The MOA
First, a disclaimer.
The mere fact that I’m writing about this in my blog, I guess, bars any chance of me writing about this in (well, you know)
Another thing, the player who got the MOA, what is he thinking now, if you were in his place? The biggest tragedy in this issue is not the team who got snubbed, it’s the player who got the award.
For sure, this maybe the first award he gets, but for the questions to linger on his getting the award. How would you feel if you are in his place?
And, I purposely write this, after the Milo awarding, nothing can be done to change the fact, but what can be done, is hopefully, to avoid a similar situation.
What situation?
The MOA controversy.
Football is a team sport, choosing a Most Valuable Player is difficult for it is subjective. I once talked with a football guy (I forgot if he was with the media or a coach) that an MVP award in football is not a good thing, because football is all about team work.
But choosing the Most OUTSTANDING Athlete, on the other hand, is a different thing. The MOA, from my point of view, may not be that valuable. It is a matter of choosing who stands OUT most.
How so? The MOA may score the most goals, he may have made the most number of assists, but is he as valuable as your team leader? The guy who tells you to check that man? Or, after you take a fall, he helps you get up?
The MOA is not the MVP.
So why the big fuss over the MOA.
One, the Don Bosco snub.
Does Don Bosco have the right to expect that the MOA should come from them after they won the title?
No. Anybody can stand out in football.
And that should have been the end of the story. But the problem lies, when DBC asked what the criteria was for choosing the MOA.
That’s when the barnyard dung hit the ceiling.
Had they come up with concrete guidelines, this issue would have been long laid to rest.
A newcomer? The high school awardee wasn’t exactly a newcomer. The rest of the MOAs weren’t newcomers.
Granted, it was agreed by the coaches to only consider newcomers as MOA. Does the DBC bench stink that much?
Correct me if I am wrong, doesn’t DBC have any newcomer in their team? The same question goes to Springdale. Are both teams that good, that they are all veterans?
Here’s my take. They erred, and they made it worse by well, you know what they did.
One last thing, after the elementary finals—to be precise at least 20 minutes as DBC were having their pictorial already at the podium (or lectern, is it)-- I approached them (haven’t you notice it’s a general ‘they’, ‘them’) and asked who the MOA was.
I was told it was still being deliberated.
The next day, a few minutes after the secondary finals, or should I say, a minute and a half, I asked who the MOA was….
P.S.
I guess, there will be no more Olympic Energy drink stories from this opinionated dude.
P.P.S.
I would like to thank RHB for giving me the courage to write about this. I’ve long wanted to write about this, opinions and such, the first day this broke out.
P.P.P.S.
Tomorrow, sobered with coffee, is a different matter. Let’s see how long this stays on the blog.
The mere fact that I’m writing about this in my blog, I guess, bars any chance of me writing about this in (well, you know)
Another thing, the player who got the MOA, what is he thinking now, if you were in his place? The biggest tragedy in this issue is not the team who got snubbed, it’s the player who got the award.
For sure, this maybe the first award he gets, but for the questions to linger on his getting the award. How would you feel if you are in his place?
And, I purposely write this, after the Milo awarding, nothing can be done to change the fact, but what can be done, is hopefully, to avoid a similar situation.
What situation?
The MOA controversy.
Football is a team sport, choosing a Most Valuable Player is difficult for it is subjective. I once talked with a football guy (I forgot if he was with the media or a coach) that an MVP award in football is not a good thing, because football is all about team work.
But choosing the Most OUTSTANDING Athlete, on the other hand, is a different thing. The MOA, from my point of view, may not be that valuable. It is a matter of choosing who stands OUT most.
How so? The MOA may score the most goals, he may have made the most number of assists, but is he as valuable as your team leader? The guy who tells you to check that man? Or, after you take a fall, he helps you get up?
The MOA is not the MVP.
So why the big fuss over the MOA.
One, the Don Bosco snub.
