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. By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The top national sports organization on Monday reduced a six-month ban on a Seoul high school baseball team penalized for trash talk.
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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 low1/2 sourcesPai Chai baseball players, their parents and the school's faculty members visited Gwangju Jeil on July 6 to apologize.
reliability low1/2 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 low1/2 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 low1/2 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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By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) -- The top national sports organization on Monday reduced a six-month ban on a Seoul high school baseball team penalized for trash talk.
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