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Oct 03

Lessons Learned from Season 71

by Tony L. Atayde
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The UAAP is definitely the most popular basketball league in the country.  Yet, as we saw this year, it really needs an overhaul.  I hope that the UAAP Board begins to see that they have a responsibility to all the stakeholders of every member school.

I decided to write down the suggestions below, based on what transpired this year.

1.Was the officiating this season horrible? Undoubtedly, it was.  Two referees were suspended for the season.  Calls made during games were overturned the next day.  Some games were decided by bad calls and/or non-calls.  A number of coaches were called for technical fouls for complaining about calls.  Technical calls were made by people other than the referees.

It is about time that the UAAP upgrade its officiating with its own set of referees.   The UAAP has the resources and the clout to bring together the best referees in order that they can give the members’ stakeholders the best games possible.

By hiring a referee’s organization such as NABRO, the UAAP is held hostage by the standards and the evaluations of the organization rather than the league’s own standards.  This is a recipe for the disaster that we saw this year.  It is not difficult to evaluate this year’s officiating.  All the UAAP has to do is hire an impartial committee to watch all the games and to submit a recommendation.

2.Remove any semblance of “conflict-of –interest” in the people running the league, patrons of the teams and even those running basketball in the Philippines.

The commissioner was very visible this season.  In previous years, the commissioner was mostly in the background.  This year however, from the first weekend of games, the commissioner made his presence felt.  If this is what the commissioner is supposed to do, then there should be no doubt about any “conflict-of –interest” because no matter what happens, any relationship between the commissioner and his assistants with any of the member schools will always be viewed with pessimism.

If the “no conflict-of-interest” rule is applied, then the commissioner should be appointed to a 3 year term.  The appointment should come from the UAAP Board rather the host team.  This parochial approach of having the host team appoint the commissioner was acceptable when the league was not as popular as it is today.

By giving the commissioner a 3 year appointment, he/she can then work to standardize the operations of the league.  What happens now is that every year, the league is run differently.  The UAAP has now become too big to be run with so much inconsistency.  It is like running a supermarket with a sari-sari store system.
The best way to start is to publish its rules on a UAAP website.  At present, there is nowhere that the rules of the UAAP can easily be accessed.

Lastly, what happened in the last game of the NCAA finals should absolutely never happen in the UAAP.  No one has the right to use position, money or power to influence any part of the league, especially officiating.

3.Have a strong and impartial technical committee.  This is extremely important because it addresses the issues on officiating, players’ and coaches’ behavior and most importantly addressing issues regarding protests, uniforms, IDs and other matters that have affected the image of the league this year.

The technical committee would also have to make sure that proper documentation on player eligibility be effected.  Furthermore, they have to make ascertain that the “student/athletes” have to maintain a grade point average that is set by the board.  Lastly, the technical committee will have to address the issue of gambling that has beset the league.

It is important that technical committee be able to operate without fear of any member of the UAAP Board or the Board as a whole.  The technical committee should also be led by an impartial head that is not beholden to any member school.  Transparency is of the utmost importance.

4.Recruitment is a very critical issue that also has to be addressed.  A very strict and transparent system of recruitment needs to be implemented.   Rich benefactors should not make one school more attractive than another.  Though this will be very hard to control, a system needs to be set in place.

5.Ticket distribution should also be immediately addressed.  The UAAP can start by making public the allocation percentages.  They can then print on the back of the tickets who received these.    This will then show who is distributing the tickets illegally.

Give the tickets to the member schools with the bulk going to the schools that are playing on a given day.  Let the schools pay the UAAP directly and have these schools handle the distribution internally.

6.Create an Executive Committee made up of the Heads of each member school.  This is being done in the NCAA.  The Executive Committee could then oversee the functions of the Board.  At present the UAAP Board is accountable to no one.  They are composed of representatives from each member schools.

By having an Executive Committee, the benefit of each member will be looked at with more importance placed on what is right rather than what is good.  It is important to note that the UAAP member schools benefit immensely from increased enrollment.  The more popular the league becomes, it follows that each school will increase its desirability for enrollment.


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  • Shaze  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Tuesday, 21 October 2008 at 5:24 pm

    @zohan

    w8 a minute…

    did Aposa2hodniRizal say AYALA?

    what a dumb piece of SOCIAL CLIMBER!!!

  • Shaze  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Tuesday, 21 October 2008 at 5:30 pm

    @ApoSa2hodniRizal

    oh and….

    to be an “apo sa tuhod”

    you would have to be the son/daughter of the “apo”

    now, if you “truly” are Aposa2hodniRizal:

    A. you would be a 60-70 year old man/woman;
    B. you would use either old-school English,old-school Filipino, or stilted Spanish;
    C. you probably wouldn’t be computer literate;
    D. and you wouldn’t spell your handle out in SMS form

    therefore…

    YOU ARE A POSER!

  • Noynoy Baculaw  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 10:53 am

    @shaze

    You are just like your basketball team. Boring.

