The twins loved profitable volleyball careers, representing South Korea in worldwide competitions, till they have been anonymously accused of bullying earlier teammates at their faculty.
After the allegations surfaced in February, they publicly apologized on their Instagram accounts, which have since been deleted. Each additionally stated that they wished to fulfill with their former schoolmates to apologize for their actions.
Jae-yeong and Da-yeong have been launched by club aspect Incheon Heungkuk Life Insurance coverage Pink Spiders in June when followers protested towards the Pink Spiders’ try to register the sisters on the roster.
Followers despatched vehicles with mounted LED screens displaying statements that learn “Comeback of the faculty bullies that everybody besides Heungkuk Life Insurance coverage is towards” to a number of places, together with the Heungkuk Life Insurance coverage firm headquarters in Seoul.
In February, the Pink Spiders had confirmed it will droop the pair for an indefinite quantity of time, whereas the Korea Volleyball Affiliation (KVA) dropped them from the nationwide group forward of the Tokyo Olympics.
With free-agent standing, the sisters selected to proceed their volleyball careers in Greece.
The gamers wanted Worldwide Switch Certificates (ITCs) issued by the KVA to switch to a world club, however the affiliation sternly refused, citing its personal regulation which limits worldwide transfers of those that have severely broken the volleyball group or prompted public controversy with “disgraceful acts.”
“We instructed Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) and the Greek group that we can’t agree with the [twins’] worldwide switch in response to our regulation that gamers who prompted public controversy can’t switch internationally,” the KVA instructed CNN.
The KVA stated it had obtained two messages from the FIVB asking for a checking account quantity to obtain the solidarity charge from the twin sisters’ switch.
When South Korean volleyball gamers switch to a world club, the affiliation receives 5% to 10% of the wage from the buying club.
“We did not present our checking account data as a result of we won’t obtain the charge,” the affiliation stated. “This isn’t a matter of cash.”
As the KVA maintained its stance till the given deadline, the FIVB confirmed to CNN that it has formally issued ITCs for the twins “as per the procedures beneath the FIVB Sports activities Rules that permit ITCs to be authorized with out the consent of the Nationwide Federation.”
The KVA additionally confirmed Jae-yeong and Da-yeong’s switch to PAOK Thessaloniki. PAOK didn’t reply to CNN’s request for remark.