Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP) executive director Renauld
“Sonny” Barrios will be the special guest when SEAOIL Elite League
national finals kicks off today at the West Negros University Gym in
Bacolod City.
The opening ceremony is set at 1:30 pm but games will start as early
as 8:30 am in the three-day event is sponsored by SEAOIL Philippines,
Burlington, Freego Jeans and Molten under the SBP.
Barrios earlier cited the gains of the grassroots program that aims to
come up with a wholistic approach in identifying, preparing and
developing young players for youth national teams and eve for varsity
leagues.
Cage powerhouses Cebu, Davao and Bacolod are early favorites although
it is a toss-up among all 16 teams composed of two from South Luzon,
three from North Luzon, six from Visayas and five from Mindanao. The
top two teams after the one round elimination will to the finals for a
winner-take-all match.
“It will be a very interesting tournament as these teams represent the
best for their regions and for the 14-16 years old age category. If
they do well, these players may be future stars of Philippine
basketball,”said Altamirano, hose said that the players and the
coaches were trained using a unique module exclusive only to the
league.
The teams are as follows: South Luzon (San Mig Coffee Cavite and B-Meg
Lucena), North Luzon (Magnolia Fresh Chicken Bulacan, Magnolia Ice
Cream La Union, Star Margarine Olongapo), Visayas (Star Margarine
Dumaguete, Purefoods TJ Cebu and Bacolod, San Mig Coffee Bacolod,
Magnolia Ice Cream Iloilo and B-MEG Ormoc) and Mindanao (Star
Margarine Zamboanga, Magnolia Ice Cream Gen San, Purefoods TJ Davao,
Monterey Meatshop CDO and San Mig Coffee Iligan).
Petroleum company SEAOIL Philippines is the chief backer of SEAOIL
Elite League, also known as the National Basketball Training Center
(NBTC) Elite League or NBTC Elite League, composed of 168 teams made
up of 3,024 players and 336 coaches.PR
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
JAWO TALKS ABOUT THE RP TEAM
Leave it to Robert S. Jaworski, the living legend of Philippine basketball, to break the ice as only he can, comment on a burning issue as only he dares, and leave listeners chewing on bits and pieces of information as only he is wont to.
Answering an invitation from PBA commissioner Renauld 'Sonny' Barrios to become part of an advisory group requested by national coach Yeng Guiao, Jaworski was in his elements Monday night at EDSA Shangri-La just after the landmark meeting.
Asked what he and Guiao talked about initially, Jaworski deadpanned: "Tinanong ako ni Yeng kung puwede raw akong maglaro. E sabi ko…"
When the sportswriters broke up in laughter, Jaworski smoothed in: "Tatawa-tawa kayo, e di hawakan nyo muscle ko."
Looking fit and in shape, and striking in light yellow jacket and green collared shirt, the man known as the 'Big J' thanked Guiao for the invitation, calling it "an honor" to be asked to "contribute in our own little way some positive experience, additional knowledge, and insights from past tournaments."
Jaworski, who led the first PBA-backed national team to a silver medal finish in the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, was joined by 1984 RP-Hiroshima Games coach Norman Black, 2002 RP-Busan Games mentor Jong Uichico, and 2007 RP-Tokushima Olympic qualifier coach Chot Reyes.
An emergency that arose kept Tim Cone, the 1998 RP-Bangkok Asian Games mentor, from being with the council of national coaches which Guiao sought preparatory to forming the RP team for the FIBA-Asia World Championship qualifier in September 2009.
"I understand that we'll be asked to drop by the practice from time to time, and also to list down our so-called Dream Team for Yeng's consideration," Jaworski said.
"We'll probably look at it together and maybe come up with a team that everybody believes is the right group."
Jaworski, whose charismatic persona and aggressive brand of play stirred fan adulation like no other basketball player in the country, said he might attend PBA games every now and then to scout candidates for his list.
"That's not a bad idea," he said. "But I want you to know that I've been present in the games, mentally and in my soul."
Jaworski was apparently alluding to the Ginebra-Air21 Fiesta Conference Finals last season where Express governor Lito Alvarez revealed Jaworski had played a role in as a behind-the-scenes coaching consultant.
"I know what's going on. I saw those game. Gusto ko ngang pumunta non kaya lang wala kasi akong upuan e...dahil punong-puno."
Two recent issues – the planned acquisition of a naturalized 7-footer for the national team and the unconfirmed hiring of foreign national coach – drew passionate reaction from Jaworski.
Instead of naturalizing a foreigner which would "always involve a question of law," Jaworski suggested that a search be made for a tall player with Filipino lineage that would make him eligible to "vote and play basketball" under the Dual Citizen Law.
