"I'm sad and sad, but I decided to think like this. If I were a more attractive player, it wouldn't have happened. Now I'm sad and sad, but I decided to think like this. If I were a more attractive player, it wouldn't have happened. Now it's all past and there's no turning back. To be honest, I don't feel like I've quit my career yet. But I still have to accept it. It's my decision. So I don't want to blame anyone anymore. I'm retired, but I don't feel like I'm not going to watch the volleyball community again. I want to finish it off well."
Sign-and-trade, breakdown, retirement from active duty after a long thought to get the highest score that he can do better for volleyball, which he can be satisfied with as a player once more. Pyo Seung-joo, who was born in 1992 and left the professional volleyball court at the age of his early 30s, where he played for 15 years, is still in full swing. What made him even more difficult was the words that he had never mentioned, which were unclear in origin, rather than the fact that he had left the volleyball court.
Pyo Seung-joo said, "The most upsetting thing about my retirement was that there were things I had never said about the reason I was retiring, such as 'birth' and 'pregnancy.' I told my husband, 'I quit anyway, and I can't go back. There's nothing I can do. I'm accepting it because it's my choice, but I'm so upset that there's something in the article that I didn't say over and over again." Even after that, all those words came to me as a wound." He continued, "I once said, 'I want to play near my family,' but it was a ostensible justification. I never talked about getting pregnant. Obviously, I wanted to play more volleyball. I can tell you that what I wanted most was to play in a different environment."
Still, Pyo's teammates and juniors often fought fiercely to defeat each other with the net in between. "When I told him about my situation before the negotiation deadline, he said, 'No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no." "I have to do more. I will regret it." He recalled the past. "But I was so determined that I couldn't tell him to do more."
Kim Yeon-koung, the "Volleyball Empress" who was the roommate of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was also a big help. When news of Pyo's failure to sign a free agency contract and her retirement spread, she left a message on Instagram, saying, "I could have played more volleyball if it had been a better environment... It leaves a lot of regrets. I hope there will be more system for the players." Before the news broke, Pyo contacted Kim to inform her of her situation. She said, "(Yeon-koung) said, 'Never. Just do more,' and when she answered, 'I don't think I can do it anymore,' she said, 'Are you sure you're going to be okay?' She posted a message on Instagram, and I was heartbroken to see it. It's not easy. It's just that the players do it for me. I was so grateful for that."
Pyo Seung-joo can no longer play in the V League, or at least a year. Of course, you can join an unemployed team and knock on the V-League stage again while maintaining your sense of practice for a year and taking care of your body, but you still have to receive 200% of your previous season's salary + one compensation player, or 300% of your previous season's salary, which is the current compensation rule. Even now that you are in the market after playing professional baseball, you have failed to overcome the hurdle, and it is obvious that it will be more difficult to get a choice again after a year away from the V-League. "If I look back a year and don't let go of the volleyball player's leash again and have this situation again in a year... I think it will be really harder than now. I'm afraid of that, so I try not to think about that path," Pyo Seung-joo explained.
The story naturally flowed to the FA system and the relaxation of compensation rules. "The FA system has changed a lot in the direction of players since I was a professional for 15 years, but I don't think it's enough yet," Pyo Seung-joo said. "After experiencing this, I hope that the FA system and compensation regulations, which are a little heavy, will be changed this time. So that the situation like me won't come out anymore." 먹튀검증
As Pyo Seung-joo said, the FA system of professional volleyball needs to be supplemented. Players' ransom has significantly increased compared to the past, but the annual salary, which is the standard for A, B and C grades, remains the same. For women's teams, all of them are entitled to A grade if they pay more than 100 million won. Moreover, the fact that the compensation rules of the first FA in their mid-20s and the third FA in their mid-30s are the same is a major obstacle for veteran players to move to the FA. Pyo Seung-joo was also the fourth FA.
In the case of the Korean Basketball League (KBL), there is a compensation system based on the total remuneration hierarchy. There are exceptions to which compensation does not apply (such as when a former club gives up renewing contract with the relevant FA player, when a player aged 35 or older, or when a player with no contract transfers, etc.). Professional baseball players themselves can choose whether to exercise their FA status. If the performance of the previous season was poor or the market conditions were deemed difficult, the players themselves can also choose to re-enter the FA. However, professional volleyball is automatically entitled to FA status. Regardless of the player's intention, there is also a risk of becoming an FA lost child.
There were many twists and turns, and I cried a lot during those two weeks, but anyway, the last choice to retire was my doctor. Now Pyo Seung-joo is officially "out of work." There are no specific plans for the future yet. "Right now, I'm trying to live my life on a whim rather than doing something," Pyo said.