THE VENEZUELAN BASEBALL IN CRISIS TIMES

In Venezuela, winter baseball is so rooted in the Venezuelan gentilicio that despite all the problems that the country is going through, immersed in a wave of protests against the government since March, and 4 months after the beginning of the Season many lovers of the favorite pastime of Venezuelans hung on a thread.

The main cause is the acquisition of preferential currency (dollars) to cover the championship, remember that the country has tight control of change for more than a decade and in unofficial information would be thinking of suspending the championship in case of non-approval The same or in his defect would be realized with less amount of games.

It would be a mortal blow for fans in the midst of this economic, political and social crisis that overwhelms them do not imagine spending a Christmas without talking about baseball, because in Venezuela in the month of December apart from making and tasting the hallacas (typical dish in These dates) do not talk about anything other than baseball and without thinking about the amount of indirect jobs that this industry generates (transportation, hotel, food) with which many people would be out of work during these 4 months of the tournament.
Another point to highlight are the plans of each organization to attract the family to the parks, since for a family group of 4 people go to make them uphill, remember that inflation in the country increases unrestrained and every bolivar People think before spending it, hence the ingenuity to take the family either in promotions of tickets and meals to say something.

In this way, we can not overlook the suspension of the 2018 Caribbean Series, which was to be held in Barquisimeto, Lara State, as it could not guarantee the safety of the other participating nations in such a prestigious Event, by the political and social situation through which the country passes. With this suspension of the event in the end adjudicated to Mexico alarms were ignored in relation to the championship since for no one is a secret the economic dividends left by the tournament for their owners who are not willing to lose money by not having the currencies Foreign.
Recall that these financial problems are lived in other sports disciplines that still do not receive the foreign currency to cover the expenses generated by a professional championship (in the case of basketball since 2015 do not receive foreign currency from the government). Baseball always had a preferential treatment in fact in the past tournament the money was delivered before the start of the season to each of the teams and the Professional League.

But this year things changed and at this point neither the owners themselves do not know what will happen. In two weeks they have a convention where they will touch this aspect and the position to take before this problem.

It will dawn and we will see.
We follow in this way, greetings