Trophy vs. Medal, the question was this, and the answer was... that the physical object doesn't matter...

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-In football, players usually lift a trophy. They rarely receive medals. How does it feel to receive a medal?
▶To be honest, I don't think whether it's this kind of medal or that kind of trophy really matters. Since we have the reward of military service exemption, I think we played the matches looking only at that. In truth, these trophies or medals weren't important.
In football, they lift a trophy (championship cup), but how does it feel to receive a medal instead??
That was the question, and this was the answer...
Isn't the backlash a bit too severe?
He could have just answered, "Ah, receiving a medal feels novel and even better."
But he just said that rather than these physical prizes, the military service benefits are better... that's all he said.
Of course, he's being criticized along with Lee Gi-hyeok and Park Seung-soo...
For people like me who have already finished their military service... we aren't particularly sensitive to this...
But people of the same age group are very sensitive. Even my middle school son is very sensitive, haha.