"We have so many overseas Filipino workers. Spread the word around for a 20-, 25-, 30-year old half-Filipino player who didn't qualify, say, for the German national team. Then have him come over."
Jaworski also is not keen on the hiring of a foreign coach to handle the national team.
"It's a little way off. Honestly, I hope you don't mind, I don't have anything against foreign coaches, but we have to have some degree of pride at the right time," he said.
"What if you have a foreign coach and the national team wins? What do you achieve? 'Champion kami!' Who's your coach? 'A Scaramooch.'"
A two-month seminar where the foreign mentor can pass on his "best attributes and best messages" to local coaches who already have international experience, Jaworski believed, "can produce very, very good results."
Stories about him making a comeback in the PBA as coach of the Air21 Express, Jaworski said, will have to be left as stories – for now.
"They (Express owner Bert Lina and his family) are good friends, wonderful people," the former Ginebra playing-coach said. "But it's just that at this time of my life, there are a couple of small things that I'm putting together and so… But I'm not closing the door to anything."
Is preparing for the 2010 national elections one of the small things he is putting together?
"If there's going to be honest-to-goodness electoral reforms and I can pull off my athletes and sports people together, I will venture," Jaworski said.
"But at the moment, lest we see that, I do my humble things like this one – being invited and coming over to see what help I could extend to the sport that has been my life."
Answering an invitation from PBA commissioner Renauld 'Sonny' Barrios to become part of an advisory group requested by national coach Yeng Guiao, Jaworski was in his elements Monday night at EDSA Shangri-La just after the landmark meeting.
Asked what he and Guiao talked about initially, Jaworski deadpanned: "Tinanong ako ni Yeng kung puwede raw akong maglaro. E sabi ko…"
When the sportswriters broke up in laughter, Jaworski smoothed in: "Tatawa-tawa kayo, e di hawakan nyo muscle ko."
Looking fit and in shape, and striking in light yellow jacket and green collared shirt, the man known as the 'Big J' thanked Guiao for the invitation, calling it "an honor" to be asked to "contribute in our own little way some positive experience, additional knowledge, and insights from past tournaments."
Jaworski, who led the first PBA-backed national team to a silver medal finish in the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, was joined by 1984 RP-Hiroshima Games coach Norman Black, 2002 RP-Busan Games mentor Jong Uichico, and 2007 RP-Tokushima Olympic qualifier coach Chot Reyes.
An emergency that arose kept Tim Cone, the 1998 RP-Bangkok Asian Games mentor, from being with the council of national coaches which Guiao sought preparatory to forming the RP team for the FIBA-Asia World Championship qualifier in September 2009.
"I understand that we'll be asked to drop by the practice from time to time, and also to list down our so-called Dream Team for Yeng's consideration," Jaworski said.
"We'll probably look at it together and maybe come up with a team that everybody believes is the right group."
Jaworski, whose charismatic persona and aggressive brand of play stirred fan adulation like no other basketball player in the country, said he might attend PBA games every now and then to scout candidates for his list.
"That's not a bad idea," he said. "But I want you to know that I've been present in the games, mentally and in my soul."
Jaworski was apparently alluding to the Ginebra-Air21 Fiesta Conference Finals last season where Express governor Lito Alvarez revealed Jaworski had played a role in as a behind-the-scenes coaching consultant.
"I know what's going on. I saw those game. Gusto ko ngang pumunta non kaya lang wala kasi akong upuan e...dahil punong-puno."
Two recent issues – the planned acquisition of a naturalized 7-footer for the national team and the unconfirmed hiring of foreign national coach – drew passionate reaction from Jaworski.
Instead of naturalizing a foreigner which would "always involve a question of law," Jaworski suggested that a search be made for a tall player with Filipino lineage that would make him eligible to "vote and play basketball" under the Dual Citizen Law.
"We have so many overseas Filipino workers. Spread the word around for a 20-, 25-, 30-year old half-Filipino player who didn't qualify, say, for the German national team. Then have him come over."
Jaworski also is not keen on the hiring of a foreign coach to handle the national team.
"It's a little way off. Honestly, I hope you don't mind, I don't have anything against foreign coaches, but we have to have some degree of pride at the right time," he said.
"What if you have a foreign coach and the national team wins? What do you achieve? 'Champion kami!' Who's your coach? 'A Scaramooch.'"
A two-month seminar where the foreign mentor can pass on his "best attributes and best messages" to local coaches who already have international experience, Jaworski believed, "can produce very, very good results."