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:05 am

    @ shaze
    you are a geek loser

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:08 am

    @zohan and Shaze
    tayo 3 ang mga loser geeks na nasa pc lang buong araw..wala tayo social life kasi pag lumabas tayo marami mag bubully satin..wahhh…im scared..keep posting guys..dito tayo magaling..at least di nila tayo kilala dito..peace

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:26 am

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLUE8723:

    Oooppps! someone is using my name here. Kupal ka! Gamitin mo sariling pangalan mo! Ikaw ang poser! You’re a big fake!!!

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:30 am

    @whoever is using my name here

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLUE8723:

    I have nothing against zohan & shaze! Shut the f*** up!

    @zohan & shaze

    Bro, some f***** loser is using my name here. Walang magawa e, gustong magpapansin sa inyong dalawa.

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:37 am

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLUE8723
    bro, ako toh..yan isa ang poser
    @ whoever using my name! shut the f*** up ok?!

    p.s. zohan and shaze..you are really gay

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:43 am

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLU8723:

    @theblue8723 AKA “hanginlang” (imitation)

    Andito ka na naman? The way you compose your sentences ikaw na ikaw! Tumigil ka na!! Your trying to be me, ang jologs mo!

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 11:45 am

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLU8723:

    @theblue8723 AKA “hanginlang” (imitation)

    Andito ka na naman? The way you compose your sentences ikaw na ikaw! Tumigil ka na!! You’re trying to be me, ang jologs mo!

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  --3
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Ang jologs ko talaga! loser geek pa ko

  • Shaze  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 12:32 pm

    I am proud to be gay.

    Ang daming cute sa gang green. Can i join?

  • Charlie  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 3:22 pm

    The entire inboundpass.com family sends its condolences and sympathies to the Green Mind, Tony Atayde, on the passing of his mother the other day. We’re here for ya, bro.

  • IloveBasketball  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 3:40 pm

    nuestro pésame a usted y a su familia

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 3:51 pm

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLUE8723:

    @The Green Mind

    Condolence po Mr. Atayde…

  • ApoSaTalampakanNiSakay  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Wednesday, 22 October 2008 at 6:04 pm

    @apo…rizal
    my great great abuelo’s place in history is not as exalted as rizal’s. the americans consider him a bandit while the historian ato constantino regarded him as a parochial patriot. i guess proof of his greatness (or shortness of it) lies in the number of monuments, plazas, streets, schools etc named after him and there are only a handful.

    @zohan, shaze & dream on
    cross my heart and swear to die. may God strike me dead if i tell a lie. i’m a different entity from apo sa tuhod ni rizal. i did finish hs at jru after being kikcked out of lsgh. i’m currently pursuing a degree in psychology at usf and no, it’s not the universisty for stupid filipinos nor is it the u of san francisco. our campus is in tampa, fl.

    for a student of psychology, this forum is a quite educational.

  • The Gang  Add karma Subtract karma  --3
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 9:50 am

    @Shaze

    You are welcome to support the green archers. Be assured that your sexual persuasion will be respected.

    There are many from your university who prefer to support the green archers. They would be glad to touch base with you.

  • Shaze  Add karma Subtract karma  --3
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 9:53 am

    Thanks. I want to buy a gang green shirt ha. XXL.

    Animo.

  • haha  Add karma Subtract karma  +1
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 10:53 am

    @The Gang
    halatang ikaw din ang gumamit ng pangalan ni Shaze.
    Magkadikit lang ang time ng comments niyo.
    Tigil mo na yan. Walang magagawa sa komunidad ang kalokohan mo.

  • TheRealShaze  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 11:15 am

    @The Gang

    again , WHY THE HELL would I want to join a gang named after a disease?

    and maybe YOU are the gay one

    trying to project your homosexuality onto me?

    probably your way of dealing with your conflict

    oh, and you have my shirt size wrong, fu**tard

  • Rid Leon  Add karma Subtract karma  --3
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 11:42 am

    Bading ka pala Shaze.

  • upinoy  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 11:46 am

    @TheRealShaze, kahit ako lasallista ayoko sumali sa gang green because of the name. ewan ko nga kung sino nakaisip nung name na yun.

    palitan niyo na at itigil na ang paggamit ng gang green.

  • NagtatanongLANGpo  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 11:47 am

    @ shaze, TheRealShaze
    ano b talaga?

    tanong ko lang po… bakit ikaw ung paboritong pagtripan dito?

  • PurohanginLang  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 12:31 pm

    Paano si Shaze @ si TheBlue8723 ang pinakamadaling utuin dito (walang utak)! Lahat gusto patulan kahit hindi naman kailangan…..kung ano-ano pinipilit, Trying Hard itaguyod ang iskul nila. Eh malamang binu-bully lang mga yan sa Ateneo. Dito lang (akala nila) pinapakingan sila! A bunch of Geek Jologs. Tignan niyo hindi makakatiis mga yan at magr-ereact dito sa comment ko.

