Kiwoom Heroes Emblem. Central photo
“If you disagree with KBO’s disciplinary action and respond legally, baseball and fans will resist with KBO.” Ilguhoe, an OB group for Korean professional baseball, said, “I actively support KBO’s decision to impose a two-month sanction on Kiwoom Heroes Chairman Heomin.”
In a statement on the 29th, Ilguhoe strongly warned Kiwoom and Chairman Heo Min not to use the KBO League as a’baseball playground’ again. I hope that Kiwoom will no longer undermine the value of the KBO League with this opportunity.” He raised his voice.
In June of last year, Chairman Heo Min was found out while practicing pitching with the 2nd Army players on the plate, and was criticized for “having undermined the dignity of professional baseball”. Lee Taek-geun, who retired from Kiwoom, filed a disciplinary request to the KBO last month and accused him of “The club inspected the fan with CCTV to find the pitching videographer of Chairman Heo Min, and made an unreasonable request to hand over the fan’s personal information.” That’s why this problem came back to the surface.
The KBO Reward and Punishment Committee decided to issue a severe warning to Kiwoom and Kim Chi-hyun. In addition, KBO governor Jung Un-chan imposed an additional two-month disciplinary action for Chairman Heo Min in accordance with Article 1 of the Baseball Regulations Addendum’Special Cases concerning the Authority of the Governor’.
Then, the Kiwoom team announced on the 29th, “We decided to seek the judgment of the judicial authorities regarding the disciplinary action of the KBO for acts such as fan inspection, violation of the law, and pitching of the chairman of the board of directors.” Although it was expressed euphemism, it meant that he would disobey the KBO decision and respond legally.
“Professional sports based on box office cannot exist without fans. Kiwoom has found specific fans and destroyed the trust between players and fans. Here, players are mobilized for personal’baseball play’,” he said. He emphasized that he also violated the rights and interests of the players by committing a’gap’. He continued, “However, without a word of apology, he showed that he would rather have no legal action. Therefore, KBO decided to discipline Chairman Heo Min without giving in to the discomfort (which is predictable in the future).”
“Kee-woom or Chairman Heo-min can actually raise legal issues. At that time, all fans who love baseball, as well as Il-gu-hoe, will join the KBO. The litigation will soon bring strong resistance from baseball and fans,” said Ilguhoe. “You have to realize that there is.”
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