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Elizalde advises SBP to heed FIBA
By Joaquin Henson Updated June 29, 2009 12:00 AM


Frank Elizalde

MANILA, Philippines - The country’s International Olympic Committee (IOC) senior member Frank Elizalde encouraged yesterday the SBP to attend the meeting called by the FIBA special commission in Geneva on July 20-22 and while he saw no grounds for another Philippine suspension, warned that ignoring the invitation could lead to serious repercussions.

Elizalde, 76, has been an IOC member since 1985 and is chairman of the IOC Nominations Commission. A former Harvard University varsity swimmer, he was recently named a member of the IOC Ethics Commission. Elizalde is a member of the POC Executive Board.

“I sympathize with the SBP and I agree that being called to attend the special commission meeting without knowing why is unfair but I don’t think it’s right to ignore FIBA,” said Elizalde. “It’s never a good policy to go against an IF (International Federation) like FIBA which governs the sport of basketball all over the world. If you ignore FIBA, believe me, the decision will come back to haunt you later.”

Elizalde said he is aware of the issues involving the SBP and rival BAP whose status as an NSA was taken away by the POC for cause and bestowed on the SBP after due process.

“FIBA knows what it’s doing,” said Elizalde. “I’m sure my good friend Patrick (Baumann, FIBA secretary-general) knows what’s going on. At the moment, I don’t think there are grounds to even consider suspending the Philippines. But if the SBP doesn’t show up in Geneva, I can just imagine what FIBA’s reaction will be. It won’t be positive.”

The Philippines has been suspended thrice by FIBA – all on politically related issues. In 1963, the country was suspended for failing to host the World Championships after the government refused to issue visas to the Yugoslavian team on the basis of its anti-Communist policy. In 2001, another suspension was slapped due to a leadership crisis within the BAP, then the NSA for basketball, pitting Tiny Literal and Graham Lim versus Freddie Jalasco and Lito Puyat. In 2005-07, the Philippines was suspended when the POC stripped the BAP of its NSA status for failure of leadership.

The suspensions caused the Philippines to miss playing basketball in the 2006 Asian Games and the 2001 and 2005 FIBA-Asia Championships.

Elizalde said he recently spoke to Baumann during an IOC meeting in Lausanne and told him to beware of politicians stoking the fires of chaos in sports.

“Patrick had actually phoned me when I was in Manila before we met in Lausanne,” said Elizalde. “He was concerned about the compliance of the terms in the Bangkok Agreement which was supposed to bring about peace and unity in Philippine basketball. I wrote Patrick a letter, expressing my concerns about the FIBA special commission - which he later told me was strongly worded. But he asked for my opinion and I gave it. I told Patrick he shouldn’t be giving importance to people from a discredited organization.”

Elizalde said if the SBP is confident of its position, there should be no problem attending the special commission meeting.

“It would’ve been better to set the meeting in Manila so the special commission members (FIBA secretary-general emeritus Borislav Stankovic, FIBA honorary president Dr. Carl Men Ky Ching of Hong Kong and FIBA legal commission member Ken Madsen) can see for themselves what the situation is,” said Elizalde. “They can see what leagues are attached to the SBP and what leagues are attached to the BAP. They can interview basketball people in the course of their investigation. But the decision is to hold the meeting in Geneva. Maybe, it’s because FIBA already knows what the situation is and all they want is a reassurance that the terms of the Bangkok Agreement are complied with.”

Elizalde said he doubts if the special commission has the power to suspend the Philippines.

“I think the special commission was tasked to look into the problem and is recommendatory in nature,” he went on. “It will probably recommend a course of action for FIBA to approve.”

Elizalde said he disagreed with the SBP’s approach of putting out full-page ads in newspapers to publicize its side.

“I realize the SBP is on the right but I’m afraid some people in FIBA might interpret coming out with full-page ads as an act of arrogance,” he continued. “A phone call to Patrick would’ve clarified things, I think. It’s always good to establish informal relations.”

Elizalde also said there is concern in FIBA about the emergence of an Asian professional league, similar to the NBA, that is independent of FIBA. Malaysian businessman Tony Fernandes, founder of Air-Asia, is spearheading the effort to create the league which has the support of FIBA-Asia secretary-general Dato Yeoh Choo Hock.

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Warning to the Fiba secretary general

By Recah Trinidad
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 23:40:00 06/29/2009

Filed Under: Basketball

Mr. Patrick Baumann

Secretary General

International Basketball

Federation (Fiba)

Dear Sir,

Please accept my sincerest greetings from the Republic of the Philippines, where basketball is played and followed with religious intensity.

Please consider this as a letter from a fan of the Fiba.

You may not be aware of this, sir, but you have become a sort of hero to many Filipino sports devotees after you came to Manila to help resolve the raging basketball leadership issue hereabouts.

Let me assure that your effort in helping establish the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas has led to significant reforms that have helped Philippine basketball recover from years of neglect.

Philippine basketball is now in the midst of what could be called a robust development.

I trust you have been sufficiently assessed of these great developments, even before the SBP came out with full-page newspaper advertisements last week.

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Let me assure you, sir, that those advertisements were put out to set records straight, and never to defy the Fiba or put anybody or any institution in a bad light.

It saddens me that there’s currently widespread fears here in my country over a possible Fiba ban or suspension following the SBP’s refusal to submit itself to the jurisdiction of a special commission that will meet in Geneva on July 20 to 22.

SBP president Manny Pangilinan had earlier asked that they, at least, be informed of “the rules of court and how they would judge us.”

As things stood, the SBP would’ve agreed to be scolded or punished for an unknown fault or violation if it attended the commission meeting.

Mr. Pangilinan said they were not coming “unless the Fiba clears to us the real mandate, jurisdiction and scope of authority.”

Knowing Mr. Pangilinan, he would not take that immovable stand if he had at least been told what they had to answer for.

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Of course, it can’t be denied that there had been some imperfections with the SBP, like the untimely exit of Nic Jorge, one of its founders.

But let me assure you that this slip was more of an exception than a rule in the SBP.

What’s truly alarming is this report that Go Teng Kok, special assistant to the president of the Philippine Olympic Committee, was able to touch base with the Fiba before a summons was issued to SBP to subject itself to the special commission.

As you obviously did not have the time and chance to do a character check on Go, he has just committed the dastardly act of disqualifying a legally elected president of the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines.

For the record, the all-powerful Go himself supervised that election that was ordered by the POC.

However, he next victimized a promising sportsman by forcing him to accept the illegitimate cycling presidency in order to cover up for his violation.

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This is the same Go Teng Kok who, in 1990, got fiercely shouted out of the Office of the Commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association after he suggested to the man in authority to manipulate the result of the second game of the Liaoning (China) basketball team tour.

Liaoning had lost the first match by an enormous margin and Go wanted either a reversal or a tight result in Game 2 “so they could rake it in Game 3.”

You’re free to challenge this in front of the PBA man in authority, who said he had one veteran broadcaster as witness to the incident.

Sorry, sir, for eating much of your time.

However, I found it my duty to inform you that you would be giving Philippine basketball back to the grip of gangsters masquerading as sports leaders if you fall to their latest ploy.

Respectfully,

Recah Trinidad

pr_sports@inquirer.com.ph

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