Sam Ekwe’s Bantay Bata Jersey
Saturday, 19 July 2008 3,705 Views / 84 Comments
It was clearly a won game. The San Beda Red Lions completely walked over the heads of the College of St. Benilde Blazers last July 18, 2008. Until the infraction report came, wherein Sam Ekwe wore the wrong jersey. I didn’t notice the difference, not even current league commissioner Joe Lipa AND would you believe, Henry Atayde of CSB didn’t notice the deviation.
Uniform issues are nothing new in this league nor the other (UAAP). Other NCAA sporting events are no exception to this anomaly, uniform issues are in abundance. Since basketball is the most popular sport in the land, too bad that it had to be a very big deal.
The NCAA Mancom has set guidelines, like the limit in sponsorship placements, and color (because San Sebastian and Mapua apparently have almost the same color scheme) in each team uniform including the design edition for the season. The above photos will tell the similarity between what Sam Ekwe wore in Season 83 (in Red/dark jersey above) and the jersey he used in the game against the Blazers.
The official San Beda Red Lions jersey design for Season 84 is shown below with Pong Escobal as the example.  I believe one of the issues lie in the Talk and Text logo placement. They suspected and then verified that Sam Ekwe used his Season 83 Bantay Bata uniform.
24 hours from now, College of St. Benilde will make a decision on whether to continue the protest or not.   Take note that I mentioned “will make a decision�?, because firstly, it wasn’t CSB that insisted to file the infraction, it was the NCAA Mancom Chairman that did the paper work. If you are worried about the timing, the violation was filed after the score sheets were verified and signed by both teams.
Here are excepts from the FIBA Basketball rule book to help you appreciate and make your own judgment on the infraction:.
June 2006 Page 14 of 83 OFFICIAL BASKETBALL RULES 2006 Rule Three – Teams
4.3 Uniforms
4.3.1 The uniform of the team members shall consist of:
• Shirts of the same dominant colour front and back. All players must tuck their shirts into their playing shorts. ‘All-in-ones’ are permitted.
• T-shirts, regardless of style, may not be worn under shirts unless the player has written medical permission. If such permission has been granted, the T-shirt must be of the same dominant colour as the shirt.
• Shorts of the same dominant colour front and back, but not necessarily of the same colour as the shirts.
• Undergarments that extend below the shorts may be worn provided they are of the same dominant colour as the shorts.
4.3.2 Each team member shall wear a shirt numbered on the front and back with plain numbers, of a solid colour contrasting with the colour of the shirt.
The numbers shall be clearly visible and:
• Those on the back shall be at least twenty (20) cm high.
• Those on the front shall be at least ten (10) cm high.
• The numbers shall be at least two (2) cm wide.
• Teams shall use numbers from four (4) to fifteen (15). National federations have the authority to approve, for their competitions, any other numbers with a maximum of two (2) digits.
• Players on the same team shall not wear the same number.
• Any advertising or logo shall be at least five (5) cm away from the numbers.
4.3.3 Teams must have a minimum of two sets of shirts and:
• The first team named in the programme (home team) shall wear light-coloured shirts (preferably white).
• The second team named in the programme (visiting team) shall wear dark-coloured shirts.
• However, if the two teams involved agree, they may interchange the colours of the shirts.
In a phone conversation with Mr. Atayde, I even told him that this issue will definitely put him on the Bedans most wanted list of people to hate and ridicule during games. But he assured me that he had always wanted to follow the old saying in all of sports – let us win games on the court or on the field, not inside the board room.
Mr. Atayde even told me that even the NCAA Policy Board would rule in favor of San Beda, he would not bother question nor appeal to the NCAA policy board to reverse the issue.
The most noticeable statement during our conversation was that Mr. Atayde even reiterated that he has placed the fate on the infraction issue on the table for the CSB Basketball Team to decide.
Sam Ekwe played with the Same number, name and color in the game. 24 hours and counting.
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exciting ito. parang 24.
Why didn’t the CSB team insist in protesting? Because they knew that the better team won, in a manner they could accept. No win by forfeiture arising from technicality is ever acceptable, not after a game was decided fair and square where it matters: on court. Will the CSB team accept one such win now? Does Mr. Atayde read them correctly?
MonL,
sinong atayde? yung atay sa mancom or yung atayde ng inboundpass?
For curiousity sake, are they related?
@internal
from what i read, they are cousins.
internal,
I was referring to the Mancom rep, Henry.
chief waka-waka:
OO NGA HAHAHA!!! tamang-tama, exciting ito. dapat ito na lang ang prequel sa season 7 ng 24…
A friend of mine in another forum calls this Mancom stunt of passing on to the gallant CSB players the burden of pursuing their protest as a “Pontius Pilate” move. They did the paperwork and now the CSB players are being called to be hatchetmen.
