León, Guanajuato.- Las Abejas de León, in its women’s version, is a project that has come true, as well as the birth of the competition for women in the National Professional Basketball League.
The honey group was ahead of everyone, including the Women’s LNBP itself, and immediately confirmed their participation in the 2022 season, of which more details will be given in the coming days, although the goal is that all or most of the clubs active men’s branch, have a women’s team, thus replicating the model that Liga MX has developed in soccer.
In addition to the Bees, other participating institutions would be: Fuerza Regia, Astros de Jalisco, Soles de Mexicali, Plateros de Fresnillo and even the return of the Saints of San Luis Potosí, who at least in the LNBP, ceased to have activity for a couple of campaigns due to the pandemic and economic issues.
“This historic announcement aims to promote sports in the women’s branch, as well as create opportunities for young national players, hungry to win and put the name of our city at the top of basketball,” he said in a statement. official the honey director headed by Alejandro Marcocchio.
Similarly, it was confirmed that “El Enjambre” has already made progress in assembling the roster and his coach will be a woman of “great caliber and worldwide recognition.”
It should be noted that the emergence of the Bees of León Femenil generated a whole movement in social networks, where the rest of the professional groups of the leather capital, such as Club León and the Braves of baseball, gave them a warm welcome.
Las Abejas will be the third professional women’s squad in the city of León, joining Las Fieras from the Liga MX Femenil and the Panteras Virtus from the Mexican Volleyball League, while the entity also has the Mieleras de Guanajuato, which They play in the Mexican Women’s Professional Basketball League (LMBPF).