Minister of Sports of Russia Oleg Matytsin said government authorities will work to create regulations to limit the departure of young hockey players abroad.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin asked Russian Hockey Federation (RFH) President Vladislav Tretyak and the Russian Sports Ministry to address the situation in which Russian hockey players go to play in foreign leagues at a very young age. . The Head of State announced the obvious damage caused by the fact that “hockey merchants select children from sports schools and train them abroad”, stressing that this is “a trade not always regulated and not always noble.
— First of all, we work with the federations to strengthen our competition system. There is in particular a very good project: the creation of the Golden Puck league. We will now work on regulatory legal acts together with State Duma deputies to think about how we can protect the interests of Russian hockey, athletes and coaches of sports schools, to limit the departure talented athletes.
The main thing here is to create conditions that allow everyone to fully realize their talents and receive financial support when playing in Russian hockey leagues, ”reports a correspondent, reporting Matytsin’s remarks during the forum “Russia is a sports power” in Perm.
The international sports forum “Russia is a sports power” will take place in Perm until October 22 inclusive.
Source : MatchTV
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