American professional basketball player David Simon faces a new rule designed to make South Korea’s competition less reliant on tall recruits.
David Simon, who plays for Anyang KGC, and stands at 6ft 7in, got the news that he can no longer play in the Korean Basketball League on account of being too tall.
The Korean league is pushing to make the game less reliant on tall players and encourage the recruitment of small, skillful players in a bid to arrest the league’s recent decline in popularity.
The Korea Times reports that the KBL commissioner, Kim Young-il, said games which have become dull in recent years is expected to make the competition more exciting with the new rules.
This is just damn ridiculous, what next? Stop people from dunking? This will actually put their players at a disadvantage when facing very tall opponents.
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