Crystal.
opinion lang,
hindi na siguro dapat hintayin mag protest ang CSB para hindi nalang magka conflict ang both parties. yung comish nalang mag decide or kahit sino na in charge dyan (na may balls) para matapos na. simple lang naman ang pag usapan eh. may isang naglaro ng iba ang uniform. kung pwede yun panalo ang beda. kung hinde forfeit ang laro in favor of CSB.
nice!
I-forfeit na para tapos na.
^oo nga..sa i-forfeit nyo na….balik-balik lng nman yan eh!goodluck to all of you..in the end,you will all see who is laughing and carrying the championship trophy!
Animo San Beda!
umpa..umpa..umpa..
MonL said: “…No win by forfeiture arising from technicality is ever acceptable, not after a game was decided fair and square…�
Actually, the Rule 6.5 of the UAAP rulebook (as “The Green Mind� had quoted in one of his comments in the article “La Salle Wins Again! Ekwe May Lose!�) states:
“Any athlete whose playing uniform does not conform to the preceding rules shall be INELIGIBLE to participate in a given game/match.�
Given the rule, therefore, Sam Ekwe shouldn’t have played. But he did (20 rebounds, 12 points, 3 steals, and 3 blocks, in fact) so it is inaccurate to say that San Beda won fair and square.
why not just submit ekwe to a one-game suspension, at least just to save the integrity of the rules of the league..
call it arrogance,but hey,bring it on!!!who cares if this would end up as a losing “winning” effort…what would matter is who’s going to end up as champs at the end of the season…go on with your beda execution, as far as i can see,that’s the closest you’ll get to the lions’ necks…its a done deal,there is absolutely no threat this year…be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID, all you “cry babies”, ’cause when we roar back…..you’ll all be sorry…
@greenlion
i think its not “beda execution” it could happen to other teams too. dont think beda should wait for the formal protest to be filed. marunong naman ata sumunod sa simple rules ang mga bedans.
at the end of the season, hindi naman mararamdaman ng beda ang 1 loss na yan. beda is still the team to beat. beda wont have any priviledge in the semis or finals even if they sweep the elims. para lang wala masabi ang mga tao na pasaway ang beda.
Pinayagan nila ang negoy nila na magsuot ng maling uniform dapat masuspended sila sa ncaa forever dapat sa ncaa dapat gawin na lang open league so we can get yung mga import na ilan ang gusto nilang kunin e di magsawa sila tayo mga pinoy inter barangay lang o sumali na lang tayo sa liga pilipinas hahaha
to proud to be dolphins,
in the first place IF YOU HAPPEN TO WATCH THE GAME, walang reklamo ang MANCOMM at ang mga referee nor CSB have noticed SAM’s JERSEY. pagkatapos pa nagreklamo which is illogical.
it’s funny na sasabihin nyong import si SAM, as if naman di import ung mga players nyo.
and oh by the way, i heard you’ll be out of the league because you can’t afford to pay 4MILLION for the NCAA membership. Kawawa naman. Taasan nyo tuition fee nyo!
pupunta kayo ng UAAP?haha, we’ll see the new basura.
A reading of the Rules just cited by the writer would indicate that San Beda did not violate any rules regarding the uniform….said rule is silent on whether on not the advertisement logo must be the same as that of the others in the team. In fact all it says is that it must have a specific distance from
the number of the player..walang kaso doon applying ekwe’s jersey as long as nagcomply sya doon sa distance between the logo and the number…
Kung babasahin ulit ang rule Rule 4.3.1 the advertisement (bantay bata, per ekwe’s uniform) is not part of the uniform..
we have a saying in statutory constuction that” when the rule does not provide so we must not”
tma ba ang claim ni Mr. Atayde…..I guess he needs to read the rules para masigurado nya na tama ang claim nya……Maliligo sya ng lecture sa mge legal hermeneutics ng SBC
Hoy EKWELIZER isa kang basura!Dun ka sa Pex wag ka dito magkalat!
Actually, the rules quoted by the author is only about the rules regarding the specification of the uniform and, so, was not the basis for the Mancom to conclude if there was a violation or not.
the uniform is still the same,, its the logo! .. yan kasi mahirap sa mga jersey na maraming sponsor, sa sobrang dami hindi na alam kung san part ilalagay…
bsta tlga pag la salle.. alam nah!! hahaha xD
dati hindi ako naniniwala na mahina mag isip ang mga tga CSB. ngaun parang totoo nga. lol. no wonder ikinihihiya sila sa main. isa na ko dun.
