Rennes excluded from volleyball play-offs? - Odd ANDERSEN / AFP

The sling is organized. In a press release, issued this Wednesday noon and addressed to the National Volleyball League, ten Ligue A clubs (Narbonne, Tours, Chaumont, Nantes-Rezé, Tourcoing, Ajaccio, Poitiers, Cannes, Sète, Montpellier) expressed their indignation following the sanction imposed by the authorities at Rennes Volley and ask purely and simply the exclusion of play-offs from the Breton club.

As a reminder, a few days ago, Rennes received three penalty points in the ranking (plus two suspended) for financial irregularities. Suddenly, Rennes left his chair. This sanction does not please everyone.

"Unreal" to let Rennes participate in the play-offs

This Wednesday, ten clubs contest "strongly the consistency". “Given the various statements, sometimes contradictory, distilled by the club itself [Rennes], it seems to us particularly inequitable to have let this club participate in the French championship, and now dangerous for the credibility of our championship to take the may leave him the opportunity to participate in play-offs and possibly win this competition, "say the rebellious clubs.

"It therefore seems unreal to us to take the risk of letting the Rennes Volley 35 participate in the final stages of our championship," they continue. The result would be catastrophic for the image of volleyball. In addition, it would be to despise the sports fairness that should be in place in our championship. "

The ten signatories conclude: “All the clubs were confronted, one day, with the DNACG and we do not find, in this decision which we all judge unfair, the rigor which this institution is supposed to demonstrate. "

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