The volleyball community was shocked when it was revealed that Kwak Myung-woo, a male professional volleyball setter, was recently convicted by the court.
According to the stories of volleyball officials, including OK Financial Group clubs, on the 12th, Kwak was recently sentenced to six months in prison, one year of suspension, and one year of probation on charges of violating the Communications Secret Protection Act and injury. OK Financial Group is also known to have only recently acknowledged it.
On April 19, OK Financial Group traded with middle blocker Cha Young-seok for a first round pick for the 2024-25 season after giving up Kwak Myung-woo to Hyundai Capital. Both teams posted posts on SNS and distributed press releases to media to officially announce the trade. However, because of this incident, OK Financial Group requested the Korea Volleyball Federation (KOVO) and Hyundai Capital to withdraw the trade disclosure, and KOVO did not disclose the trade.
In fact, after the news of the trade broke, fans wondered. This is because the news of the announcement on the KOVO website has not been delivered even after time has passed. Usually, the transfer announcement was posted on the KOVO website one to two days later, so fans’ curiosity grew even more.
But it turned out that no one knew such a shocking background would be hidden. Fans were even more shocked by Kwak Myung-woo, who provided better fan service and warm hearts to fans than anyone else. In the 2023-24 season, he was the first player to be loved by fans as he made an All-Star appearance since his debut.
Kwak Myung-woo was the first player in the second round of the 2013 rookie draft and wore OK’s uniform. He contributed to winning the championship game twice in the 2014-15 and 2015-16. He also played as a main setter in the 2023-24 season, adding to his team’s advance to the championship game for the first time in eight years.
After the end of the last season, OK Financial Group sought to strengthen its central position, and Hyundai Capital made a trade to fill the vacancy of Kim Myung-kwan, who was away to resolve military issues. Having brought in a high-quality middle blocker named Cha Young-seok, OK Financial Group boldly gave up renewing its contract with Vallarsaihan Vallarsaihan, a Mongolian middle blocker, in the Asian quarter.
After selecting China’s outside heater Zhang Binglong in the Asian quarter draft, Ogiino Masah, manager of OK Financial Group, said, “Bayarsaihan worked hard last season and showed good performance, but I don’t think his vacancy will be large because Cha Young-seok came.”
However, as there was no trade, OK Financial Group’s power initiative was also disrupted.
Kwak Myung-woo is unlikely to be able to avoid KOVO’s disciplinary action.
According to Article 10, Paragraph 1 of Chapter 3 of the KOVO Reward and Punishment Regulations, “members who have committed serious social criminal acts such as sexual crimes (including sexual harassment), violence, drunk driving, illegal drugs, gambling, match-fixing, racism, school violence in the past, and human rights violations are subject to disciplinary action.”
BY: 메이저 토토사이트