I Hate it.. This issue sucks!!! y Do Green Blooded La Sallians/CSB Fellows try to look on other’s mistakes Wherein it was just a simple error, More likely this should not cause that much stir..If you look at this way, The teams from Taft had committed more “Serious” acts of cheating.. From the DLSU Mark Benitez’ Eligibilty to CSB’s great Game Fixing Player… Anything Else? They should check their grounds first before looking at simple mistakes…..
Animo San Beda!!!!
This conversation about a very little issue is just making things worse. True, that it was a mistake on Ekwe and the couching staff for not making sure that all players complied with the rules, but likewise, nobody can deny that beda won the game, no matter what everyone says. Perhaps the mancom can come up with a penalty for ekwe and perhaps the couching staff at fault for the slight incident, but such penalty must not be as harsh as giving the game to CSB. If we are to beat san beda, then lets beat them on the court. We can beat them and we surely can do it with integrity and honor on the court. Not outside…
besides if the mancom forfeits the game and gives the win to benilde, we all know still who is the better team between the two.
so lets just beat them on the court where it matters most!
arriba letran!
We Bedans are humble enough to accept our faults..Well, as we Know “Rules are Rules”, If Sam committed a mistake, then Penalize him accoring to the books.. But dealing out the whole team with a game to CSB is ridiculous..as what knightprince said, the viewers know who was the better team between the two..
to proud to be dolphins,
aber proof mo?his father is dying and excuse me, he went home to Nigeria.
back to the topic, magbayad muna kayo ng membership ng 4 MILLION PESOS at baka di pa kilalanin school you.
POOR YOU!
its coaching staff not “couching staff”.peace
@ redhotbedan17
Hindi naman talaga naghahanap ng mali sa iba ang mga lasallian, gusto lang nila masunod ang rules na binigay ng uaap/ncaa. And for your info na rin tungkol sa issue ng DLSU with Benitez, DLSU mismo ang lumapit sa board nung madiscover nilang inelligible to play si benitez. DLSU accepted the consequences and returned their championship trophy. Kaya wag mo sabihin na tingnan muna nila sarili nila, they really stand for what is right.
@ ???
couching staff ang correct term!!!
ang babaw naman kung i-default pa si sa dahil mali lang uniform… napakababaw talga..
The question is, was there really a violation? As per the rules, it seems that there was no violation, correct me if I’m wrong.
If there was a violation, does the infraction require a forfeiture of the game, when the violation was very minor?
If they want a public apology or something, fine. But a forfeiture, when it is so glaringly obvious which team won?
Please.
Pinsan nga, kaya pala. . .
@DOLPO
Import ba ung players namin ungas ka din eh noh baka ibig mong sbhn phil-am players.
ung inyo nga ang imported eh.
kaya lng naman kayo magaling mgsalita dhil may imported player kayo.
tignan ntn pag nwala yan c ekwe.. mkapag saya pa kayo since nung dumating lng nmn yan saka kayo nag aangas
opps for sure pag nwala yan may ipapalit n2man kayong egoy… hahaha
eh nung wala c ekwe kaya ba ng beda ni hndi nga makapasok ng final four eh.
paterno,hudencial,angeles, and even aljamal is in the line-up di ngawang mkabalik ng beda in the past years.
asa nmn sa import.. dpt mga collegiate league hnd hnahyaan mglaro mga gnyn eh ewan kb…
phil-am players pwd pa pero import in collegiate league NO WAY!!
kaya nsasapawan mga magagaling na players na pinoy eh
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hey, proud to be dolphin..
you’re funny..
if i know negro ka rin.
why are you proud to be a dolphin?
anong ikaka proud dun?
dpat nga ikahiya mo yun eh..
nyahaha..
peace.
@ oCHAMPYo – paterno,hudencial,angeles, and even aljamal is in the line-up di ngawang mkabalik ng beda in the past years.
