CebuFA decides on Tuesday
The Cebu Football Association will meet again on Tuesday for the decision regarding the fate of those involved in the free-for-all in the aborted semifinal match between Hiroshi FC and Crazy Horse FC in the Thirsty Cup.
“We got the referees report and it was mentioned that four players form Hiroshi and three from Crazy Horse were involved,” CebuFa president Jonathan Maximo said.
Maximo said, that in the interest of due process, they will ask the players mentioned and the Crazy Horse and Hiroshi managers to submit their own versions of the incident, to get their side.
“We also want to listen to the players,” Maximo said.
The sanctions from the CebuFa will be stiffer since it will affect all CebuFa sanctioned tournaments and will be forwarded to the PFF.
According to Maximo, the PFF Code of Discipline stipulates that “all cases of violence must be severely punished” and that the suggested 12 months suspension for getting involved in a free for all “must be considered as a minimum”
“We got the referees report and it was mentioned that four players form Hiroshi and three from Crazy Horse were involved,” CebuFa president Jonathan Maximo said.
Maximo said, that in the interest of due process, they will ask the players mentioned and the Crazy Horse and Hiroshi managers to submit their own versions of the incident, to get their side.
“We also want to listen to the players,” Maximo said.
The sanctions from the CebuFa will be stiffer since it will affect all CebuFa sanctioned tournaments and will be forwarded to the PFF.
According to Maximo, the PFF Code of Discipline stipulates that “all cases of violence must be severely punished” and that the suggested 12 months suspension for getting involved in a free for all “must be considered as a minimum”
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1. ban manager and staff from sidelines, for a specific number of games
2. slap fines (pwede himuon bond) on teams and players
pwede pud community service. seriously.
As per PFF Code of Discipline:
"Non-appearance of a team for a scheduled match (not being able to field a minimum of (9) players at the scheduled time of the match):
-Coming late
-Plain non-appearance
Sanction: Forfeiture of the match and fine of P1,000.00
Repetition: Fine of P5,000.00. The whole team including coaching staff will be suspended for 12 months and will not be allowed to continue playing in the league."
CebuFA Board decided to spare the suspension of the players due to the fact that this is a youth tournament and normally players depend on the instructions of an adult, in this case, their coach. The players were given a verbal warning though.
As you can see, normal, 1st time offense on non-appearance of a team carries only a forfeiture & a small fine. Problem is, the team did it TWICE. Thanks
the community right now is focusing on the thirsty infraction so i would suggest that the CFA also focus on that.the forfieture sanction has been dealt and accepted by the parties involved so that is a non-issue anymore. let us not stray away from the topic and focus instead on the hiroshi/crazyhorse situation.
Or they could just pull the rug from under everybody and form a selection team...but that, my friend, will cause a lot of ruckus...
mike, i asked a USJR-Alumni player if they are willing to represent Cebu and he told me that they may not be prepared to do so. School, logistics and other reasons came up but the most significant reason he mentioned was that they have not seriously practiced as a team for quite some time already.
Player availability would also be a problem for USJR-Alumni. That team they fielded in the Aboitiz Cup had several Don Bosco PE instructors who cannot just leave their jobs to play. They also have other alumni players who have their own regular jobs where they would find it hard to ask for a leave, or risk losing their jobs if the resort to absenting themselves.
If a selection team is to be formed, then the first decision that has to be made is to assign the coach, who will have the very difficult job of getting together players willing to represent Cebu in such short notice.
If USJR decides to decline the chance to represent Cebu, will an invitation be then given to the 4th seed - Don Bosco Alumni. However, I'm not sure about these guys finances and competitiveness (they have a lot of old players on their lineup).
That Thirsty rumble really messed up our chances. Hiroshi was our best team but unfortunately not our most intelligent. Here's wishing Maximo and the CebuFA the best of luck in sorting this out.