Cesafi mess
TWO weeks before the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Incorporated football season is set to start, organizers are caught in an imbroglio after the eligibility of two University of the Visayas players were questioned.
Ricky Flores' and Venjor Gomera's eligibility for the 2005 season set to start on Sept 4 were questioned by their former University of Cebu coach Glen Ramos.
The two were former members of the Abellana National School team in 2004 under coach Francis Ramirez, who also serves as UV assistant coach, before attending the University of Cebu after graduation.
They played for UC in the Cesafi last year and then transferred to the University of the Visayas in the second semester and their eligibility to play was questioned by UC head coach Glen Ramos.
In Cesafi regulations, a transferee must have a one-year residency before he is eligible to play for his new school, a ruling which discourages player piracy.
However, the ruling is not as clear on the two as theirs is a unique case. According to UV head coach Eddie Buot their transcript of records do not show that they spent one semester at the University of Cebu.
"Pag graduate high school gi enroll sa UC wa mo eskwela, gipaduwa sa Cesafi nga wa muskwela," Buot said in an interview last Friday at the Cebu City Sports Center. "During the second semester they transferred at UV and they do not have records from UC,"
"If they were enrolled at UC, how come it doesn't show in their records," Buot continued, "My other players who came from UC have records that they studied at UC,"
The same point is also raised by UC athletics director Bernard Ricablanca, "Let me clarify we are not holding back the two boys, but we just want to know why their transcript do not show that they came from UC when we have their records here. What credentials did they present to UV?"
Ricablanca clarified that whether a student attended his classes or not, as long as they were enrolled, they will have records.
Buot said that he wants the status of the two players clarified by the technical committee before the season starts on Sept 3 and is willing to present the two. "Its also better that they ask the players themselves to clear this matter,"
Ricablanca also agrees, "That's better so we can ask them themselves how they are able to enroll or whether anybody helped them,"
Ricablanca, Buot and the other parties are set to meet with Cesafi president Dodong Gullas to settle the matter.
Ricky Flores' and Venjor Gomera's eligibility for the 2005 season set to start on Sept 4 were questioned by their former University of Cebu coach Glen Ramos.
The two were former members of the Abellana National School team in 2004 under coach Francis Ramirez, who also serves as UV assistant coach, before attending the University of Cebu after graduation.
They played for UC in the Cesafi last year and then transferred to the University of the Visayas in the second semester and their eligibility to play was questioned by UC head coach Glen Ramos.
In Cesafi regulations, a transferee must have a one-year residency before he is eligible to play for his new school, a ruling which discourages player piracy.
However, the ruling is not as clear on the two as theirs is a unique case. According to UV head coach Eddie Buot their transcript of records do not show that they spent one semester at the University of Cebu.
"Pag graduate high school gi enroll sa UC wa mo eskwela, gipaduwa sa Cesafi nga wa muskwela," Buot said in an interview last Friday at the Cebu City Sports Center. "During the second semester they transferred at UV and they do not have records from UC,"
"If they were enrolled at UC, how come it doesn't show in their records," Buot continued, "My other players who came from UC have records that they studied at UC,"
The same point is also raised by UC athletics director Bernard Ricablanca, "Let me clarify we are not holding back the two boys, but we just want to know why their transcript do not show that they came from UC when we have their records here. What credentials did they present to UV?"
Ricablanca clarified that whether a student attended his classes or not, as long as they were enrolled, they will have records.
Buot said that he wants the status of the two players clarified by the technical committee before the season starts on Sept 3 and is willing to present the two. "Its also better that they ask the players themselves to clear this matter,"
Ricablanca also agrees, "That's better so we can ask them themselves how they are able to enroll or whether anybody helped them,"
Ricablanca, Buot and the other parties are set to meet with Cesafi president Dodong Gullas to settle the matter.
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