Stories about him making a comeback in the PBA as coach of the Air21 Express, Jaworski said, will have to be left as stories – for now.
"They (Express owner Bert Lina and his family) are good friends, wonderful people," the former Ginebra playing-coach said. "But it's just that at this time of my life, there are a couple of small things that I'm putting together and so… But I'm not closing the door to anything."
Is preparing for the 2010 national elections one of the small things he is putting together?
"If there's going to be honest-to-goodness electoral reforms and I can pull off my athletes and sports people together, I will venture," Jaworski said.
"But at the moment, lest we see that, I do my humble things like this one – being invited and coming over to see what help I could extend to the sport that has been my life."
Monday, October 20, 2008
PBA tv rating, gates up
As Wall Street continues to reel from the global financial crisis, the Philippine Basketball Association recorded big gains in terms television rating as well as at the turnstile.
According to a survey conducted by AGB AC Nielsen, the first five gamedays of the 2008-09 KFC PBA Philippine Cup enjoyed an average rating of 5.48 under the watch of its new network partner Solar Sports. This represents an increase of 63 percent compared to the ratings generated by the first five gamedays of the same conference last year.
More significantly, the latest rating marks the highest the PBA has recorded in the last four years when the games were still covered by ABC 5.
Starting with the 2008-09 season, Asia's first play-for-pay league is now being produced by Solar Sports, which holds the rights to the games over a period of three years. The PBA games are being aired on C/S 9 (free TV) and Basketball TV (cable).
"It's heart-warming and inspiring considering the financial crisis confronting the country and the world," said league commissioner Renauld "Sonny" Barrios, reacting to the AGB AC Nielsen report. "It goes to show that the PBA is still the nation's No.1 sports entertainment."
He added: "I would like to assure the fans that their continued support gives us all the more reason to serve them better and try to make the games even more exciting."
Viewership of Barangay Ginebra's first game of the season against defending champion Sta. Lucia Realty, according to the survey, drew a rating of 7.2, surpassing the ratings of the 2007 Philippine Cup Finals between the Realtors and the Purefoods TJ Giants, except for the deciding seventh game. Game 7 of that titular series recorded a high 12.98 TV rating.
The Ginebra – Sta. Lucia tiff likewise approximated the TV ratings of the Fiesta Conference Finals between the eventual champion Kings and the Air21 Express.
Apparently, the league is also doing good at the gates.
According to Barrios, the first eight games of the season have attracted 47,048 live viewers or an average of 6,721.1 per playdate.
The PBA Wednesday, Friday and Sunday doubleheaders are being played alternately at the Araneta Coliseum, the Cuneta Astrodome and the Ynares Center in Antipolo while Thursday games are being held at so-called "non-traditional" venues such as the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City and the Olivarez College Gym in Paranaque.
According to a survey conducted by AGB AC Nielsen, the first five gamedays of the 2008-09 KFC PBA Philippine Cup enjoyed an average rating of 5.48 under the watch of its new network partner Solar Sports. This represents an increase of 63 percent compared to the ratings generated by the first five gamedays of the same conference last year.
More significantly, the latest rating marks the highest the PBA has recorded in the last four years when the games were still covered by ABC 5.
Starting with the 2008-09 season, Asia's first play-for-pay league is now being produced by Solar Sports, which holds the rights to the games over a period of three years. The PBA games are being aired on C/S 9 (free TV) and Basketball TV (cable).
"It's heart-warming and inspiring considering the financial crisis confronting the country and the world," said league commissioner Renauld "Sonny" Barrios, reacting to the AGB AC Nielsen report. "It goes to show that the PBA is still the nation's No.1 sports entertainment."
He added: "I would like to assure the fans that their continued support gives us all the more reason to serve them better and try to make the games even more exciting."
Viewership of Barangay Ginebra's first game of the season against defending champion Sta. Lucia Realty, according to the survey, drew a rating of 7.2, surpassing the ratings of the 2007 Philippine Cup Finals between the Realtors and the Purefoods TJ Giants, except for the deciding seventh game. Game 7 of that titular series recorded a high 12.98 TV rating.
The Ginebra – Sta. Lucia tiff likewise approximated the TV ratings of the Fiesta Conference Finals between the eventual champion Kings and the Air21 Express.
Apparently, the league is also doing good at the gates.
According to Barrios, the first eight games of the season have attracted 47,048 live viewers or an average of 6,721.1 per playdate.
