An advertisement of Heungkuk Life Insurance Volleyball Team installed at a subway station in downtown Seoul News 1
“Hungkuk Life Insurance has not yet given up on twin sisters.” “It is a scheme to avoid only the showers.”
The anger of volleyball fans, triggered by the violence of the sisters Jae-young Lee and Da-young (25, Heungkuk Life) at school, is seldom disappearing. An online community specializing in volleyball was flooded with 8,500 related posts on the 15th. Thousands of angry comments are also running on the articles on the portal site. The dissatisfaction that the current level of disciplinary action is inadequate is high, and after the controversy, the player’s insufficient apology is fueling the anger of fans.
There is plenty of room for arbitrary interpretation of’indefinite business trip suspension’
Only five days after the controversy occurred on the 15th, Heungkuk Life Insurance “suspended business trips indefinitely” against sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young, former perpetrators of school violence. The problem is that’indefinite’ is arbitrarily interpreted and there is room for returning to the volleyball world at any time.
Previously, the volleyball world had been subjected to severe punishment such as’indefinite suspension of business trips’ or’indefinite suspension of qualifications’. In the 2017-18 season V-League KEPCO and KB Insurance Match held at the Suwon Gymnasium in December 2017, the worst mishaps came out, and the situation grew to the point that a request for a “rematch” on the homepage of the Blue House National Petition at that time struck. Eventually, the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) admitted to the misjudgment and imposed severe disciplinary action on Mrs. A and B, who were the lead and assistant referees of the game at the time, such as’suspension of business indefinitely’. . In 2009, coach C of the national team was “suspended indefinitely” by the Korean Volleyball Association for the beating of a player, but he is currently serving as a professional coach after serving as a commentator. A volleyball official also confessed, “It is true that the word indefinite is not clear.”
This is why accusations of “blindfolded Aung-sik discipline” come out with only 5-7 games left per team at the end of the league. Some point out that it was better to nail clearly, such as’prohibition of participation in more than OO games’.
Restrictions on national qualifications, is it disciplinary?
‘Indefinite restrictions on the qualifications of national representatives’ are also a topic of disciplinary action. The Korean Volleyball Association said, “National leaders Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young cannot wear the Taegeuk mark in the future.” “Excluding the selection of the national team indefinitely.” However, due to the spread of Corona 19, the possibility of forming a national team is not very high as the hosting of the Tokyo Olympics itself is uncertain.
In addition, recently, top-level professional players are not very attractive in playing as national teams during off-season when no professional games are held. This is because personal fitness and injury management are not easy. In fact, in the case of Lee Jae-young in 2017, there was a disagreement with Kim Yeon-kyung due to the refusal to borrow the national representative.
No official apology to colleagues who are’another victim’
Although it spread to’hakpok’, the start of this incident is a discord with the members of the team. Excluding the parties, Heungkuk Life Insurance players are also the biggest victims of this controversy. Nevertheless, the twin sisters have not made an official apology to their colleagues.
Heungkuk Life’s teamwork, which was running at No. 1 in the league, was completely broken and morale fell to the ground. Heungkuk Life’s possibility of advancing into the postseason is high, but even if he advances to volleyball in the spring, it is questionable what kind of game he will perform, and the mental burden that the remaining players must endure in the process is beyond imagination.
Immediately after posting an apology for the victim of the abuse, Lee Da-young “unselled” (unfollowed) Kim Yeon-kyung on social media, and showed that the cause of the situation was attributed to the team members, fueling the anger of fans. This is why fans’ doubts about whether there is sincerity in apology and self-reflection do not disappear.
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