Former baseball player Choo Shin-soo mentioned the Major League pension.
On the 7th, SBS’s ‘Take Off Your Shoes and Dolsing Po Man’ (hereinafter ‘Dolsing Po Man’) featured guests Choo Shin-soo, Kim Dong-hyun, and Baek Ho.
On this day, Choo Shin-soo drew attention by saying about the Major League pension, “After turning 60, it will be about 280 million to 300 million won a year until I die.” He added, “The amount is small if I receive it now, so I plan to receive it after I turn 60.”
When Kim Jun-ho asked, “Do you receive the pension based on your performance?” Choo Shin-soo replied, “If you play in the Major League for more than 10 years, you receive the maximum pension.”
Kim Dong-hyun praised Choo Shin-soo to the ‘Dolsing Po Man’ members who envied his Major League pension, saying, “Everyone is envious, but he worked incredibly hard to get to this point.”
Meanwhile, Lee Sang-min mentioned the unlimited black card, the limited number of Korean black cards, and the airport lounge free pass card that Choo Shin-soo’s wife, Ha Won-mi, revealed on YouTube. Choo Shin-soo expressed, “I don’t know why my wife does that. She reveals everything for YouTube, and it drives me crazy.”
When Lee Sang-min said, “I heard there’s a card that requires more than 20 billion won in cash to be issued,” Choo Shin-soo confirmed, “That’s right. The black card is selected by the card company. If my name doesn’t show up on my phone, I don’t answer the call. The card company called me twice, and I didn’t answer, but when I answered the third time, they said, ‘We would like to welcome you as a black card member.’”
He continued, “The initial membership fee was very expensive. At that time, it was 10,000 dollars (about 13 million won). My wife also wanted to join, and it was 20,000 dollars.” This surprised everyone.
[Lee Se-bin, Star Today Guest Reporter]
