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Imports or no imports in collegiate sports


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Yes with imports. They help raise the level of play. Instead of playing with the normal 6'5" local centers, our players will get used to playing with hulking almost 7 foot behemoths. Mahahasa ang laro ng mga players natin with that kind of competiton.

Look at the current season of NCAA, their first without any imports. Parang inter-barangay lang ang laro. Puro takbuhan lang. 

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On 2/25/2015 at 4:06 PM, Agent_mulder said:

Karamihan sa mga imports ng team college team center ang laro, tama ang sinabi ni Yeng Guiao na dahil d'yan maraming Pinoy na players na center ang position ang mawalan ng chance na makalaro sa UAAP/NCAA at ang PH Men's Basketball ang mag-suffer ng brunt in the near future

So hindi ba dapat matutp tayo mag-adjust kung ganun ang sitwasyon? This should prompt us to train kids to be more flexible and play multiple positions and hindi lang set sa lumang mind-set na kung matangkad ka, sentro ka agad. Kung nadi-displace ng mga naglalakihang import ang mga sentro natin, dapat i-develop ang ibang skills ng big man natin like shooting. Admittedly when the post I was quoting was made, hindi pa gaano kalaganap ang stretch four at stretch five na sentro may ability na mag shoot ng tres. Pero look at where the game is now seven years later? Big men are expected to make three point shots. 

We Filipinos know that height was never our advantage. That's why the imports that we get from the PBA to the collegiate leagues are centers. Even our national team's starting center is a naturalized foreign player. So we should focus on where we're good at - shooting and playing fast. We should train our big men to develop their outside shooting aside from being able to bang inside along with the imports. E kung puro kapwa Pinoy lang ang kalaro natin at hindi naex-expose ang mga player natin sa mas matatangkad na player at mas mataas na kumpetisyon, e talaga wala tayong mapapala sa international basketball.

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I think the first rule of thumb here is to indicate that they're not imports. Rather, they're foreign student-athletes. Note that they are students first, athletes later. Needless to say, they should not be rid of any rights whatsoever.

If everyone here that is against this idea should think about the other side of things. Since we're in this basketball forum, people should see how it curtails the level of play. Just look at the current UCBL Tourney now. UAAP schools wallop NCAA schools by a wide margin, and they don't even have their FSAs playing.

Two points should be cleared from this idea: FSAs help Filipino ballers play to their strengths. Think of why a Carl Tamayo is playing a stretch four instead of a Rhenz Abando playing (at most) a four, when he'd be given opportune time to play a slashing wing in the KBL now. 

The other point is that if your be-all end-all for your collegiate favorites would be to wound up in the PBA, then that's on you. This is why the surge of players going to the KBL, Taiwan League, and J.League is massive: because the PBA is totally inept with its fixation on height.

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Pabor ako sa foreign exchange students as players basta they can elevate the style of play. Para masanay pinoy sa international play. Basta may playing time pinoys.

Magandang idea din yung collegiate teams sa offseason play with international schools kaysa sa flying v preseason games na local lang.

Mas mababatak players natin sa college pa lang.

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Yes to foreign student athletes (I don't want to use the term import because they are supposed to be students in their respective college/university). Tuwang-tuwa tayo kapag may Pinoy na nakapasok sa US NCAA, kahit 1/4 Pinoy blood lang, tas ibabawal natin ang di natin kalahi sa collegiate leagues natin?

With FSAs playing, tataas rin supposedly ang quality of play. Granted, it would depend on the FSA's talent, how the coaches will use him/her, how well they develop players etc., but you get the point. And tall homegrown Pinoys can play their natural positions, hindi yung ipipilit na gawing sentro because above 6'4" sila. 

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