'One-Month Suspension' Paichai High School Withdraws Injunction... Set to Participate in Bonghwangdaegi Tournament

Suspension Reduced from Six Months to One by Sports Council
Paichai High School Withdraws Injunction Application Due to Redundancy
Set to Participate in First Round of Bonghwangdaegi on August 11

Paichai High School in Seoul has withdrawn its request for an injunction to suspend the validity of the six-month suspension imposed by the Korea Baseball Softball Association.

On July 22, the law firm Dongin, acting as legal counsel for Paichai High School, announced, "With the Korea Sports Council's Sports Fairness Committee reducing the suspension from six months to one month upon re-examination, we have determined that the original request for an injunction to suspend the suspension is now redundant and will withdraw the application."

On the previous day, the Sports Fairness Committee of the Korea Sports Council decided to reduce the suspension period from six months to one month, taking into consideration several factors: that Paichai High School players visited Gwangju Il High School to personally apologize, that the victims forgave them and pleaded for leniency, and that student-athletes are still in a learning process. As a result, Paichai High School will be allowed to participate in the 54th Bonghwangdaegi National High School Baseball Tournament starting on August 7.

A player from Baejae High School baseball team is delivering an apology letter to a player from Gwangju Ilgo High School baseball team on the 6th. Photo by Yonhap News

Some players from the Paichai High School baseball team sparked controversy on June 29 at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Seoul during the 81st Cheongryonggi National High School Baseball Championship against Gwangju Il High School, by shouting cheers toward the opposing team's dugout that disparaged the May 18 Democratic Uprising.

On July 1, the Fairness Committee of the Korea Baseball Softball Association decided to impose a six-month suspension on the Paichai High School baseball team along with a forfeit in their remaining Cheongryonggi games. On July 8, Paichai High School appealed the decision to the Sports Fairness Committee of the Korea Sports Council—the superior body of the association—and additionally filed for an injunction with the court to suspend the validity of the six-month disciplinary action.

With the disciplinary reduction, third-year student athletes on the Paichai High School baseball team will no longer face major obstacles in their pursuit of university admission or a professional baseball career. The team's suspension will end on August 1.

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