In response, Chuang Ching-pao from the MOE's Department of Physical Education noted that professional athletes need to focus their energies and concentrate their wills. They shouldn't think they can go to school at the same time. Consequently, extra credit is currently usually only awarded to amateurs. If professionals wanted to participate in this competition, they would have to "temporarily" suspend their professional status.
面對家長批評，教育部體育司專員莊清寶則回應，職業運動需要全力以赴、專心致志，不應存有兩者得兼的心態，因此現行各項升學的加分獎勵通常僅針對業餘選手，若職業棋士想參加比賽，就必須提出「暫時」放棄職業身份的聲明。