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SSG CEO Min Kyung-sam, why didn’t you give the ‘newcomers half down payment’ when you were general manager of SK? [춘추 탐사] http://spochoo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=104813
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On March 29, Sports Chunchu reported an unbelievable story that SSG Landers President Min Kyung-sam only gave half of the new player’s down payment when he was general manager of SK Wyverns, half of which was ‘reluctantly given’ to after 8 years.
The handling was a ‘fact’ recognized by all parties to the extent that it is not enough to attach the word ‘doubt’. SK didn’t pay half of the down payment, but when the press (Sports Chunchu representative reporter) started covering it, he admitted that he paid the remaining half of the down payment after 8 years. This is clearly against KBO rules.
It is known that the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is investigating the case. If so, is this really the only case that deserves to be heard that the down payment has been ‘taken away’? There are even more surprising events. It is also about the SK days. Those who practiced what you would see in a movie, ‘If you go to the first team, I will give you half the remaining down payment’, appear to be the main cast in this case too.
This case is the story of not receiving even one penny from the signing contract. The victim is Kim Jin-seong, a pitcher for the LG Twins in professional baseball.
Agreement that went on its own without parents… “I can’t give you a down payment because you’re sick.”
The coach of the team “Among my colleagues during my active career, there is a player who joined SK and did not receive a down payment.”he suggested. That’s Jinsung Kim.
“At the time, when I heard (Kim) Jin-seong’s story, all my colleagues were sad. I can’t understand why we can’t get the down payment that everyone else gets. Jin-seong is probably the only case where a player officially nominated in the rookie draft didn’t get a hold down.” This is the story of a special club coach.
As coach Lee reported, Kim Jin-seong did not receive a down payment from SK at the time of joining.
A baseball player who knows the situation in detail at the time “(Kim) Jin-seong went to the club office alone to sign a contract because his parents were not there. At the time, the contract was handled by SK scout team leader Jin Sang-bong (current SSG scout) and Min Kyung-sam, head of SK operations headquarters (current SSG CEO). “He said.
this baseball player “The scout team leader gave the contract and said, ‘I can’t give you a down payment. He said he would sign a contract without a down payment because he had an arm injury. The young Jin-seong, who went alone without his parents, said he signed without thinking, ‘It’s probably like this in the first place’. What I heard from myself”He said.
Kim Jin-seong did not join the pro immediately the year he was nominated by SK. At the direction of the school director at the time, he was suspended for a year, and signed a contract after graduating from school the following year. This was possible because the club still had the system to hold contract negotiation rights for a player after he had been nominated for two years.
Accordingly, Kim Jin-seong signed a contract a year later than his peers. This contract was quietly executed without any notice to the outside world, and neither the fact of the contract nor the separate down payment was announced.
Kim Jin-seong also admitted that he joined without a down payment. Kim Jin-seong, who responded to Sports Chunchu’s comment “At the time, the scout team leader said, ‘You can’t pay the down payment because you’re sick,’ so I thought it was natural. After talking to my colleagues, I knew something was wrong. Later, after I transferred to another team, the coach heard my story and was very angry and said, ‘I’ll take your place’.”He said.
KBO officials must “pay down payment to officially nominated players”
At the time, he was in his early 20s and ignorant of the world, so he said he didn’t think to ask for help from the Professional Baseball Players Association or others.
“Usually when I sign a contract, I take my parents with me, but I had to go alone and sign the contract due to family circumstances. I didn’t know anything and the adults told me to do it, so I did, but now that I think about it, I regret it.” This is Kim Jin-singing.
That year, Kim Jin-seong and other club players nominated for the same round joined contract payments of more than 50 million won. From the SK club’s point of view, it is an easy saving of at least 50 million won.
A coach who played on the same team as Kim Jin-seong said, “I remember hearing (Kim) Jin-seong and getting angry, saying, ‘Nowadays, even the 10th round nominees are joining for 20 million won each, does it make sense that I didn’t get a penny?’” he said.
At that time, 50 million won was a huge amount for Kim Jin-seong. “During high school, my family’s financial situation was difficult, so it was difficult to pay my baseball club membership fees on time. I also have memories of being kicked out for not paying the tolls after attending the training camp at school.” Kim Jin-seong confessed his painful memories.
The shocking story follows. Kim Jin-seong said, “At that time, the school coach said, ‘It’s hard to be nominated as a professional with your skills, but my friend nominated me because he was an SK scout.'” The director took his own life a few years ago after being linked to corruption in the high school entrance exam. The person Lee claimed to be his ‘best friend’ is still working as an SSG scout.
Kim Jin-seong said, “The director wanted me to go to college with my friends. But I had to go pro. My family’s financial situation was so difficult that I wanted to be a professional if I could receive even 20 to 30 million won. But when I went, they said they couldn’t pay the down payment… “I couldn’t say anything.
Another club official who came across this fact late responded, “In a word, it’s absurd.” This official said, “There is no case where a new player is nominated and signed without a down payment. Rookie signing money is given to a player in exchange for the right to a ban for a certain period of time from the club. It is not possible to sign a player who is not a training player and has been officially nominated without a down payment.”
KBO officers too “The club is exercising the right to stop new players because the contract has been paid for.”He said “We have to pay a down payment to officially designated players.”he emphasized.
This official said, “The unified KBO player contract (baseball player contract) states that ‘the down payment is divided into two parts, one is paid within 30 days after the contract, and the other is paid from within 30 days after the KBO league ends. ‘. When you sign a rookie contract, you can see that the joining fee is mandatory.” In other words, the current SSG leadership ignored the KBO regulations to save 50 million won.
“The actions of the current leadership of the SSG fall under the ‘Offence of Unfair Gain’ of the Criminal Law… Taking unfair advantage of a dire situation”
Personnel in the legal profession pointed out that the behavior of the current SSG leaders who demanded a contract without a down payment from a new player amounted to a violation of the actual law as well as the rules of baseball.he did
“SSG’s action can fall under the crime of unfair profit under the criminal law,” said the lawyer, The crime of doing so is defined as a crime of unjust enrichment. It can be punished by imprisonment for up to three years or a fine of up to 10 million.”
Lawyer Lee said, “There is plenty of room for the club to reach an unfair deal by exploiting Kim Jin-sung’s dire situation and ignorance at the time.” It is explained that the ‘destitute state’ mentioned here includes not only economic hardship, but also physical poverty for life and body, and poverty of mind for honour.
“According to Article 104 of the Civil Act, ‘unfair legal acts’, ‘legal acts which are extremely unfair due to the hardship, carelessness or inexperience of the parties involved are to be invalid,'” said the lawyer and he used the SK contract. legally invalid,” he noted. However, in the case of unjustified gains, the statute of limitations is five years, so it seems difficult to result in a real legal penalty.
Those who cheated rookie players and robbed them of the down payment still remain in SSG Landers and hold key positions. At the time, Min Kyung-sam, the head of the operation headquarters, was in charge of SSG’s highest position as CEO, and Jin Sang-bong, the leader of the scouting team, was still in charge of scouting.works with
After SSG owner Jeong Yong-jin (vice chairman of Shinsegae Group) took over SK, he managed to create a new wind in professional baseball through aggressive investment and marketing. Those who did bad things in SK’s days continue and dominate the club.
