November 19, 2010 in Sports. The Cuban Baseball Federation is considering allowing its players to play in professional leagues abroad – except in the United States – El Nuevo Herald reported Friday, citing sources close to that organization. The Federation's president, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, reportedly discussed that proposal with members of the national team who played recently in the Intercontinental Cup in Taipei.">November 19, 2010 in Sports. The Cuban Baseball Federation is considering allowing its players to play in professional leagues abroad – except in the United States – El Nuevo Herald reported Friday, citing sources close to that organization. The Federation's president, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, reportedly discussed that proposal with members of the national team who played recently in the Intercontinental Cup in Taipei.">

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Cuban baseball players might be allowed to play abroad (except in U.S.), paper says

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  • 11 / 20 / 2010

November 19, 2010 in Sports. The Cuban Baseball Federation is considering allowing its players to play in professional leagues abroad – except in the United States – El Nuevo Herald reported Friday, citing sources close to that organization.

The Federation's president, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, reportedly discussed that proposal with members of the national team who played recently in the Intercontinental Cup in Taipei.

The players would keep 60 percent of their wages and turn over the remaining 40 percent to the state.The foreign leagues authorized to host Cuban players would be Taipei, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Italy, Venezuela and Nicaragua, the sources said.No official confirmation from the CBF has been forthcoming so far.

Source: Miami Herald Herald

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