By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas
In recent days, the Cuban baseball authorities have taken censorship, limitations, prohibitions and other issues related to the National Series to the limit of the unimaginable, demonstrating, once again, that the popular sports show is NOT from the people nor for the people, as they get tired of proclaiming, but rather the strings are moved at the discretion and convenience of those who run the office.
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Just a couple of days ago, social networks exploded with the incredible news of the sanction imposed on the outstanding player of Industriales, Andrés Hernández, just for sending a video of a few seconds to a medium “not accredited” for the event, which did not even deal with a sports or series-specific theme, rather it was a simple congratulations.
Do the Cuban baseball authorities own the private lives of the athletes? Beyond the fact that most of us do not agree with the absurd sanction or with what is expressed in the regulations of the National Series on the rapprochement of the players with “independent media”, another question is unpunished: Is the freedom of the player also taken away? human being to exchange ideas, criteria, greetings, about YOUR personal life, outside of sport, with whom you please?
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But if all that seemed extreme, the news that has come out in the last few hours is another straw that breaks the cup of extremism, referring to the broadcasts of the baseball games of the National Series. It is known by all that the baseball championship arouses the interest of thousands of fans inside and outside the country and that there is only one sports channel on Cuban television, Tele Rebelde, which broadcasts the same to the national territory, at the rate of one daily.
Some provinces, through their telecenters, have been able to take the incidences of their team’s daily game on local television, which can only be tuned in within the province and in nearby areas. Others, in commendable work, have allocated resources, including private ones, to take the incidents of the contest from the field of play, cell phone or cameras in hand, using their mobile data or disseminating the content of national television itself, through their networks. social.
The foregoing allows hundreds of thousands of Cuban baseball fans to see live the actions of their teams, through the platforms to which they are subscribed and became familiar with it a long time ago, sharing common interests, without anyone forcing them to do so. , being always grateful for the continuous efforts made from the interior of the Island, even knowing the existing limitations.
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As published on the Facebook profile of the CNC TV Granma provincial telecenterthe popular eastern press outlet was prohibited from disclosing the baseball games of the Alazanes, current national champions of Cuban baseball, after defeating the Crocodiles of Matanzas in the Grand Final of the 60 Series.
“Greetings. CNC TV Granma apologizes to its community of followers on social networks, especially FACEBOOK, because it will NOT be able to broadcast the games of the Granma Baseball Team, due to legal issues related to the broadcast rights of the 61st National Baseball Series”, it was stated. wrote on the social network of the telecentre.
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Immediately, the team SwingFull contacted the administrators of the Facebook page to try to clarify the matter, but we did not receive a response, perhaps as part of the already known censorship suffered by the official media on the Island and the limitations on interacting with the “prohibited.”
And then? What explanation are you going to give to the Alazanes followers? Will they do the same with the rest of the call centers that do a wonderful job of coverage? Seeing these things in the 21st century is disgusting.
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For those who are not familiar with this matter, I explain that for a few years, Cuban baseball has sold the broadcasting rights to foreign companies already known by all the regular public of national sports and is the one authorized to broadcast on all platforms. what happens on the playing fields, profiting from a show where the protagonists are the athletes and the people are (or should be) the owner of their incidents.
Obviously, having a diversity of options on social networks affects the pockets of those who want to sell what is NOT theirs and it must be stopped. Clearly, platforms such as Facebook and YouTube ensure that the rights to content are “taken care of” by those who have them or claim to have them, because sometimes things are not that clear.
We hope that the Cuban baseball authorities explain what is happening in this case and make the fans understand that this show, for a long time, has had other owners. By the way, be careful with the fans who broadcast from the stands, lest censorship and extremism also reach them.
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Oh and one last thing: for those who like to defend the indefensible, criticize and give excessive opinions, take a good look at how other leagues proceed with respect to all these issues before comparing them with the National Series and issuing unfounded criteria. Speaking without basis is not a good procedure.
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