NCAA-San Beda Issue is to divert attention from the point-shaving controversy

[LJ25]

just my thought.... tingin nyo?

[c0okie_m0nster]

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[FerdinandMarcos]

Slam dunk for San Beda



By DING MARCELO

SAN BEDA College may have sounded contrite and apologetic during yesterday’s press conference to end the standoff with the NCAA, but behind the backs of everyone, school officials are probably giving each other high fives and toasting one another with champagne.


Here are the major points in yesterday’s press con:

1) Yousif Aljamal will not be suspended by the NCAA.

2) San Beda will bench Aljamal in the team’s next two games as a sign of goodwill by the school.

3) San Beda has apologized for the problems the school caused as a result of the bad publicity and the temporary restraining order it obtained.

4) San Beda has told the court that it is withdrawing the TRO.

5) The NCAA is accepting the apology and says it’s time to move on.

And here’s what we think of this whole escapade:

1) That the NCAA has lost its self-respect and proved itself powerless to impose discipline on member schools.

2) That San Beda has set a precedent that any school can go to court and through intransigence and a TRO, can bring the NCAA and its policymaking bodies to their knees.

After days of stressing that San Beda’s top player had violated league rules and must be suspended, the NCAA policy board now says that the scandal was probably a result of a miscommunication. What a sad day for members of the management committee who had earlier decided to disqualify Aljamal only to be disowned by the policy board.

No question San Beda is the big winner in this row. It practically got everything it wanted in exchange for a worthless apology.

Its top player was not suspended and the school even managed to pull what appeared to be a public relations coup by deciding not to field Aljamal in the team’s next two games, as though this was an act of supreme sacrifice.

But here are the facts: At this stage of the eliminations, San Beda is already through to the Final Four and, in fact, enjoys a twice-to-beat advantage.

It can very well lose its next two games and it will have no effect at all on its title-retention bid.

But imagine if the situation had called for must-win games for San Beda, do you think it would still pull out Aljamal, the team’s best player and leader?

The NCAA wanted a swift and happy ending for the standoff, but it was only swift and happy for San Beda. Sadly, the NCAA is left with an empty bag, it’s disciplinary measures in tatters.

What the NCAA needs at this point are clear cut rules on issues such as those that arose from Aljamal’s applying in the PBA Draft.

The NCAA should pass a resolution automatically suspending a member school for a season or more, plus heavy fines, for bringing league matters to court. The NCAA members must also agree that all issues pertaining to the league must be resolved within the Policy Board, this way, San Beda’s legal action that nearly paralyzed the league will not happen again.

By the way, whatever happened to the point-saving case involving a College of St. Benilde player?

Maybe the guy has apologized and all is forgiven.

[AltarBoy^_^]

just my thought.... tingin nyo?

I find this hard to believe, why would anyone divert the issue when the damage has been done already? And it's a case of double-blackeye if you ask me since their is no definite ruling in Yousif Aljamal's case. So I say, it is highly improbable that this suspension was meant to cover for a player's bad gambling habits.

[pulang leon]

just my thought.... tingin nyo?

To divert the issue on the point-shaving case, the NCAA makes a louder noise that they even threatened on aborting the whole basketball game this season.. ano yun? to divert attention on a small problem, they created a bigger problem?

is the UAAP capitalizing on NCAA's issues by starting threads like this? sobrang engot mo naman!

[boredtoday]

ano kaya gusto ni ding marcelo na gawin ni aljamal, magpapako sa krus?

[raconteur]

this "diversion" favors one integrity-less person in mancom.
nagpa-uto naman mga reps ng contenders.

with the info circulating on the contents of the letter, the sequence of events, the policy board changing mancom's moronic imposition (gusto daw nung isa sa mancom eh forfeit pati previous games), the inlfuence of abs-cbn, the final ending . . . what do you think now of atayde and supan and one rep whose school would directly benefit?

at, sa'n kaya graduate si d.marcelo?

[pulang leon]

this "diversion" favors one integrity-less person in mancom.
nagpa-uto naman mga reps ng contenders.

with the info circulating on the contents of the letter, the sequence of events, the policy board changing mancom's moronic imposition (gusto daw nung isa sa mancom eh forfeit pati previous games), the inlfuence of abs-cbn, the final ending . . . what do you think now of atayde and supan and one rep whose school would directly benefit?

at, sa'n kaya graduate si d.marcelo?

I don't know which school he came from. By the way, hindi lang isa sa Mancom ang gusto ipa-forfeit ang buong basketball games sa NCAA, tatlo daw according to newspapers. I know JRU is one of them for sure, CSB is another since Atayde had already voiced it out on Hardball, I just wonder who the third one is... PCU is not one of them right now.

[jailovechris]

aljamal is hot. sana ma-rape sya ng mga bading sa Recto Ahihihihi...

[celtics]

aljamal is hot. sana ma-rape sya ng mga bading sa Recto Ahihihihi...

even if this is a joke....still a bad joke. don't be so rude and it's obviuos na off topic ang post mo.

[AltarBoy^_^]

Henry Atayde has done a great disservice for CSB by aligning himself with Supan, and it has reinforced our worst fears of an inutile MANCOMM that tries to find ways in handicapping a winning team like San Beda. And what about Paolo Orbeta? Why would he be forgiven? Even my fellow Benildeans are ashamed of him, and to forget him is the best thing we could ever do rather than forgive him for his gambling habits. Let us not speculate as to how this league has turned for the worse but rather condemn the people who make it harder for us to enjoy the games. Let us be brave enough to voice out here that enough is enough, WE WANT THIS LEAGUE TO BE MANAGED BY BETTER LEADERS!!! :down: :shakehead:

[Fil-Tongan]

this "diversion" favors one integrity-less person in mancom.
nagpa-uto naman mga reps ng contenders.

with the info circulating on the contents of the letter, the sequence of events, the policy board changing mancom's moronic imposition (gusto daw nung isa sa mancom eh forfeit pati previous games), the inlfuence of abs-cbn, the final ending . . . what do you think now of atayde and supan and one rep whose school would directly benefit?

at, sa'n kaya graduate si d.marcelo?


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