The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) placed the reconsideration of Paejae High School's baseball team's six-month competition suspension on the agenda for the Sports Fairness Committee meeting set for the 20th.
The Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) said on the 14th that after deciding this at a subcommittee of the fairness committee, "the fairness committee serves as the final arbiter on disciplinary action by affiliated bodies and will issue a conclusion on the day of deliberation."
The result of the reconsideration takes effect immediately after the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) vote. Accordingly, the FTC decision is expected to determine whether Paejae High School can compete in the 54th Bonghwang Flag National High School Baseball Tournament, which opens on Aug. 6.
The Bonghwang Flag is effectively the last national tournament Paejae High School can enter this year. If the Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) significantly reduces the penalty to one month or less of suspension, Paejae High School can take part in the Bonghwang Flag.
The controversy erupted when some Paejae High School baseball players on June 29 shouted slogans such as "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go to Starbucks" and "Tank Day" toward the opposing dugout during the Gwangju Jeil High School game at Mokdong Baseball Stadium in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, in the 81st Blue Dragon Flag National High School Baseball Championship.
On the 1st, the Sports Fairness Committee of the Korea Baseball Softball Association voted to hand Paejae High School's baseball team a six-month competition suspension and to forfeit the team's remaining games in the Blue Dragon Flag tournament.
After the situation moved toward resolution, including a request for leniency from Gwangju Il High School, Paejae High School on the 8th applied to the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee (KSOC) fairness committee for reconsideration of the six-month suspension. Separately from the reconsideration request, it also filed with the court for an injunction to suspend the effect of the six-month suspension.