We apologize to Heo Min baseball players for their official position | Hankyung.com

[엑스포츠뉴스 김현세 기자] Heo Min Kiwoom, Chairman of the Heroes Board of Directors, officially apologized for the ongoing’ball play controversy’.

Chairman Huh was on the cutting board after practicing pitching against a player from the Kiwoom Futures team last June. In this regard, Lee Taek-geun said that the Kiwoom club tried to find out the fan who reported the video to the media through CCTV, and the truth battle continues. Moreover, even after the training was over, there was a player who was called by Chairman Heo and had to become an opponent of’ball play controversy’, and public opinion was also infested. The Korea Professional Baseball Players Association strongly said, ‘Stop playing.’

KBO suspended Chairman Huh for two months. Therefore, it was difficult to fill the positions of the CEO and director, which were vacant as Kiwoom without a chairman, for two months. However, Kiwoom announced on the 31st that after obtaining the consent of other directors, a new CEO, Heo Hong, was appointed without Chairman Huh. Earlier, he said that he would seek legal judgment regarding the discipline of Chairman Huh, but he said he would take this position along with the internal affairs of the CEO.

Chairman Huh said, “First of all, I sincerely apologize to players, baseball officials, and fans who are the basis of the KBO League, who may have suffered any inconvenience regarding the unofficial pitching of the time outside of the controversial past training. As a result, it was a very inappropriate and deliberate act, and I fully sympathize with the internal and external concerns about the baseball world, and I apologize for having missed the time of official apology at the time of the controversy in the past.

He also said, “I will humbly accept the points pointed out by the Korea Professional Baseball Players Association, Ilguhoe, and Korea Professional Baseball Retirement Players Association, who have been striving for the development of Korean professional baseball so far, and recall the fact that they were not meticulous in protecting player rights , We promise that this will not happen again in the future. In addition, we will withdraw our position to seek legal judgment on the disciplinary action of KBO.

In a situation where fans and players, the foundation of Korean professional baseball, are expressing concerns, I think that adding to the controversy will not help the development of professional baseball. We also apologize for any confusion in this matter. After the suspension period, we will faithfully fulfill only the original role of the chairman of the club’s board of directors, and if the new CEO and appointee announced today is approved at the general shareholders’ meeting, I will apply.`

Chairman Huh also said,’We will seriously reflect and think so that we can contribute to the protection and improvement of the rights and interests of not only the Seoul Heroes team, but also the entire professional baseball team. I will do my best so that I can receive it,” he added.

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