As two more players came under fire for participating in “ligang labas” without the green light from their mother ball clubs, Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Commissioner Willie Marcial said that the league will now impose hefty punishment on violators.
Marcial told Buzzer Beater during the league’s annual media day that he came up with a memorandum that will have players caught playing in ligang labas pay at least a P50,000 fine and/or suspensions.
Marcial’s memo was made after Alaska Aces’ Vic Manuel and Magnolia Hotshots’ Jiovani Jalalon were spotted playing an outside league in Calamba, Laguna, which is a clear violation of the PBA rules and the Uniform Players Contract (UPC) signed with their respective teams.
“Sinabihan ko silang dalawa. Sa susunod, pag inulit niyo ‘yun, baka P75,000 or P100,000, kasi sinabihan ko na kayo eh,” Marcial said, pertaining to Manuel and Jalalon, who were both penalized by their squads.
“Sa lahat ng mga players, kailangan magpaalam sa PBA at sa teams. Hindi puwedeng PBA lang, hindi puwedeng team lang,” the PBA Commissioner added.
This was not the first time that players were penalized for playing in an unsanctioned league, as San Miguel Beermen’s Arwind Santos, Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters’ Calvin Abueva and former PBA player Renz Palma were also punished before.
There was a scary story that happened from playing in ligang labas. Rain or Shine Elasto Painters’ Chris Exciminiano suffered a serious injury that prevented him from signing a new contract with the team.
“Talagang bawal ‘yan. Pero maluwag tayo kasi naiimbita. Puwede din naman kung kunwari charity. Titignan ko muna kung anong paglalaruan, gaano katagal, ano ang kalaban,” Marcial explained.
“Parang out-of-town [game] ‘yan na kung ano mga requirements natin, ‘yun ang sasabihin natin. Ma-injure ‘yan, kawawa kasi pati ‘yung UPC nila puwedeng mawala sa kanila ‘yun,” he added.
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BLIND ITEM: A famous sports personality could have been involved in a huge controversy many years ago, had he not done any measures that prevented the incident from going out in the public.
A source told Buzzer Beater that the famous sports personality was nearly complained by his neighbors inside an exclusive subdivision due to the “loud noise” in the wee hours of the night.
“Malaking kontrobersya talaga ‘iyon sakaling pumutok dahil bukod kay (famous sports personality), may kasama pa siyang foreign dignitary nung mga time na ang ingay ingay sa bahay na ‘yun,” said the source.
“Yun pala, may nagaganap na “private live show” sa bahay ni (famous sports personality) at ang guest niya nung gabing iyon ay si (foreign dignitary) at ang kanilang mga pinapanood, mga players.”
“Ang ingay talaga kasi hindi mapigilan ng dalawang magtilian, kaya nabadtrip ‘yung mga kapitbahay. Mabuti na lang at nadaan sa areglo, kundi laking eskandalo ‘yan, lalo na kay (famous sports personality).”
“Since nung mangyari ‘yung insidente na iyon, parang hindi na naulit ‘yung live show. Syempre, the (famous sports personality) should be careful because he has many many businesses here, as in many many,” the source concluded./PN
