Thanks, but no thanks seems to be the message La Salle is telling the Shakey’s V-League organizers after it turned down an invitation to compete in the country’s premier volleyball competition.
La Salle, one of the country’s top collegiate volleyball teams and V-League champion three times, was suspended last year by V-League officials after it withdrew from the competition at the last minute.
The suspension was recently lifted and La Salle was invited to compete again.
But a La Salle official said the school was still “hurting” from the suspension which he said put the school in a bad light as it was highly-publicized in the newspapers.
La Salle assistant coach Noel Ocullo said they decided to withdraw despite the lifting of the ban because "the La Salle community is still affected by the issue (ban)."
"It was a big issue for us (ban). It even came out to the newspapers. So we're not joining because we're still not OK with the issue," Orcullo said.
It will be the fourth straight tournament that La Salle won’t be playing.
Commissioner Tony Liao said they invited the team to play but they got no clear answer.
“But when I personally invited their team manager Hero Yu for a coaches’ meeting a couple of weeks back, he said they can’t join again,” Liao said. “I did not press for reasons when he said no.”
La Salle had earlier withdrawn citing the players’ studies as main reason.
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