[News] Jaedong's dad says retirement is an option - Page 6

On August 24 2009 21:35 sehole wrote:
Hi I've been reading this site for about a year now and I finally decided to register.
I've just been on fomos and I'll try too summarize the situation.

1. In Korea you have to be 20 years old to sign a contract without your parents consent. Jaedong is still only 19. It's why his parents are negotiating his contract.
2. The rumor on fomos is that his parents wanted 200 million won guaranteed and his schedule cut back. Oz consented on the latter point but was only willing to guarantee 140 million won with incentives up to 60 million won.

On free agency
1. Its not like American sports where the player gets to choose whatever team he wants to go to.
Players are posted on a certain date and can only negociate with the team that posts the highest OVERALL offer. Teams are allowed to offer up to 3 years.
ex) Player X has opted to become a free agent. Team A offers 50 mil for 1 year, Team B offers 40 mil for 2 years, Team C offers 30 mil for 3 years. Because Team C has offered a total package of 90 million won, Player X may only negociate with Team C and his original team.
It's rumored that after learning of this rule many players decided not to opt for free agency.
2. If a team loses a player it must be compensated in one of two ways. 200% of the player's 1st year salary or 100% of the player's salary and a player on the buying team. The buying team may protect up to 6 players.
ex) Jaedong's yearly salary is expected to be around 200 million won. Any team interested in buying Jaedong would also have to pay OZ twice that.

Final opinions
I doubt that Jaedong is going to be hurt by free agency. With SK T1's gaping hole in their zerg lineup I think that Jaedong's parents are betting that T1 comes up with a huge offer and wanted to see what his market value was before signing with anybody.

On August 24 2009 21:35 sehole wrote:
Hi I've been reading this site for about a year now and I finally decided to register.
I've just been on fomos and I'll try too summarize the situation.

1. In Korea you have to be 20 years old to sign a contract without your parents consent. Jaedong is still only 19. It's why his parents are negotiating his contract.
2. The rumor on fomos is that his parents wanted 200 million won guaranteed and his schedule cut back. Oz consented on the latter point but was only willing to guarantee 140 million won with incentives up to 60 million won.

On free agency
1. Its not like American sports where the player gets to choose whatever team he wants to go to.
Players are posted on a certain date and can only negociate with the team that posts the highest OVERALL offer. Teams are allowed to offer up to 3 years.
ex) Player X has opted to become a free agent. Team A offers 50 mil for 1 year, Team B offers 40 mil for 2 years, Team C offers 30 mil for 3 years. Because Team C has offered a total package of 90 million won, Player X may only negociate with Team C and his original team.
It's rumored that after learning of this rule many players decided not to opt for free agency.
2. If a team loses a player it must be compensated in one of two ways. 200% of the player's 1st year salary or 100% of the player's salary and a player on the buying team. The buying team may protect up to 6 players.
ex) Jaedong's yearly salary is expected to be around 200 million won. Any team interested in buying Jaedong would also have to pay OZ twice that.

Final opinions
I doubt that Jaedong is going to be hurt by free agency. With SK T1's gaping hole in their zerg lineup I think that Jaedong's parents are betting that T1 comes up with a huge offer and wanted to see what his market value was before signing with anybody.

On August 24 2009 20:24 DragoonPK wrote:
Personally, I think its quite selfish for all the fans and people to start bashing Jaedong if he decides to retire. I mean being a progamer specially on Oz, the amount of workload and pressure you have to go through is crazy! JD sure can handle it today, but look it it more into the future, a couple of years and the effect of this spartan training will show and it wont be good. Thus, I think that if Jaedong decides to retire then that would be the best for his body/mind , I know he still wants to play but his future is really not going to be that healthy if he stays the same way. His parents probably dont agree with him on being a progamer as you saw from his fathers response specially, they are more old school. So JD, even if you retire, I still think you are the best ever and it will be a good choice to go through as many progamers dont get much education if because of the insane time allocation.