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[이데일리 스타in 이석무 기자] Sisters Lee Jae-young and Da-young Da-young of Heungkuk Life Insurance, whose controversy over’school violence’ was raised, will not be able to wear the Taegeuk mark in the future.
The Korean Volleyball Association held an emergency meeting on the 15th and decided to exclude the two players from being selected for the national team indefinitely.
The association said, “In consideration of the seriousness of the matter, the perpetrators of school violence will be excluded from the selection of national athletes for all future international events such as the 2021 Volleyball Nations League and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in accordance with the national selection and operation regulations.”
In addition, he promised, “When selecting leaders and athletes for the national team in the future, we will respect and observe the spirit of the Olympics through thorough verification, and we will select only those leaders and players who can participate in the national team with the spirit of fair play.”
In addition, the association said, “As a professional sports, daily sports, and national representative management organization, we are fully aware of our responsibility for the fact that this school violence has caused a lot of controversy.” “Working with the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) to prevent and eradicate school violence. We plan to hold a meeting for countermeasures for joint response.”
The association said, “To protect championship rights and strengthen human rights education, we operate the Sports Human Rights Center separately from the existing Association Athlete Committee, and cooperate closely with the Fair Sports Center of the Korean Sports Association and the Sports Ethics Center under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to prevent recurrence of school violence I will work harder for it.”
In addition, he added, “We will further strengthen sports human rights education for all volleyball members, including athletes, leaders, associations and affiliated federations, and take the lead in creating a sports culture without violence by participating in the National Human Rights Commission Sports Human Rights Oath.”
The association also pledged, “We will continue to strive to establish a healthy volleyball culture by responding strongly to school violence,” and also pledged to do our best to strengthen the international competitiveness of the women’s national team ahead of the Tokyo Olympics held in mid-July this year. did.
Sisters Jae-young Lee and Lee Da-young have played a key role in the women’s volleyball national team as well as the member team Heungkuk Life. He played an active part in the 2019 International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Volleyball Nations League, the Tokyo Olympics qualifiers, and the Asian final qualifiers. Last year, Korean women’s volleyball played a big role in advancing to the finals of the Tokyo Olympics.
However, the school violence incident that unfolded this time faced a great crisis not only for the national team but also for the life of a player. Prior to this, his team, Heungkuk Life Insurance, punished the two players with’indefinite suspension of their participation’.