Don't want to be in the spotlight

Sports Vision officials Ricky Palou (left) and Moying Martelino.

The people behind Shakey's V-League don't want to get involved in the Philippine Volleyball Federation's (PVF) ongoing leadership crisis.

 Sports Vision chairman Moying Martelino, Ateneo president Ricky Palou, and Shakey’s executive vice president and chief operating officer Vic Gregorio are all in agreement that they want to bring the sport closer to the fans.

 "As much as possible, we don’t want to dip our hands in the ongoing leadership squabble in the (Philippine Volleyball Federation),” said Palou.

 Palou is being eyed by a group, led by suspended PVF secretary-general Vangie De Jesus, to replace embattled president Gener Dungo.

"The issue is a matter that needs to be discussed within the (national sports association),” Martelino added.

Jesus’s group is calling for Dungo to step down, claiming that the PVF chief has not implemented a single grassroots development project and has failed to sustain the formation of a national team to compete in international tournaments like the Southeast Asian (Sea) Games.

The Philippines, after winning a bronze in women’s volleyball in the 2005 Manila Sea Games, has not competed in three previous editions of the biennial sporting conclave.

The men’s squad last won a medal, a bronze, in 1991, when Manila hosted. It was the men’s team’s fifth medal—a silver and four bronzes—while the women’s side collected six golds, three silvers and two bronzes behind perennial champion Thailand’s 10-2-1 haul.

"We would rather continue to support volleyball through the Shakey’s V-League. Like all stakeholders in the PVF, we want to have a long-lasting solution to its problems,” said Gregorio.

"The work will not be easy, but we are really committed to helping. There’s a way we can help and will help in the background,” ended Palou.

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