Although the strike called by the Baiko pelotaris group due to the discrepancies that it maintains with its company began yesterday without any incident, as Aspe is the festival programmed in the Bergara fronton, it will be today when the consequences of the break will begin to be seen. In the Bizkaia fronton the first of the two matches of the third day of the Couples semi-finals is scheduled, decisive to know who will be the second combination to get their ticket for the final next week.
Ezkurdia and Bikuña, last-minute substitute for Martija -isolated at his home for having tested positive for Covid-19-, should face Agirre and Albisu in the star match, but the last two are part of the group of manistas who maintain conflicting positions. with their operator, so they will not attend the appointment. The sole judge of the Liga de Empresas de Pelota a Mano (LEP.M) already transferred to Aspe on Thursday that its two representatives must appear on the field at the scheduled time and they will be the only ones who are there, because the rest of the festival is ready with manistas from the Bilbao promoter.
The strikers have made it clear that they want the meeting to be suspended because they believe that it “violates their right to stop” and they are willing to go “as far as it takes to achieve it,” they said. The group even contemplates the possibility of going to court in the event that its two members are given as losers. This decision adds more controversy to the delicate situation in which things are. From the collective they estimate that a meeting in which there is so much at stake should be disputed “when a solution to the existing discrepancies between the two parties has been found.”
Mobilizations in Ezcaray
His stance may further fester things, because it increases the degree of affection when the Business League comes into play. Its sole competition judge will be the one who must issue the resolution once it has evidence of the non-appearance of one of the combinations. The regulation that governs the competition dictates in its fifth point that it is the person in charge of the resolution of conflicts about the content of the text that governs the championship, “either on its interpretation or as a consequence of the non-existence of a provision that contemplates an assumption.” And the case on which he must discern has never been lived in the modern history of professional ball. In fact, the letter only considers substitutions, for different reasons, and the possibility of replacing a player permanently because the promoter to which he belongs considers that he is not offering the expected performance. Of course, the decision made by the judge in this case will be “final,” adds the text.
Both companies keep the festival on their billboards awaiting events, but the Baiko pelotaris collective will be today (6:00 p.m.) at the Ezcaray fronton where the City Council and the ball club have scheduled a tribute match to Víctor, in the one that the other three pelotaris will also play for whom the Biscayan operator has not renewed their contract. The Riojan and Ezkiroz will face Laso and Mariezkuerra in the star of a festival that will also feature faces known for their professional past in the first meeting -Mendizabal III and Beroiz against Gorka and Merino II-.
In addition to showing their support to the four colleagues, the group will take advantage of the appointment to carry out demonstrations in which they will make their situation known to the attendees.
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