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Wants to add international flavor to LVSF

 

PONCE, Puerto Rico, May 23, 2014 – The Idea of including clubs from Dominican Republic and Cuba to the LVSF could be discussed for the 2016 season.

 

The President of NORCECA Confederation and First Vice President of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Cristobal Marte, wants to integrate one team from Dominican Republic or Cuba in the Puerto Rican Women’s Superior League, it was informed by Nelson Perez, leader of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation (FPV).

 

Marte, who is in Puerto Rico for the women’s and men’s world championship qualifiers at Juan “Pachín” Vicens Auditorium in Ponce, took opportunity to announce the idea during the official press conference of the event. Even though Marte has intended to materialize the idea for several years now, this is the first time the Dominican has publicly revealed is plan of integrating clubs from other countries to the Puerto Rican tournament.

 

In spite Perez see the desire of Marte as a good idea, the leader of the Federation said the request must be analyzed in details before submitting it to the Board of Owners of the LVSF.

 

“Cristobal is requesting to allow the participation of a club from the Dominican Republic and, possibly, one from Cuba. The idea certainly has several positive aspects but must be analyzed with calm. Cristobal said the LVSF is the second best league in the Americas and, certainly, it would be attractive to the fans,” Perez said to Primera Hora.

 

The leader of NORCECA Confederation participated in the 1998 league with his club, Mirador, recalled the Carlos Beltrán, former president of FPV. The lawyer explained that year he invited the club to play one match against each of the teams of the LVSF. The majority of the players of the club were members of the Dominican National Team, reason for Miradores to win all the matches of the series.

 

According to Perez one of the attractive of the idea presented by Marte is that it would internationalize the Puerto Rican tournament, besides giving a new option to the volleyball fans.

 

“It would also be good to promote the league. But we need to analyze the rules to check if it can be allowed and to check that the clubs are not national teams in order to maintain the competiveness level. There are many things to be analyzed, because in Puerto Rico we use the reserve system. It is an innovating idea, but we must analyze it before submitting it to the Board,” Perez said.

 

The President of FPV said that, in case they present the idea to the Board, he would do it for the 2016 season and not for the 2015 tournament.

 

By Jose Ayala Gordian of Primera Hora