  • TheRealShaze  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 1:09 pm

    @upinoy

    hindi ko nga rin alam eh

    should ask my wife(she’s La Sallian)

    pero impartially dapat siya talaga palitan

    iba ung impression na pinaparating nya eh

  • TheBlue8723  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 3:11 pm

    @TheRealShaze

    FROM THE TRUE THEBLUE8723:

    Bro, maski ako i was shock when i saw my name on the NCAA thread. Someone is using my name there. Hahaha, sino kaya yun? Nagpapansin, parang si hanginlang, nagpapansin din. What a crap!!

  • The Gang  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Thursday, 23 October 2008 at 7:06 pm

    i love chris tiu,
    he’s smart
    he’s handsome
    he’s an atenean
    he’s macho
    he’s rich

    he’s my ideal guy!

  • Mrs Shaze  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 10:49 am

    Kaya pala panay sa pwet ang tira sa akin ni Shaze.

  • soren  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 12:27 pm

    @”Mrs Shaze”

    don’t be rude, you poser

    the person’s wife never did anything to you

    so why flame her?

  • dito nyo lang kayang gumanti.  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 3:58 pm

    @soren

    ang pathetic ng mga ateneo haters noh?
    YAN LANG ANG KAYA NILANG GAWIN KASI SA MGA ATENISTA!
    manira ng pangalan sa internet website!

    sa mga bastos na gaya nila purohanginlang, mrs shaze etc.
    sa totoong buhay kasi, wala kayong laban sa amin kaya dito nyo lang kaya lumaban. LOSERS! Hahahaha. Bilhin ko buhay niyo eh.

  • soren  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 4:04 pm

    @dito nyo lang kayang gumanti

    honestly, their attacks are already bordering on personal insults na

    pointing specifically to “Mrs Shaze”’s post

    i’m neutral on this, being thomasian

    but this just borders on rude and lowbrow

    and if these haters are left unchecked

    we could have fights here

  • TheRealShaze  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 7:07 pm

    @ALL THE UNGAZZ AND BASTOS POSERS

    ASAN NA KAYO?!?!?!?!?!?

    SIGURO BO-JO NYO PA MGA TATAY NYO ANO?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    LABAS-LABAS JAN MGA UNGAZZ!!

  • zohan  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 24 October 2008 at 10:59 pm

    @shaze

    check mo mga email add nila, baka mga empleyado lang pala natin.

  • ApoSa2hodniRizal  Add karma Subtract karma  --2
    Monday, 27 October 2008 at 9:50 am

    @shaze
    tsk tsk. deteriorating syntax. your english language education is like a failed interest rate swap linked to subprime paper: it has a bottomless downside. You weaken whatever case you make with every word and letter you put out, including “and,” “the.” “a.” etc. and a, b, c, d, e. (I AM ON A ROLL!)

    @apo. . .sakay
    MacSakay had at least two eponymous productions: a stage play in UP Diliman, 1970; an award-winning film directed by Raymond Red. What a guy. Che Guevara does not hold a candle to Sakay - especially the hair.

    FL? Kumusta na lang kay Horatio (Caine, not the Roman guy at the bridge)

    @shaze et al (not done yet.
    Poser? Of course I am!!! I can be anybody on this blog. I can even be you, having an argument with yourself! I am EVERYMAN/EVERYPERSON on this blog. I am Blue####, Zo-and-Zo-han. I’m who you want me to be. UPINOY, ETC.

    I came to life as your antimatter.

    Next time, doppelganger.
    (Sakay, when you have time, please explain the “d” word)

  • renato reyes -adriano papa  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Monday, 24 November 2008 at 3:21 am

    1.excom-does not oversee the board but rather carries out the board’s directions.It may oversee the mancom.
    2.a board-is always accountable to someone i.e.shareholders/consumers
    3.sportsmanship-is what is important in the UAAP i.e.write thoroughly about it and transfer much knowledge to the coaches and players of a certain school in Taft to admit defeat no matter how painful and humiliating it was or may be in the future.Write and suggest to this team where your deep sentiments lie how they may be able to put up a better fight only to accept practically the same fate but insist on true sportsmanship.Ang Ysmael nagpakalbo sa talo.Ganyan nalang ang gawin ninyo sa UAAP 72!

  • ApoSaTalampakanNiSakay  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Saturday, 29 November 2008 at 1:11 am

    @apo…pepe

    doppelganger - in the simpliest layman’s term, an alter ego or the evil twin sibling. beware though. at a certain threshold, this can trigger bi-polar disorder which is either a recessive gene or caused by chemical imbalance and lead to dysfunctional behavior.

  • ApoSaTalampakanNiSakay  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Sunday, 30 November 2008 at 5:54 am

    @apo…pepe
    yup. lolo mac was the original jeprox.

  • Harley Dillon  Add karma Subtract karma  +0
    Friday, 9 January 2009 at 4:51 pm

    hi
    pauirtz57c2gv78v
    good luck

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Tony L.
Tony L. Atayde

Very Opinionated. Very Green. Hate him. Love Him. It does not matter and he does not care. A Howard Stern in cyberspace. He bleeds Green, He is purely from La Salle – as a former writer and Assistant Vice President for Events of the DLSU Alumni Association. Played basketball and was on the track and field team for La Salle during the NCAA just don't ask what year.