howarddeduct Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Yeah! Let's go Bulldogs. DURUGIN NIYO NA ANG MGA KALABAN NIYO! Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Will they stay or go to the Universiade?by Tony L. Atayde The Philippine Collegiate Champions League was supposed to have been a success. It brought together all the major collegiate teams in the country. It had a terrific final game, pitting arch rivals La Salle versus Ateneo. Everyone thought that it was the year that would be the beginning of the concept of crowning a true National Champion. Ateneo was of course heavily favored, after it steamrolled over the competition, on the way to the finals. Even with the absence of starters Chris Tiu and Ryan Buenafe, the Blue Eagles looked formidable. A finals win would have given them a sweep of the major collegiate basketball championships. La Salle on the other hand, had a harder time. In the semis, they had to have a late game steal and conversion to get to the finals. In the end La Salle overwhelmed the Blue Eagles and with that, was supposed to come a slew of prizes. There was a P500,000.00 cash prize and most importantly, the right to represent the country in the 2009 Universiade Games in Belgrade. Now it seems that a lot of what was promised before the tournament may not have come to pass. First, the La Salle team who won the championship only received P400,000.00, of which P30,000.00 was in gift certificates and P370,000.00 was in cash. The reason allegedly given for the P100,000.00 shortfall, was that it was used as prize money for the individual awards. As I was going over the many press releases for the Philippine Collegiate Champion’s League, I saw that the amount of P500,000.00 was repeatedly heralded as the winning prize money. If the reason given was that the shortfall was used for the prizes for the individual awards, then why trumpet a prize of a half million pesos for the winner in the first place. That is a 20% shortfall or about P5,000 per member of the winning team. The biggest prize of the PCC tournament was that the winning team will represent the Philippines in the 2009 Universiade Games in Serbia. La Salle, the PCC champion, was supposed to be that team. However, now it looks like it may not happen after all. First, it has been rumored that the UAAP will have its opening on July 11, 2009. The Universiade basketball competition ends on July 12, 2009. Allegedly, the UAAP Board has no intentions of moving the opening date to accommodate the entry of La Salle in the Universiade. This may be because the UAAP works on a tight calendar of year-round events in different sports. If the UAAP schedule is the issue, then it would appear that the Samahan Basketbol ng Pilipinas, of which the UAAP is a member, did not coordinate the matter with the UAAP Board before making it a part of the PCC champion team’s prize. There are even unverified reports that it was suggested that La Salle did not have to send its top players to the Unversiade or evem that a selection of players from different schools be created for this purpose. Is that fair? If La Salle would not send their best players, then the school would be accused of abandoning the country’s interest. Sending a selection of players from different schools would take away from the integrity of a commitment made.Furthermore, a look at the website of the Belgrade Universiade 2009, http://www.ub2009.org/dokumenta/prijave/Pa...%20Schedule.pdf one can see that the submission of the “Intention to Participate Form” was Oct. 1, 2008, which was way before the PCCL. Secondly, the deadline for submission of the “General Entry Form” was Jan. 1, 2009. Lastly, the deadline for what is called “Final Engagement Form” or the final list of athletes who will participate, was on February 1, 2009. The PCC is a sanctioned tournament of the SBP. Has the SBP submitted these forms? Have they gathered all the documentations of the players? Has the SBP paid the participation fee? Lastly, did the Philippines even qualify or get invited to send a team to the Universiade? These questions have to be answered in the interest of transparency. A commitment was made by the SBP, which is the highest basketball governing body in the Philippines. Participation in the 2009 Belgrade Universiade was used as a come-on for teams to join the league. Does the winner of the PCC now have to beg to get the prize that they won fair and square? Would the same thing have happened if a school other than La Salle would have won the PCC tournament? In the event that the SBP cannot send La Salle to the Unversiade for whatever reason, they should not send a team at all, for this will have the obvious appearance of discrimination. If SBO cannot fulfill their promise, then they should instead give La Salle the money that it allocated for the tournament and allow La Salle to decide which tournament it may choose to join. In the event La Salle goes to the Universiade but fails to qualify for the later rounds, it will be forced to leave the games early, for them to be back in time for the UAAP opening. If that happens, expect the naysayers to climb on their soap boxes and chastise the Green Archers for abandoning the tournament. If La Salle does not get the prize that it was promised, they will not be the loser here. It will be the PCC and the SBP who will lose. The PCC would lose all the headway they made in last year’s tournament while the SBP will lose its credibility in its ability to support good leagues such as the PCC. They will definitely not get the same response they did last year if they do not deliver on their promises. Personally, I hope that the SBP clears this matter up and makes the necessary arrangements to deliver on their promise. The PCC is too good a tournament to be tarnished with a controversy such as this. http://www.inboundpass.com/2009/02/27/will-they-stay-or-go-to-the-universiade/ Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Victim of broken promises SPORTING CHANCE By Joaquin M. Henson Updated March 03, 2009 12:00 AM Quote Link to comment
Vegasboy32 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 For now its the blue eagles. They've been recruiting blue chip players from high school. I think that they can repeat again this year. Quote Link to comment
Master_P^ Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 ANIMO LA SALLE ! :thumbsupsmiley: Quote Link to comment
bagito Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Congratulations DLSU - 2nd place for General Championship UAAP Season 71! UAAP 71 GENERAL CHAMPIONSHIP Final Standings:UST 335DLSU 243UP 235FEU 231ADMU 196UE 171ADU 99NU 35 Quote Link to comment
alpardpba Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 syempre lasalle has better players, ateneo has academic standards kasi eh Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Lady Archers clinch UAAP volley title By Cedelf P. TupasPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 04:02:00 03/09/2009 http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20090309-193061/Lady-Archers-clinch-UAAP-volley-title La Salle bags Volley crown By Jonas TerradoMarch 9, 2009, 12:00am http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/198235/la-salle-bags-volley-crown Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 De La Salle’s Gomez captures UAAP MVPBy Jonas TerradoMarch 12, 2009, 12:00am UAAP AWARDSNew heights for GM GomezBy Cedelf P. TupasPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 04:21:00 03/13/2009 http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20090313-193862/New-heights-for-GM-Gomez Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Dindo and Franz Pumaren reunite at La Salle Dindo Pumaren is new assistant coach at La Salle Quote Link to comment
Vegasboy32 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 syempre lasalle has better players, ateneo has academic standards kasi eh Probably in the past. But if you're gonna look at last year's lineup of admu. They have a much deeper bench than DLSU. DLSU would always have maierhofer come off the bench so that they can have an offensive force off the bench. I noticed that after Allado graduated from DLSU. They never had a dominant big man. They had good small forwards, point guards, shooting guards. That's why they relied on their pressing defense. Maierhofer prefers to play the power forward position but he is not as dominant as Allado. ADMU meanwhile shored up the middle after Enrico Villanueva graduated. They got Japeth Aguilar (now plays for W. Kentucky in the US NCAA) and Rabeh Al Hussaini. They also got some blue chip high school players in Nico Salva (San Beda) and Ronay Buenafe (San Sebastian). Maierfhofer is not playing in the next UAAP season. He decided to go pro this October. Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Maierhofer opts to try luck in PBA Quote Link to comment
greenarrow Posted March 21, 2009 Share Posted March 21, 2009 Fisu nixes Archers’ Serbia Universiade stintBy Jasmine W. PayoPhilippine Daily InquirerFirst Posted 03:50:00 03/22/2009 http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20090322-195488/Fisu-nixes-Archers-Serbia-Universiade-stint Quote Link to comment
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