Does Don Bosco have the right to expect that the MOA should come from them after they won the title?
No. Anybody can stand out in football.
And that should have been the end of the story. But the problem lies, when DBC asked what the criteria was for choosing the MOA.
That’s when the barnyard dung hit the ceiling.
Had they come up with concrete guidelines, this issue would have been long laid to rest.
A newcomer? The high school awardee wasn’t exactly a newcomer. The rest of the MOAs weren’t newcomers.
Granted, it was agreed by the coaches to only consider newcomers as MOA. Does the DBC bench stink that much?
Correct me if I am wrong, doesn’t DBC have any newcomer in their team? The same question goes to Springdale. Are both teams that good, that they are all veterans?
Here’s my take. They erred, and they made it worse by well, you know what they did.
One last thing, after the elementary finals—to be precise at least 20 minutes as DBC were having their pictorial already at the podium (or lectern, is it)-- I approached them (haven’t you notice it’s a general ‘they’, ‘them’) and asked who the MOA was.
I was told it was still being deliberated.
The next day, a few minutes after the secondary finals, or should I say, a minute and a half, I asked who the MOA was….
P.S.
I guess, there will be no more Olympic Energy drink stories from this opinionated dude.
P.P.S.
I would like to thank RHB for giving me the courage to write about this. I’ve long wanted to write about this, opinions and such, the first day this broke out.
P.P.P.S.
Tomorrow, sobered with coffee, is a different matter. Let’s see how long this stays on the blog.
Comments
the DBC elementary football team had several players who can qualify for either of the two distinctions. when officials of the sponsors were personally called up to ask for the MOA criteria, they pointed out just one main thing - the player must not be receiving a stipend/allowance from any PSA. with that, it was natural for DBC to expect the MOA to come from their team.
however, the tournament manager and the overall coordinator came up with different criterias. one said that DBC cannot qualify for the MOA because it just won the Palarong Pambansa crown. the other said that DBC players played in a national tournament and was thus disqualified.
many atheletes who participated and won their respective events were former participants of the Palarong Pambansa. most even got to be choosen MOA. so why single out DBC and hit them with these conflicting criterias. if cviraa or palaro veterans cannot be considered for MOA, then why allow them to participate in the first place.
a genuinely bleed for the choosen MOA. i am sure he did not ask for the award. my rage and that of many others is pointed to the tournament manager and the overall chairman for doing such an unsportsmanlike act.
Mike wrote - can these be prevented in the future. the only way individual awards can be given to the deserving individual is if it is given to the winner of an individual event, and if he/she is the choice of coaching staff of the winning team.
since this issue happened in football, i would like to commend CebuFA for properly reacting. CebuFA, in lieu of the controversy, correctly reacted by deciding that MVP's of the Aboitiz Festival will be choosen by the winning coach.
so what should be done. undangon na lang ni nato kay luoy kaayo ang bata ? unfortunately that will have to be the case. but i find consolation knowing that the sponsors has been notified and letters and proof has been turned over. i have also been informed that both "sportsmen" has been notified of the displeasure of the sponsors and that their mishandling of the issue will not be forgotten.
i expect the sponsors to require the local organizers to look for a different tournament manager next year. i also expect DepEd Cebu City to take note of this issue and prevent it from happening in the upcoming City Olympics - not the awarding of MOA's - but in the assigning of tournament managers who can do a more credible job.
I noticed too that CebuFA, even during last year's aboitiz Youth Festival and Red Ribbon tournaments, have made it a policy to let the coaching staff of the champion team decide who among his players should be awarded the MVP. That has been its policy way before and I think it would still be the policy in the future, with or without this Milo controversy.
MILO = Masarap Inumin Lagi ang Ovaltine
yep i agree its been the policy here who ever is the champ, the mvp will be named from the champ team...nice though bec. it gives credit to the coach and the champ team but there is wat if's..right?
if one or 2 players in the opposing team plays good and would be named mvp,it is not his day...hehehehehe