Kang Jung-ho retired in disgrace, and why was there no disciplinary action for SSG 2nd division coach Park Jung-tae
Kang Jung-ho retired in disgrace, and why was there no disciplinary action for SSG 2nd division coach Park Jung-tae
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There is a player who is summoned whenever a drunk driving incident occurs in a professional baseball league. Kang Jung-ho, who also played in the Major League, is a prime example of Kang's career ended due to drunk driving. Three times of drunk driving failed to return to the KBO league, and he was forced to retire.
SSG Landers recently appointed former commentator Park Jung-tae as its Futures (second division) coach. Former Lotte Legend, Park Jung-tae served as coach for the second division only at Lotte after retirement, and returned to the team as SSG's second division coach for the first time in 13 years since 2012.스포츠토토
Park Jung-tae, manager of the second division, was misunderstood as having a blood relationship of being an uncle to Choo Shin-soo's SSG owner's assistant, but his past three drunk driving experiences are also controversial.
Park Jung-tae, the second-tier coach, caused a stir in Busan in January 2019 for drunk driving, obstructing the driving of a city bus driver, and assaulting a driver. He was sent to the prosecution on charges of violating the Act on Aggravated Punishment for Specific Crimes (Driver Assault) and the Road Traffic Act (Drunk Driving) and was indicted without detention.
The court sentenced Park Jeong-tae, the second team coach, to one and a half years in prison with three years of probation, and ordered him to serve two years of probation and 160 hours of community service. However, the trial process revealed that Park Jeong-tae, the second team coach, had been punished for drunk driving twice before. DUI was the third case in January 2019.
In January 2019, Park Jung-tae, then coach of the second division, was not disciplined by the KBO because he was not a KBO employee. The same applies to the previous two DUI. Park Jung-tae, the second division coach, said, "Even though we have drunk driving three times, there has never been any disciplinary action taken by the KBO.
In contrast, Kang, who was caught in the third inning of drunk driving and eventually retired, is in stark contrast to Kang. When Kang was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the Major League, he caused drunk driving and road damage in December 2016 in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. He was sentenced to eight months in prison and two years of probation by the court.
During the trial, Kang Jung-ho was found to have received criminal penalties of 1 million won and 3 million won, respectively, for drunk driving twice in 2009 and 2011, when he was a member of the Heroes. KBO did not take any disciplinary action in 2016 because Kang Jung-ho left the KBO and was a member of Pittsburgh.
After Kang Jung-ho attempted to return to the KBO League in April 2020, a reward and punishment committee for drunk driving accidents was held in 2016 to punish Kang for one year of disqualification and 300 hours of volunteer work. Kang Jung-ho withdrew his intention to return in June 2020 in the face of public opposition to his return and KBO disciplinary action.
In March 2022, the Kiwoom Heroes signed Kang Jung-ho, who returned from the Major League, and asked the KBO to terminate his voluntary withdrawal and approve his return.
The KBO decided not to approve the contract between Kiwoom and Kang Jung-ho after more than a month of listening to various opinions. At that time, the KBO blocked Kang from returning to the KBO under Article 44 (4) of the Baseball Covenant, saying, "The president may not approve the player contract with a player who may hinder the development of the league and the protection of the rights and interests of the KBO."
President Hu Jie-yeon, who took office as president of the KBO in March 2022, specially asked the players to ban drunk driving, match fixing, sex crimes, and drug use, which should never be done.
Refusing to approve Kang's contract, KBO explained, "We decided not to approve Kang Jung-ho's contract because we thought it would hinder the development of the league if he was punished for driving under the influence of alcohol three times, the bad nature of running away without taking necessary measures at the scene of the accident even though he caused the third drunk driving accident, the sports organization is based on the spirit of fair play, so ethical and moral values should be put above all else, and the KBO League should fulfill its social calling as it can have a great influence on society as a whole."
Since then, the KBO has tightened sanctions on drunk driving at its board meeting at the end of May 2022. The government has decided to impose sanctions on people who are suspended for 70 games, disqualified for one year for revocation of a license, disqualified for two years for two drunk driving, and permanently disqualified for three or more drunk driving. If this is the case, sanctions will be imposed immediately without going through a separate reward and punishment committee.
Park Jung-tae, the second-tier coach, has three drunk driving experiences, but if he is caught driving under the influence of alcohol while serving as the second-tier coach of SSG, he will be disqualified for up to a year, not permanently.