CebuFA lauds Prisaa
THE Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) welcomes the move of the Private Schools Athletic Association (Prisaa) to include football in the next year’s Prisaa.
Prisaa national president Gonzalo Duque said he wants to include football in the next edition and also wants to hold competitions for the secondary and elementary level. This proposal though, will have to be presented to the board for approval.
“That’s very good news for football,” CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo said.
With the move, schools will now have more tournaments to join and will have incentives to invest in their football teams instead of concentrating their funds on the usual teams.
“It’s the players and parents who will benefit as schools will now have more reason to invest on there football teams by offering attractive scholarships to players just like what basketball players are enjoying now,” Maximo said.
The decision of Prisaa also fills an empty niche in Philippine football as the Philippine Football Federation doesn’t have a national competition for collegiate teams.
“After the Under-19, its straight to the Men’s Open, so this is a chance for the college teams to compete with other teams in the country and maybe create a rivalry,” Maximo said.
The CebuFA president also said this move by the Prisaa will trickle support down to the secondary and elementary levels.
“Only colleges have football scholars, so maybe this will force high schools and elementary schools to put up football varsities, and the players will have the same benefits as the college students,” he said.
The CebuFA will also send a message of support to Duque, who said there are a lot of football players in Pangasinan where the Prisaa National Meet was just staged.
“Local Cesafi has football but when they go to Prisaa regional there is none because there is no football in the national meet. I look forward to having elementary, high school and tertiary football in Prisaa. Local schools can now look forward to being national champions,” Maximo said.
Prisaa national president Gonzalo Duque said he wants to include football in the next edition and also wants to hold competitions for the secondary and elementary level. This proposal though, will have to be presented to the board for approval.
“That’s very good news for football,” CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo said.
With the move, schools will now have more tournaments to join and will have incentives to invest in their football teams instead of concentrating their funds on the usual teams.
“It’s the players and parents who will benefit as schools will now have more reason to invest on there football teams by offering attractive scholarships to players just like what basketball players are enjoying now,” Maximo said.
The decision of Prisaa also fills an empty niche in Philippine football as the Philippine Football Federation doesn’t have a national competition for collegiate teams.
“After the Under-19, its straight to the Men’s Open, so this is a chance for the college teams to compete with other teams in the country and maybe create a rivalry,” Maximo said.
The CebuFA president also said this move by the Prisaa will trickle support down to the secondary and elementary levels.
“Only colleges have football scholars, so maybe this will force high schools and elementary schools to put up football varsities, and the players will have the same benefits as the college students,” he said.
The CebuFA will also send a message of support to Duque, who said there are a lot of football players in Pangasinan where the Prisaa National Meet was just staged.
“Local Cesafi has football but when they go to Prisaa regional there is none because there is no football in the national meet. I look forward to having elementary, high school and tertiary football in Prisaa. Local schools can now look forward to being national champions,” Maximo said.
Comments
An interesting and possible option may be the champions of the city olympics or provincial meets but these competitions include public schools.
will it follow that our CESAFI will have elementary divisions ? but then, again, what will happen to the non-member schools ?
will CESAFI need to change their rules in order that schools with programs that are up to the secondary level can participate or will they maintain the "colleges and universities only" requirement.
it's a very interesting move by the PRISAA. i wish it will push thru. i also hope their are answers to these questions.
basta..if this push through..it only means one thing...more football games for the kids
i agree, if PRISAA goes secondary and elementary, then private schools without tertiary programs should be allowed to gain membership to the association.
however, i hope that the other age-groups (B15,BUnder14,P10,P8, etc.)will also have an increase in the number of tournaments. the elementary and high school squads (basically the B17 and P12) have the Milo Little Olympics, City Olympics, Aboitiz Cup, CVIRAA, CESAFI, Palaro and now the PRISAA to look forward to. I hope the CebuFA is industrious enough to provide the other age-groups a comparable amount of games.