FYI Champoy – San Beda was able to reach the F4 in 2004 against UPHDS which SBC lost in just 1 point, that team includes Bombeo, Hudencial, Aljamal, Paterno, Angeles… coach Nash Racela…
— yung tyanak na si dean apor sinuntok p si hudencial sa sikmura, loko yung Saksakan! Nuknukan!ng pangit na tyanak na Apor yun hehe
and Champoy- hindi kasalanan ng beda if Sam Ekwe chooses SBC as his college school, db?
and even other schools din naman may foreign players, even dlsu and admu, even CSJL before they have foreign player, yun nga lang not as dominating as sam ekwe, so better watch your word…
@proud to be dolphins – utak langaw na taga PCU hehehe
“Pinayagan nila ang negoy nila na magsuot ng maling uniform dapat masuspended sila sa ncaa forever” – gung-gong mag isip k kaya? hehehe “MASUSPENDED” hehehehe mas matindi pa nga yung violation nyo compared to SBC magsasalita k n ng suspend forever ang SBC hehehe
couching staff talaga! naka upo lang (sa couch) at pinayagan yung wrong uniform. kung coaching staff yan, dapat hindi na lang pinaglaro si ekewe. mananalo rin naman. ngayon tuloy forfeiture…
as for the “negoy” bit, that is uncalled for and racist. a student from a christian should know better. a person is a christian by his actuation, not by the name of the school alone…
FYI Champoy – San Beda was able to reach the F4 in 2004 against UPHDS which SBC lost in just 1 point, that team includes Bombeo, Hudencial, Aljamal, Paterno, Angeles… coach Nash Racela… ADDITION lang: Cordero nga pla is included in this team… but only in Center position was lacking in SBC’s line up in this squad… Paterno was not a natural Center…
@chefken..
bat nyo ginagaya ung “Animo” nameng lasalista?!
Baduy nyo ah.
seems like students from PCU don’t know where to put periods(.) in their sentences…
tsk tsk tsk..HAHAHA!!!
Baka umurong lang ang logo ng Talk&text sa paglalaba. Wow, parang big deal ah!
@san Welga….
Don’t start with me,respect, it is not like you own the word “Animo”, So Just Respect, Again RESPECT.!
@BedanRoar
Maganda nga yun para sa Talk&Text, MALAYO ang narating ng Logo nila.
hehehehe…
@oJOMMZo
nothing against you, pareho tayo ng opinion ng pabiglabiglang decision ng Mancom sa paglaro niyo ngayon season, parang ngang planado na pagkatapos ng pagpirma ni JC sa Slingers, sayang nga din at gusto ko rin siyang makitang maglaro sa PCU etong taon mas maganda sana yun, pero sa kaso ni Ekwe, wag mong sasabihin na dahil kay ekwe kaya ngchampion, alalahanin mo ang basketball ay team sports , isama mo na dyan ang scouting recruiting at training staff, at nagkataon magalang mag recruit ang san beda, at nakabuo sila ng “potent” na team, at hindi lang si ekwe ang dahilan, alalahanin mo kasabay niya yun si Escobal, at si Hermida, at peak yun ni Aljamal at ng improve naman si menor, maganda din ang bench ng San Beda (hangang ngayon). naaalala ko rin yun game 3 finals ng PCU at SBC, nakahabol nga yun PCU nun sayang para sa PCU at hindi Pumasok ang huling tira ni Belga(sisihin ninyo si Belga), bwenas… pwede mong sabihin ganun, o kaya naman Malas talaga ang PCU (o Sisihin ninyo ulit si Belga), maganda nga yun eh para may moment din ang PCU, “the team that Came out Short”, that what makes the finals exciting! well a win is a win, at hindi lang basta win, Champion pa, at least yun mas madaling tandaan kesa pa dun sa runner -up.
wala akung hinahanap na away, opinion lang din.
peace.
Mancom ang dapat cchin tlga eh cnadya tlga after nung kontrata saka cnb na pwd maglaro dolphins na dapat nmn tlga is mglalaro 1yr suspensyon lng nmn tlga.
to all bedista un lng msasabi ko wag dn kayo mag angas kasi may reason dn nmn behind all the facts na ekwe is one the reason kung anu man posisyon ng skul nyo ngaun.. kaya nga may theory na what if* sa philosophy db
knulang lng tlga sa time ang dolphins in that championship game laking upset sana nun weeee..
sa nakikita ko ngaun Mancom ang dapat cchin sa lahat ng problema in the collegiate basketball.
sa case ng pcu this year
sa case nung uniform policy k ekwe
i.d policy or whatever reason is that…
sana bago mgstart alam na dapat ng lhat ayusin muna hndi ung bara bara.. and be fair naman sana pag gawa ng dcxon players at time ng students ang nsasayang eh
bkt ba lahat kau ngaaway,, ang dami niyong sinasabi.. hanggang comment lng nmn, sa personal d n mgawa…
animo san beda!!!
o cge bantay bata nga suot ni ekwe,, pakialam nio ah.. csb nga d pnansin un eh.. bkt kaung mga taga pcu ay epal… MGA EPAL!!!