Tainted Hoops and PacMania

FedEx GM Lito Alvarez said that he will recommend the disbandment of the Philippine team until such time that the Basketball crisis is resolved. He argued that the PBA is bankrolling hefty expenses for the National team without having the assurance of playing in any FIBA-sponsored tournament.

This is a prime example of those greedy scads that could care less for the glory of Philippine Basketball. Lito Alvarez is no sportsman— from their lousy 12-player rotation principle for the team to the dim-witted trades of their blue chip rookies (for underachievers at that) — this guy has no sense of basketball in his persona.

If the PBA board is influenced by this sanctimonious retard in their upcoming meet, then pro hoops will be no different from those cash-cow agencies that promote self interest above all else.

…Soccer anyone? 

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In the lighter side of things: Filipino banger Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao will have WWE superstar Undertaker in his ring entourage as a promotional gimmick for his
upcoming match with Mexican foe Hector Velasquez. Also, Apl_d_Ap of Black Eyed Peas has personally composed a new song for the Pacman entitled “The Champion”. This will be his entrance music as he steps into the squared circle.

The Pacman fever has definitely reached mainstream as he was also invited to throw the ceremonial pitch for Game 3 of the Major League series between the Oakland and LA. Hollywood celebrities and politicians like George W. Bush have preceded Pacquiao and this shows how popular he has become in the US.

Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

Mixed Nuts

Pulitika

“Congress is the venue of choice of our President. It is unfortunate that in her venue of choice, truth has a price. And the price of truth in this house is 79.”

These were the scathing comments of Representative Edmund Reyes during his privilege speech yesterday.

I beg to disagree. In a house of law, you cannot declare truth out of melodrama and personal conviction. No one can handle the truth, nor monopolize it. This is why we have a 79-vote quota that is constitutionally justified. What good is the constitution if every underlying principle within it is violated?

Politics can be very cruel. It feels great to be an Engineer.

Sports

“The FIBA cannot accept POC’s decision to remove one group in favor of another one. As a consequence of our position on this matter, it is impossible for FIBA to entertain your request for affiliation.”
- Patrick Baumann, FIBA Secretary-General

Man, that hit hard. As a longtime basketball fanatic, smoldering controversies such as this is absolutely unwarranted. After winning the Brunei cup last week, Chot Reyes literally begged the powers-that-be to settle their differences once and for all. However, his request seemed to fall on deaf ears. The Cojuangco-led POC maintained its hard line stance while Joey Lina and his miserable BAP continue insisting their inept mandate.

Traditional Politics has no place in sports. One of them must make the supreme sacrifice.  Until that moment comes, we can only wait and cling on withered hope.

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