Who on earth did the replacement of the head of the supervisory team and hiring preferential treatment? The owner's permanent disqualification, in fact, why not famous?
Jul 16, 2025
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The All-Star break is not boring. This is because there is a big wind from the Kiwoom Heroes.
The Agugye is noisy due to the Kiwoom issue. As if waiting for the end of the All-Star Game, he made a shocking decision on the 14th to dismiss three key figures of head coach Hong Won-ki, general manager Ko Hyung-wook and head coach Kim Chang-hyun at once.
On the 15th, acting head coach Seol Jong-jin led the first training session. "There was a lack of baseball in the first half of the year. By actively playing baseball from the beginning, such as bunting, I will achieve a winning rate of 40% to 50% in the second half of the year" declared his inauguration. Meanwhile, it was reported that the daughter of former CEO Lee Jang-seok, who owns nearly 70% of the club, worked as an intern at the Kiwoom club twice last year with a special recruitment process.
Just because you're the daughter of a former owner doesn't mean you shouldn't work for the club. Rather, large domestic companies actively place owner's materials in major departments and grow them as successors. However, former CEO Lee is taking risks. He was sentenced to prison for personal corruption within the club and was permanently disqualified from the KBO. Due to KBO disciplinary action, former CEO Lee cannot be involved in overall professional baseball-related tasks such as team composition, contract, and personnel management.
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President Wi is a prosecutor-turned-lawyer who is not related to baseball. He formed a relationship while working as a lawyer for former CEO Lee and is even the president of a baseball team. Some believe that it is the president who projects former CEO Lee's intentions within the club, but if they say no, they cannot tell whether they violate the rules. Regarding the preferential hiring, President Wi also said "Former CEO Lee did not say anything about hiring. I made my own recommendation.'
A high-ranking KBO official said "We are also taking this issue seriously.' Even if it is an intern recruitment case that has worked twice every two months, is this also a violation of the regulations if there is a situation of former CEO Lee's involvement. The official said "Even an intern employee was involved in the personnel management of the club. There are legal considerations, but if there is a basis for the former CEO Lee's intervention, of course, this will be a problem."
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Recruitment of interns is a big problem, but what's more serious is what if the former CEO Lee buys behind the storm replacement. Kiwoom hits an iron wall "The decision made by President Wi Jae-min", but there are not many people in the baseball world who believe it straight away. The problem is that there is only psychosis and no physical evidence, so it is a situation where you can't do this or that.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
