Another illegal gambling… Neither education nor pledges are useless
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‘Doosan Prospects’ Jung Hyun-wook and Kwon Ki-young, who have been active in the Futures League, were suspended for sports toto and speculative games, respectively.
Every year, we provide anti-corruption education and receive pledges, but the issue of professional baseball gambling continues.
This is Park Ji-eun.
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The KBO disclosed Doosan pitcher Jeong Hyeon-wook and catcher Kwon Ki-young, who were gambling illegally, as disqualified players and requested a police investigation.
KBO opens a reward and punishment committee to discuss disciplinary action as the results of the police investigation come out.
It is expected that both players, Jeong Hyeon-wook, who played Sports Toto, and Kwon Ki-young, who also played an illegal speculative game, are unlikely to avoid severe punishment.
KBO, which faced a big crisis in the past game-manipulation case, is strongly sanctioning gambling, which is a ring of game-manipulation.
Even when first caught, you will be penalized for suspension of more than 50 games, and in the case of sports betting, the governor may directly discipline you.
“I think that I even made a clean baseball center and trained it, and I think that I am doing a job punishment through hard discipline, but I don’t think it will change immediately just because I did it.
KBO provides anti-corruption training to players every season and receives a pledge to’take civil and criminal responsibility in case of violation’.
Nevertheless, it is pointed out that early education in schools and youth baseball scenes is necessary for the situation where gambling-related incidents do not end.
In the case of the two players caught this time, it is known that they have stepped into the wrong path since high school.
This is Yonhap News TV Park Ji-eun.
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