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Dreaming of becoming a professional bowling player, I have been preparing for a long time, but I have reported that I have not been able to make a selection.

This is because the professional bowling association insists on age restrictions, but celebrities are making exceptions to those rules, and the backlash is growing.



Reporter Ha Jeong-yeon reports.



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Mr. A, who has been preparing for the professional bowling player qualification exam for many years.



But ahead of the selection, I had to be frustrated.



This was due to the age limit of 45 for men and 40 for women.



[Mr. A: I wanted to do it, but not even giving me a chance to do it at all.... It's right that anyone should do it while open...

.] What's



even more unfair is that celebrities are not subject to age restrictions.



He complained that the desire to play bowling disappeared due to the obvious discrimination.



[Mr. A: A celebrity is the same person.

It was the same as a hobby as a hobbyist, and it was the same condition.

I gave up now.

Everyone talks with their blood, this makes no sense.] The



Human Rights Commission has also twice recommended that the relevant regulations be abolished, saying that age restrictions are discrimination.




Problems such as physical strength are things that will be judged by performance through the selection process, and that chances should not be deprived based on biological age.



However, the association holds that it is not willing to accept it.



The main reason is the decline in physical strength according to age, and there are many cases where elderly people do not perform well in competitions and give up halfway.




[Korea Bowling Association employee: It's a matter of physical fitness.

It hasn't been scientifically proven, but because there are parts where a woman loses stamina quickly...

.]



Also, it is argued that the older people, the more often they use the professional qualification only for economic activities, such as private lessons or operating a bowling alley.



However, it said that it was considering the establishment of a senior professional in response to the demands of the elderly.



(Video editing: Hongmyeong Lee, VJ: Jonggap Kim, CG: Gyuyeon Kim)