwoom said, “We are not yet aware of the results of the reward and punishment committee.”

Kiwoom was engulfed in a “gap controversy” after the fact that Heo Min, chairman of the board of directors, pitched against Futures in June. Here, Lee Taek-geun said that he inspected the fans reported by the club, and released a transcript, increasing the wave.

If the KBO imposes strong sanctions such as the league expulsion against raising, it cannot be withdrawn. In particular, the fact that a face-to-face investigation was not conducted on Chairman Huh could act as a weakness when going to a court battle over the legitimacy of disciplinary action.

Reporter Ryu Jae-min [email protected]