THE LIES THAT LVPI TRY TO SELL

Here are the lies that Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Incorporated (LVPI) try to sell to serve its own interests.

1. Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) does not allow Amihan and Bagwis players to play for LVPI. The truth is, PVF offered to loan the entire Amihan and Bagwis, including their coaches, to LVPI. LVPI refuses to accept the offer.

2. LVPI is recognized by POC, PSC, AVC and FIVB. The truth is, not a single one of those sports bodies recognizes LVPI as the true and official national federation for volleyball in the Philippines. To this day, there is not an official document from POC, PSC, AVC and FIVB that says that LVPI is the duly recognized sports association for volleyball in the Philippines.

3. Players who choose to play for LVPI are heroes. The true heroes are the players of Amihan and Bagwis who remain firm in their decision not to play for LVPI. The highly-principled stand of Amihan and Bagwis makes these players heroes who want to effect change in the way sports is run in the country.

4. Amihan and Bagwis are only in it for the money. The truth is, these players never demanded that they be compensated before playing for the country. It just so happens that PLDT Home Ultera sees the need to support these players and to champion the commitment of the company  to help volleyball in the country.

5. LVPI will take volleyball back to its glory days. The fact is, the officials of LVPI are the ones who contributed greatly to the decline of Philippine sports. These officials, who are POC officials as well, could only lead the country to a 7th place finish in the last staging of Southeast Asian Games. Why expect then, these officials to lead volleyball to a new and bright future ? People need to look at what these officials did in the past to know what they will do in the future.

Volleyball fans and the general public must therefore, at this time, be discerning. Only knowledge of the truth can prevent deception and make these lies powerless and irrelevant.