The V League free agent FA market has started.
Among the FA players who recently announced by the Korea Volleyball Federation KOVO, Kang So-hwi GS Caltex and Lee So-young Director Jeong are drawing attention. The 18 FA players in the women's team can negotiate until 6 p.m. on Saturday.
In the V-League, the FA grade system is applied to those who earn more than 100 million won about 9.4 million U.S. dollars per year, and those who earn less than 100 million won about 9.6 dollars per year are classified as A-grade, and those who earn less than 50 million won about 9.6 dollars per year are classified as B-grade, B-grade, B-grade, and C-grade, respectively. In addition, if an A-grade FA is to be taken, it is necessary to compensate one player other than 200 percent of the annual salary for the entire season and six protected players, or pay 300 percent of the annual salary for the entire season to the original team. For B- and C-grade FA, it is only necessary to pay compensation 300 percent annual salary for B-grade and 150 percent for C-grade.
Kang So-hwi ranked 5th with 550 million won per year and Lee So-young ranked 3rd with 650 million won per year collaborated with GS Caltex in the 2020-2021 season to make a treble winning regular league, championship match, cup tournament, but they broke up when Lee So-young, who became a free agent in 2021, moved to KGC Ginseng Corporation currently Jeonggwanjang. Lee is the third to become a free agent after 2018 and 2021, and Kang is the second to become a free agent since 2021. 토토
During the 2023-2024 season, Kang slowed down a bit at the end of the regular season but ranked 10th overall second in Korea with 39.30 percent of the attack success rate. Her records also include eighth place in receptions, ninth place in digs, and seventh place in defense. Despite playing from the second half of the season due to her injury, Lee played a role as a breadwinner and led Jeong Kwan-jang to become a "spring volleyball" for the first time in seven years. However, she failed to play in the post season due to her ankle injury sustained at the end of the regular season.
The destination of the two players, whose skills have been proven, is the biggest issue in the V-League. The original team naturally wants to be accompanied, but no news of renewal of their contract has been reported yet. Some believe that the decision by Kim Yeon-koung Heungkuk Life Insurance, who has been agonizing over whether to extend her active career after finishing runner-up in the championship match for two consecutive seasons, may be influenced. Kim Yeon-koung, Kang So-hwi, and Lee So-young are all in the same position outside heater.
Meanwhile, in the men's division, which can be negotiated until the 18th, a number of setters such as Kim Myung-kwan Hyundai Capital, Kim Kwang-guk Korea Electric Power Corporation, and Noh Jae-wook Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, as well as Han, who led Korean Air's first four consecutive V-League titles, were qualified as FA.
