Fair Play: Cesafi's unfinished business
HERE'S an interesting twist to the volleyball saga in the Cesafi last year.
Apparently, two of the three volleyball coaches who got banned for life from Cesafi still think they have not been punished.
The reason?
They never got a copy of the order banning them for life.
Like I said, it’s interesting.
Ceva, which is taking over the management of Cesafi volleyball this year, was set to conduct a meeting yesterday to iron that out.
And they have to because the Cesafi volleyball tournament starts today.
I heard the two coaches are planning to appeal the decision, or non-decision according to them, because they claim everything is just verbal, they just read about their “ban” in the papers and they don’t have any copy of the decision.
Are they going to ask for a copy of his proclaimation before they recognize P Noy as the country’s president, next?
And it gets interesting.
One claims he wasn’t even there during the incident as he was coaching another team, while the other said he wasn’t really the coach.
Methinks it’s cow manure. Those players wouldn’t dare walk out had the head coach not given the OK. And when it comes to head coaches, especially in volleyball, a player can’t take a piss without the coach’s permission.
They also said Cesafi should have addressed the reason of their walkout (or non-walkout as they also claim). Cesafi never listened to them so they were forced to act drastically.
Well, one guy tried the drastic route and look what’s happening to Pinoys in Hong Kong?
Though the coaches are entitled to pursue their case, I think it’s a waste of time and paper.
They broke the ground rules of the Cesafi by walking out and that calls for an automatic lifetime ban. They should have filed their appeal the minute Cesafi came out with the decision.
I mean, if Cesafi will entertain their “take” on this, what’s next?
Will basketball players who get two Ts wait for a written order from the commish before heeding the ref’s order to leave the court?
It’s a decision, not a subpoena, for crying out loud. And It’s been 11 months.
If I was innocent of a punishment made 11 months ago, I’d storm the office of the offending party, tell them to get their heads checked.
I wouldn’t wait 11 months and then fall in love with the details.
I may not be a lawyer, but based on experience, when sports folks evoke their inner Johnny Cochran and get too technical, it means they’re trying to hide something or are trying to get away with something. Basi makalusot ba.
And too often, they do.
Now will the two coaches get away with it, too?
Well, I guess I’ll just have to wait for the decision.
And not necessarily the written version.
OBJECTIVITY. A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article bewailing the lack of objectivity of two American sportswriters. The author, a veteran writer, lambasted the two for demeaning their profession by asking for an autograph from football star Tim Tebow. Imagine that.
Well, the article was well-written and the arguments, well-constructed, but somehow I kept thinking:
If American sports journalism really wants to tackle objectivity, maybe they’d first explain why they call their national champions, the world champions?
Now that, I think, is the ultimate sin against objectivity.
Apparently, two of the three volleyball coaches who got banned for life from Cesafi still think they have not been punished.
The reason?
They never got a copy of the order banning them for life.
Like I said, it’s interesting.
Ceva, which is taking over the management of Cesafi volleyball this year, was set to conduct a meeting yesterday to iron that out.
And they have to because the Cesafi volleyball tournament starts today.
I heard the two coaches are planning to appeal the decision, or non-decision according to them, because they claim everything is just verbal, they just read about their “ban” in the papers and they don’t have any copy of the decision.
Are they going to ask for a copy of his proclaimation before they recognize P Noy as the country’s president, next?
And it gets interesting.
One claims he wasn’t even there during the incident as he was coaching another team, while the other said he wasn’t really the coach.
Methinks it’s cow manure. Those players wouldn’t dare walk out had the head coach not given the OK. And when it comes to head coaches, especially in volleyball, a player can’t take a piss without the coach’s permission.
They also said Cesafi should have addressed the reason of their walkout (or non-walkout as they also claim). Cesafi never listened to them so they were forced to act drastically.
Well, one guy tried the drastic route and look what’s happening to Pinoys in Hong Kong?
Though the coaches are entitled to pursue their case, I think it’s a waste of time and paper.
They broke the ground rules of the Cesafi by walking out and that calls for an automatic lifetime ban. They should have filed their appeal the minute Cesafi came out with the decision.
I mean, if Cesafi will entertain their “take” on this, what’s next?
Will basketball players who get two Ts wait for a written order from the commish before heeding the ref’s order to leave the court?
It’s a decision, not a subpoena, for crying out loud. And It’s been 11 months.
If I was innocent of a punishment made 11 months ago, I’d storm the office of the offending party, tell them to get their heads checked.
I wouldn’t wait 11 months and then fall in love with the details.
I may not be a lawyer, but based on experience, when sports folks evoke their inner Johnny Cochran and get too technical, it means they’re trying to hide something or are trying to get away with something. Basi makalusot ba.
And too often, they do.
Now will the two coaches get away with it, too?
Well, I guess I’ll just have to wait for the decision.
And not necessarily the written version.
OBJECTIVITY. A few weeks ago, I read an interesting article bewailing the lack of objectivity of two American sportswriters. The author, a veteran writer, lambasted the two for demeaning their profession by asking for an autograph from football star Tim Tebow. Imagine that.
Well, the article was well-written and the arguments, well-constructed, but somehow I kept thinking:
If American sports journalism really wants to tackle objectivity, maybe they’d first explain why they call their national champions, the world champions?
Now that, I think, is the ultimate sin against objectivity.
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