2009 UAAP season,,

[Minuano27]

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kuyaw pud ni ug style si knuttel

Airball Men: Jens Knuttel and Mark Lopez share a moment

[effem_amancio]

No doubt.. Ateneo shall be champions! daghan kaayo og offensive power...mangigo pa jud si Baclao..

[rtarheelgirl]

No doubt.. Ateneo shall be champions! daghan kaayo og offensive power...mangigo pa jud si Baclao..

think again dude. The we love to hate blog pizzaburger gave has really lots of informations. they posted another blog... go and read.. this is MAJOR NEWS to the atenistas and ateneo fans WE LOVE TO HATE: Jobe Nkemakolam didnt finish high school?

[amamangloy]

think again dude. The we love to hate blog pizzaburger gave has really lots of informations. they posted another blog... go and read.. this is MAJOR NEWS to the atenistas and ateneo fans WE LOVE TO HATE: Jobe Nkemakolam didnt finish high school?

in jeopardy ang pagka back-to-back champ sa Ateneo bcoz of this news

[edgeknife]

think again dude. The we love to hate blog pizzaburger gave has really lots of informations. they posted another blog... go and read.. this is MAJOR NEWS to the atenistas and ateneo fans WE LOVE TO HATE: Jobe Nkemakolam didnt finish high school?

based sa imong avie la salle jud ka... time to move na mga green archers fans lolz... wala gani ma final 4 ang green archers...

back for the topic... we do not yet know the possibility of ateneo last year... pero i would say back-2-back blue eagles kung dili proven ang kang jobe...

[Minuano27]

that's actually old news. it was even in the newspapers in june 2006 reporting on the same issue.

[joninho]

but even if it's old news, once the board investigates on this.. they might suffer some penalties or the same fate as that suspended dlsu team...

rabeh: if he's not changing then he wont last long in the pro's... if he's qualified for drafting..

[pizzaburger101]

but even if it's old news, once the board investigates on this.. they might suffer some penalties or the same fate as that suspended dlsu team...

the UAAP I think are starting to investigate this thing...

rabeh: if he's not changing then he wont last long in the pro's... if he's qualified for drafting..

good luck nalang to him.

[Minuano27]

a quick resolution to the issue:

UAAP Board clears Ateneo | Manila Bulletin

UAAP Board clears Ateneo
By WAYLON GALVEZ
September 23, 2009, 6:46pm

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) on Wednesday ruled that Ateneo de Manila did not break the league's eligibility rules when it fielded Jobe Nkemakolam for three seasons.

Ricky Palou, Ateneo's representative, broke the news following Wednesday's regular UAAP board meeting .

Saying Nkemakolam's case was an old issue, Palou said the board hardly discussed the complaint filed by lawyer Levito Baligod.

"Ilang taon na take up yan eh. Then there's the CHED ruling," Palou said.

The Ateneo official was referring to a clarification issued by CHED on Wednesday that reversed a previous finding it released on Sept. 3.

Twenty days after declaring that Nkemakolam has not met the academic requirements to graduate from high school and is not eligible for admission to college, CHED cited a Department of Education order that allows Nkemakolam to enter college.

In its latest certificate addressed to Baligod yesterday, CHED explained that Nkemakolam was eligible when he enrolled in Ateneo back in 2004.

“Please be informed that DECS Order No. 26, series 1994, entitled “Placements of Transferees from Foreign Countries Seeking Admission to the Philippine Elementary and Secondary School. Paragraph 2 (e) states that “those who completed the Eleventh or Twelfth grades may be eligible for admission to the tertiary level," CHED said.

“Moreover, the same DECS Order also provides that 'the accepting school shall have the discretion to accelerate their pupil to a higher Grade/Year or conversely to a lower Grade/Year, depending upon the subsequent performance of the pupil in the accepting school.”

Nkenakolam, who played three seasons for the Eagles, attended Reedley International School, completing Grade 10 and Grade 11.

The new CHED certificate was signed by Lilian B. Enriquez, the same official that certified that Nkemakolam was not eligible last September 3.

Wednesday's UAAP meeting was scheduled long before Baligod filed the complaint.

UAAP president Anton Montinola could not be reached for confirmation, but a board member, who wished not to be named, supported Palou's statement.

“He’s (Nkenakolam) eligible under our rules,” said the board member who disclosed that no member school raised a howl. "This is because of the new CHED certificate."

[basketballer]

well and good case closed