"I'm not that old to retire like this..." Why did Pyo Seung-joo have to become an FA contractor

"I'm not that old to retire like this..." Why did Pyo Seung-joo have to become an FA contractor

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He is not the kind of player who will retire like this. Born in 1992, he is in his mid-30s, but he is still strong in physical strength and skills. No, he is one of the best players. He can handle bad things such as receiving and defense according to his tactics, and can score more than 500 points per season if he takes an aggressive role. Nevertheless, his 15-year career as a professional player ends with his retirement due to an FA contract not signed. What a waste. In other words, he announced his retirement after failing to play for at least one season in the 2025 KOVO women's FA market.

The biggest news in the 2025 KOVO women's FA market is not that Lee Da-hyun, who was considered the "biggest fish" in the world, moved from Hyundai Engineering & Construction to Heungkuk Life Insurance. Veteran outside heater Pyo Seung-joo is the only one who remains as an out-of-contract out of 14 eligible FA players. It is truly a shock.
According to KOVO regulations, if you become a non-FA contractor, you will not be able to play for at least the next season. In this situation, Pyo Seung-joo said on his Instagram on the 24th, "I leave a post after thinking about how to bring this up several times," and added, "I'm trying to end my 15-year professional career." "There was no offer from other clubs, and we could not reach an agreement with the original clubs. I made this decision after deep consideration," he said, announcing his retirement.
Pyo Seung-joo continued, "There were many difficult moments in my career, but I think I was able to overcome it well thanks to my loving family, husband, favorite sisters, friends, and younger brothers," and expressed gratitude, "I sincerely thank everyone for their support."

"I was more desperate than anyone else, and I fought hot without regret," said Pyo Seung-joo, who advanced to the first championship game in the 2024-2025 season when he played in Jeonggwanjang. "I think that was the happiest time as a player."

It is not that there were offers from other clubs at all. It is true that Pyo Seung-joo held the sword in the beginning of the negotiations. However, as the negotiation period got longer, the atmosphere was strangely changed. Sign-and-trade was mentioned as a more realistic option rather than recruiting free agents who incur compensation and compensation players.
Chung's negotiating team was Heungkuk Life Insurance Co., which needed an outside heater due to Kim's retirement. However, the two teams had conflicts between the front desk during the championship match. Heungkuk Life Insurance, which moved to Daejeon after grabbing both the first and second rounds at home, tried to install Tongcheon for the ceremony at Chungmu Gymnasium in Daejeon, the home of the Jeonggwanjang, but the front desk of the Jeonggwanjang expressed discontent over the plan. Due to such circumstances at the front desk of the two teams, negotiation tables were not easily set up. Moreover, the player who demanded the win instead of sending the winner was a key player of Heungkuk Life.

When another team, which had to send internal FA resources through sign-and-trade, brought up the trade to Heungkuk Life Insurance, a ridiculous situation was created, asking "to propose a triangular trade to the director." As this situation accumulated, Pyo Seung-joo eventually failed to sign an FA contract and became an unregistered contractor.

Pyo joined the Korea Expressway Corporation as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010-2011 rookie draft and transferred to GS Caltex as compensation player when the Korea Expressway Corporation hired Jeong Dae-young as an FA ahead of the 2014-2015 season. After moving to GS Caltex, Pyo turned into an outside hitter in earnest, and was reborn as a player who is both an offense and defense manager. In 2016, he remained at GS Caltex, earned his second FA qualification in 2019, moved to IBK Industrial Bank, and remained at IBK Industrial Bank after obtaining his third FA qualification in 2022. Although he had skills and self-management skills that rarely get injured, Pyo Seung-joo, who was not treated so well in the FA market, moved to Jeonggwanjang as Lee So-young's compensation player with one season left before his fourth FA. 토토사이트

Pyo sealed his offensive instincts to the maximum extent possible and did his part in defense and reception at the Jeonggwanjang, which possesses the "two guns" of Mega and Bukirich. As a result, Pyo suffered a huge loss in records ahead of the FA, but he sacrificed himself only for his team's victory. Such sacrifices resulted from his retirement due to non-FA contracts.

Critics point out that the FA system as a whole will have to be repaired due to Pyo's retirement. "I wish I had a better environment, I could have played more volleyball... I have a lot of regrets," Kim said on her SNS. "I hope there will be more and more system for the players."