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▲ Choi Seok-gyu, an attorney at Dongin Law Group representing Seoul Paejae High School, speaks to reporters after presenting the school's case at the 19th meeting of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee's Sports Fair Committee held at the Olympic Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on July 20.
Seoul Paejae High School has withdrawn its request for an injunction to suspend the six-month competition ban imposed by the Korea Baseball Softball Association (KBSA).
The controversy began on June 29, when some members of the Paejae High School baseball team shouted cheers disparaging the May 18 Democratization Movement toward the opposing team's dugout during a match against Gwangju Jeil High School at the 81st Blue Dragon National High School Baseball Championship held at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul.
In response, the KBSA's Fair Committee decided on July 1 to impose a six-month competition ban on the Paejae High School baseball team and ruled that the school would forfeit the remaining games of the Blue Dragon Championship.
On July 8, Paejae High School filed for a re-examination with the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) Fair Committee, the higher governing body of the KBSA, and separately filed an injunction with the court to suspend the six-month suspension.
The KSOC Fair Committee reduced the suspension period from six months to one month yesterday (July 20), taking into account that: ▲ the Paejae High School players visited Gwangju Jeil High School to apologize; ▲ the victims accepted the apology and requested leniency; and ▲ the student athletes are still in a learning process.
As a result, Paejae High School will be able to participate in the 54th Phoenix Flag National High School Baseball Tournament, which opens on August 7.
The Phoenix Flag tournament is effectively the last national competition the Paejae High School baseball team can participate in this year.
With this reduction in the penalty, the third-year student athletes on the Paejae High School baseball team will avoid major setbacks in their college admissions and efforts to enter professional baseball.
The competition ban for the Paejae High School baseball team will end on August 1, and the school is scheduled to play its first-round game of the Phoenix Flag tournament against Incheon High School at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul at 5:00 PM on August 11.
Gwangju Jeil High School will face Hwaseong Dongtan BC in the first round at Mokdong Baseball Stadium at 9:00 AM on August 9.
The two schools will face each other again if they both advance to the finals.
(Photo: Yonhap News)
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