Top nat l sports body reduces trash-talk ban on high school baseball team
The Korea Baseball Softball Association handed down the ban on the school's team on July 1 after its players derided their opponents from Gwangju Jeil High…
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The Korea Baseball Softball Association handed down the ban on the school's team on July 1 after its players derided their opponents from Gwangju Jeil High School during a late June tournament game in Seoul by yelling, "Let's go to Starbucks!" and "Tank Day!" Their chants were linked to a controversial Starbucks Korea promotion on May 18, which drew strong criticism for allegedly mocking the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising on its 46th anniversary. Pai Chai baseball players, their parents and the school's faculty members visited Gwangju Jeil on July 6 to apologize. Three days before that trip, Pai Chai's alumni association pleaded for leniency for the baseball team, a call later echoed by Gwangju Jeil's faculty and its alumni association.
Furthermore, Then on July 8, Pai Chai submitted its appeal to the KSOC, which reviews all the appeals of disciplinary decisions by national sports federations. Due to a backlog of other appeals still to be reviewed, it was not immediately clear then whether the KSOC would handle Pai Chai's case Monday or later, but it decided last Tuesday that the school's appeal would be reviewed this week. 11, while Gwangju Jeil will begin its tournament on Aug.
In addition, "Given the fact that student-athletes are still going through their learning process, we determined that the initial ruling of a six-month ban was excessive," Lee added.
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The Korea Baseball Softball Association handed down the ban on the school's team on July 1 after its players derided their opponents from Gwangju Jeil High School during a late June tournament game in Seoul by yelling, "Let's go to Starbucks!" and "Tank Day!" Their chants were linked to a controversial Starbucks Korea promotion on May 18, which drew strong criticism for allegedly mocking the 1980 Gwangju pro-democracy uprising on its 46th anniversary.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesPai Chai baseball players, their parents and the school's faculty members visited Gwangju Jeil on July 6 to apologize.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThree days before that trip, Pai Chai's alumni association pleaded for leniency for the baseball team, a call later echoed by Gwangju Jeil's faculty and its alumni association.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesThen on July 8, Pai Chai submitted its appeal to the KSOC, which reviews all the appeals of disciplinary decisions by national sports federations.
reliability moderate2/2 sourcesDue to a backlog of other appeals still to be reviewed, it was not immediately clear then whether the KSOC would handle Pai Chai's case Monday or later, but it decided last Tuesday that the school's appeal would be reviewed this week.
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according to Yonhap News"Given the fact that student-athletes are still going through their learning process, we determined that the initial ruling of a six-month ban was excessive," Lee added.
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