Authorities of the Federation Regime baseball player Cuban They reported this week of the suspension and rescheduling of national tournaments due to the social and economic crisis that the country is going through.
The National Baseball Commissioner, Juan Reinaldo Pérez Pardo, announced at a press conference that the holding of the Tournament National Sub 23 would not be held this year due to the lack of conditions in half of the provinces of the country.
According to Pérez Pardo, the tournament depends mainly on the budget provincial, which makes it impossible celebration currently, because half of the territories do not have money for celebration of this sporting event.
“It’s the second time consecutive that the Sub 23 suspends its national championship due to money issues. You cannot do something that contributes to development of the youngest players in the country, but you still have to play in March a Liga Elite not professional whose objectives remain very questionable due to being part of the same country in economic crisis”, commented about it, sports journalist Yasel Porto.
In addition to this suspension, the III was rescheduled Liga Baseball Elite Cuban for March and June 2025, according to the National Baseball Commission (CNB) and the Federation Cuban Baseball and Softball (FCBS).
Among the main factors considered for this calendar change is the lack of stake of Cuba in the Serie of the Caribbean, which eliminates the need to adjust the competitions to the dates of this tournament, usually held in February.
They also explained in a statement that the Liga Elite in these months will allow the Serie National begins in September, to move both events away from the hottest months, which will benefit the players and to the participants.
Likewise, this setting will return the order previously established for the development of baseball Cubanwhich had been altered in the last two years with the expectation that Cuba will regularize your stake in the Serie of the Caribbean, which could not be realized.
Another of the benefits What these changes will bring will be the least impact on the national series due to the hiring of players in foreign leagues, and the fact that the elite leagues will serve as preparation for international multidisciplinary events, generally scheduled between July and August.
The six teams who participated in the 63 Serie National Baseball and who will lead this III Liga Elite will be Las Tunas, Pinar del Río, Granma, Industriales, Santiago de Cuba and Ciego de Ávila.
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