Edilse Silva, the fourth hitter of the Santiago de Cuba team, acknowledged that he was sanctioned by the national leadership of the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) for publishing a criticized image on his social networks expressed on the food received by the athletes.
although INDER has not publicly announced the sanction, which will be three games, days ago, rumors about this started circulating among groups of Cuban baseball fans. Despite the support he received from most users, Silva said posting the image on the networks was “a lack of discipline.”
“I appreciate everything because I know they support me and they want the best for the team, but what I’m asking is that we don’t give it a political approach, it’s not about protests or mass claims, as many have stated, ” wrote the man from Santiago.
“I committed a lack of discipline and I accept it, I recognized it at the time, it doesn’t make me a better or worse person, I used social networks to express my disagreement about something without considering there are other cases I could address “he added on his Facebook profile.
The player said he published the image when he was carried away by “emotional impulses, typical of the tensions experienced today”. “They don’t know how it affects us sometimes to see that we can’t offer a show like the people deserve, in front of a packed stadium. But the pandemic will be over and those times will come again,” he added.
We all make mistakes from time to time, and as a public figure I am responsible for my action and I acknowledge my mistakeSilva wrote, asking for support from fans during the three games being suspended.
“Look at the food they gave us today, a team at Play Off,” Silva wrote next to a photo on January 30, showing a box of yellow rice, yucca and chicken. Shortly afterwards, he deleted the message.
The Santiago player Osday Silva Hernández then replied: “We’ve gotten used to the economic situation in our country, but what I can’t figure out is how it’s possible for a team battling for our national pastime, baseball, to come through. . things like this that the wasps of Santiago are going through today ”.
Then he added: “Who’s to blame, I don’t know or I don’t care, but this is what happened to our team today, it’s a major disrespect and someone needs to do something to get on this action to respond. ”