MANILA – After suspending indefinitely its matches for the 2020 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, the league ordered all its teams to not conduct practices for the next two weeks due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.
In a memo by PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial on March 13, he disallowed teams from holding practices, scrimmages and other team-related activities from March 14 to 27.
“The Office of the Commissioner, with the approval of the PBA Board of Governors, will implement and strictly impose a two-week break from practices, scrimmages, and other related activities to ALL PBA TEAMS,” Marcial said.
“Further instructions will be handed out as the league continues to assess the current situation,” he added.
The PBA previously allowed the teams to conduct practices and other team activities even though they suspended the 2020 PBA Philippine Cup matches earlier this week due to COVID-19 outbreak.
However, the league decided not to allow them anymore the other day after a resolution by the inter-agency task force recommended the prohibition of mass gatherings, among others.
“We seek your utmost cooperation and compliance and enjoin everyone to keep safe and follow the guidelines set by our government health workers to avoid the spread of the virus,” the PBA memo said./PN