The PBA Wednesday, Friday and Sunday doubleheaders are being played alternately at the Araneta Coliseum, the Cuneta Astrodome and the Ynares Center in Antipolo while Thursday games are being held at so-called "non-traditional" venues such as the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City and the Olivarez College Gym in Paranaque.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Fil-foreign cagers must complete requirement to join annual draft---Barrios
Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Renauld Barrios yesterday said all Fil-foreign players who applied for coming Annual Draft must complete all the requirements to be considered in the final list of candidates for the August 31 event. Barrios revealed that no less than the PBA Board of Governors reiterated this league policy to him in its July 14 Board Meeting.
Barrios said the documents required by the league are prerequisites for all Fil-foreign players wishing to make a career in the PBA.
"The papers that we are requiring them to submit serve as sort of their passport to become candidates for the annual draft," said Barrios.
Seven Fil-Foreign aspirants led Gabe Norwood have signified their intention to join the annual draft but none of them have completed the requirement imposed by the league.
Supposedly, deadline for submission of the documents was last July 8 but the PBA Commissioner's Office is giving the concerned applicants a grace period of until July 25 to submit at least xerox copies all the required documents so that verification of said papers can take place promptly.
Barrios, however, said that authenticated and original copies of those documents must be turned over to the league by noon of August 29.
Among the pertinent documents that have to be submitted by Fil-Foreign applicants in order to be included in the list of rookie hopefuls are as follows:
1) Certificate of Recognition from Bureau of Immigration
2) Affirmation from the Department of Justice
3) Authenticated birth certificate from the National Statistics Office if applicant is born in the Philippines (or equivalent official agency in country of birth other than the Philippines)
4) Authenticated birth certificate of Filipino parent or other valid document acceptable to the appropriate agency
5) Marriage certificate of parents (or in the absence thereof due circumstances beyond applicants control, legal recognition by applicant's Filipino father or other proof evidencing filiation such as will, record of birth or DNA test results)
6) Duly notarized and/or authenticated naturalization papers of Filipino parents.
7) Duly notarized affidavits of at least 3 persons residing in the Philippines attesting to the claim of citizenship of applicant, and
8) All other documents which the PBA Commissioner may require.
Any of the Fil-foreign applicants who fail to complete the requirement by July 25 will be considered out of the list according to Barrios.
"We need time to check the veracity and authenticity of the documents that they will submit," Barrios said.
The Commissioner's Office as well as all the 10 teams has been allotted a contestability of one month to verify the legitimacy of the Fil-foreign aspirants.
The complete list of Fil-foreign aspirants also includes, Kevin Delafu, Jared Dillinger, Robert Baltch Reyes, Solomon Mercado, Christopher Viardo, Gabriel Norwood and Charles Waters.
Barrios said the documents required by the league are prerequisites for all Fil-foreign players wishing to make a career in the PBA.
"The papers that we are requiring them to submit serve as sort of their passport to become candidates for the annual draft," said Barrios.
Seven Fil-Foreign aspirants led Gabe Norwood have signified their intention to join the annual draft but none of them have completed the requirement imposed by the league.
Supposedly, deadline for submission of the documents was last July 8 but the PBA Commissioner's Office is giving the concerned applicants a grace period of until July 25 to submit at least xerox copies all the required documents so that verification of said papers can take place promptly.
Barrios, however, said that authenticated and original copies of those documents must be turned over to the league by noon of August 29.
Among the pertinent documents that have to be submitted by Fil-Foreign applicants in order to be included in the list of rookie hopefuls are as follows:
1) Certificate of Recognition from Bureau of Immigration
2) Affirmation from the Department of Justice
3) Authenticated birth certificate from the National Statistics Office if applicant is born in the Philippines (or equivalent official agency in country of birth other than the Philippines)
4) Authenticated birth certificate of Filipino parent or other valid document acceptable to the appropriate agency
5) Marriage certificate of parents (or in the absence thereof due circumstances beyond applicants control, legal recognition by applicant's Filipino father or other proof evidencing filiation such as will, record of birth or DNA test results)
6) Duly notarized and/or authenticated naturalization papers of Filipino parents.
7) Duly notarized affidavits of at least 3 persons residing in the Philippines attesting to the claim of citizenship of applicant, and
8) All other documents which the PBA Commissioner may require.
Any of the Fil-foreign applicants who fail to complete the requirement by July 25 will be considered out of the list according to Barrios.
"We need time to check the veracity and authenticity of the documents that they will submit," Barrios said.
The Commissioner's Office as well as all the 10 teams has been allotted a contestability of one month to verify the legitimacy of the Fil-foreign aspirants.
The complete list of Fil-foreign aspirants also includes, Kevin Delafu, Jared Dillinger, Robert Baltch Reyes, Solomon Mercado, Christopher Viardo, Gabriel Norwood and Charles Waters.
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