UAAP Season 75: The Billionaires' Game?

[Milo96]

Baka si Vivienne Tan na, mahina na daw talaga si Kapitan.

Vivienne Tan has her own school to attend to.

[ic3mint]

USF-CS graduate pala itong si Vivienne Tan.

More MAC units for CCSS

Meron din syang postgraduate degree from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles..

Lols sana mapakinabangan yan ng UE. Yung ibang UE personnel na nakakausap ko medyo natatakot sila kasi di pa daw nila alam pano humawak ng tao si Vivienne.

[ic3mint]

Vivienne Tan has her own school to attend to.

Yung ESA ba sinasabi mo?

[ic3mint]

sina Michael at Vivienne Tan na nga daw. hands off daw si Bong Tan on Daddy Lucio's orders.

I've read somewhere that Bong Tan is trying to build his own business empire outside his father's dynasty. At pinapatigil na daw ni Kapitan ang pakikialam sa sports.

Nabasa ko yan sa isang link na pinost sa ueredwarriors thread.

[Malambot_Na_Bato]

Vivienne Tan has her own school to attend to.

and Vivienne Tan now owns UE.

[Milo96]

Cool right?

Ngayon it's not just DLSU and ADMU that are fighting for the UAAP championship. Now, teams like UE and NU can also challenge them. Lamang dito ang mga fans kasi mascompetitive ngayon ang UAAP, unlike with PBA when it's basically a league between two companies.

Agreed. Although I would include FEU in your list. In the last decade, Ateneo, DLSU, and FEU each won 3 championships.

In the last 3 concluded seasons, 4 different teams figured in the Finals. 5 in the last 5. NU, UP & Adamson are the only teams who haven't tasted the basketball finals atmosphere for the same period.

And quite possibly, with the expected weakening of Ateneo, Adamson, and most especially FEU due to personnel losses, then the strengthening of UST and NU, we may actually see a very crowded, exciting race in Season 75 and a banner year for ticket sales.

[Jockey_Tiyan]

Wait ang UP may Robina Gokongwei, at mga kurap na government officials na graduate ng UP hahaha.

[tsong_go]

Nagdodonate ba si Consunji sa peyups MBT?

[Jockey_Tiyan]

Hindi, dun niya binibigay kay Maggie Wilson ang pera instead sa UP. LOL!

[Milo96]

Yung ESA ba sinasabi mo?

Yes. ESA ang sinasabi ko.

Hindi kasi pwede sa Pex ang simple yes or no answer.

[Milo96]

and Vivienne Tan now owns UE.

It doesn't say in the UE website. Could it be that your source is incorrect and the website isn't?

[Amuro_Ray]

for dlsu to bounce back they need more than just a billionaire.. money won't give you everything..

Oh please, what do you think convinced Norman Black, a foreigner (though now a Filipino by heart) to coach a collegiate team when he was earning comfortably as a pro coach?

[lovejones]

Oh please, what do you think convinced Norman Black, a foreigner (though now a Filipino by heart) to coach a collegiate team when he was earning comfortably as a pro coach?

Oh please, at the time Coach Norman was hired by Ateneo, he was not coaching any team at any capacity in the PBA.

[death_row]

sina Michael at Vivienne Tan na nga daw. hands off daw si Bong Tan on Daddy Lucio's orders.

QFT, IIRC, dahil toh sa firing kay Chongson.

[_Bahay_Kubo_]

with Gee Abanilla now assuming the post in DLSU, the showdown between Danding Cojuangco and Manny Pangilinan extending towards the UAAP has become a reality.

[nowloading]

I think Danding Conjuangco might be enough for La Salle. He's a billionaire who has political connections, two in one.

[hacksaw]

Natawa ako sa nagsasabing Danding will be financially backing DLSU basketball program. Just because he was seen watching a couple of games of the Green Archers.

ECJ's management style is that of a haciendero. That said, one of the things he values most is loyalty. And among those who have remained loyal to him are the Pumarens. After all, it was ECJ who brought them to Taft. So if you think that the manner in which the Pumarens were taken out the equation insofar as DLSU basketball is concerned sat well with the Boss, then you must be smokin something special.

A few weeks ago a contingent in green and white went a visiting to the headquarters of a conglomerate based in the OBD. Suffice to say that may nakuha naman but lets just say that the commitment they got was way below what they were expecting to get. Perhaps, thats why the delay in the announcement of Gee as head coach?....hmmm

[maroonmartian]

Danding is like the Man City, Arsenal, Russian team owners who had aged and is looking for a new recreation. Lipas na ang mga sports cars, babae, alak etc. So the trend in English Premiere League and in the NBA is to own a team. Sa umpisa matutuwa ang mga fans dahil may pera pero sa katagalan mawawala ang excitement. Walang motivation to cheer the team. That's why the German Bundesliga, NBA is exciting. May salary cap mga players at ang league competitive. And the fans are involved.

[Mike C Enriquez]

will the next UAAP season become some sort of a mini-PBA in a sense that five of the eight teams will feature enormous financial backing from some of the wealthiest individuals in the Philippines?

Ateneo: Manny Pangilinan
FEU: The Reyes-Montinola clan
La Salle: Danding Cojuangco and Ricky Razon
NU: The Sy family of SM
UE: Lucio Tan and family

UST - Jose Aliling & Aytona
UP - Perry Pe & Robina Gokongwei-Pe
Adamson - Lucio (Puregold) Co

[RuckuS]

Oh please, what do you think convinced Norman Black, a foreigner (though now a Filipino by heart) to coach a collegiate team when he was earning comfortably as a pro coach?

FAIL!

if i recall correctly, Norman Black was not coaching any PBA team at that time(2004-2005) and was working as a full time PBA commentator/analyst for ABC5 .. (and knowing ABC5 nung mga panahon na yun, sigurado hindi mataas ang pasahod dun to say that he was "earning comfortably")

it was during this period that Norman Black first joined Ateneo's coaching staff as team consultant and was elevated to head coach for the UAAP's 2005 season.