The La Salle fiasco involving its fielding of ineligible players in the UAAP basketball games has finally been dealt with, as the UAAP board has decided with finality to suspend the school in all UAAP events for one year, for negligence. It was a unanimous decision, with two members even arguing for a longer suspension, two years (which I feel is more reasonable).
Predictably, La Salle sympathizers believe the suspension was just too harsh, and the penalty shouldn’t extend to non-basketball sports whose players and officials had no hand in the deceit. In addition, La Salle’s erstwhile rival, the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila, was likewise disheartened and would reportedly seek motivation elsewhere (what motivation?). It’s as if these two were the only schools that matter. Excuse me, but I really need to barf!
The main issue stemmed from the fake DECS documents two players of the basketball team presented for eligibility purposes. Meaning these two were not really bona fide La Salle students. They’re probably street bums picked up from some street corner, dressed up in green-and-white jerseys and told to shoot the ball.
What surprised me was that, had the DECS documents been found to be genuine, it still appears like it IS a school policy to admit “certain students” through some back door, in this case, using the DECS-administered exams in lieu of the standard entrance screening tests, to bring in prospective students with special abilities.
Why can’t they just field players from their pool of legitimately-registered students, just like everybody else?
Well, then La Salle wouldn’t have won that many championships if it relied too much on its bar-hopping and trigger-happy students with their yayas and drivers in tow, wouldn’t it?
The cute rivalry between Ateneo and La Salle does bring in the crowds and the sponsors for the UAAP events, to the point that they take themselves too seriously. You know, like that brawl between some students after a tense match at the Araneta a few years back. I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a game! Do you really need to bash each other’s heads to make known your loyalty to your alma mater? I’m sure Oprah wouldn’t have approved.
And so, the quest for glory pressured La Salle to cheat.
I do not, for a single moment, believe these two erring players concocted this elaborate plan on their own, as some quarters would have the public believe. They couldn’t even possibly pass the entrance exams!
How about school officials feigning ignorance about the whole thing? Oh please. The school registrar endorsed the fake documents, right?
Well, perhaps La Salle hired the registrar straight from his “other” job signing all those fake Diplomas sold along Recto and Quiapo.
Predictably, La Salle sympathizers believe the suspension was just too harsh, and the penalty shouldn’t extend to non-basketball sports whose players and officials had no hand in the deceit. In addition, La Salle’s erstwhile rival, the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila, was likewise disheartened and would reportedly seek motivation elsewhere (what motivation?). It’s as if these two were the only schools that matter. Excuse me, but I really need to barf!
The main issue stemmed from the fake DECS documents two players of the basketball team presented for eligibility purposes. Meaning these two were not really bona fide La Salle students. They’re probably street bums picked up from some street corner, dressed up in green-and-white jerseys and told to shoot the ball.
What surprised me was that, had the DECS documents been found to be genuine, it still appears like it IS a school policy to admit “certain students” through some back door, in this case, using the DECS-administered exams in lieu of the standard entrance screening tests, to bring in prospective students with special abilities.
Why can’t they just field players from their pool of legitimately-registered students, just like everybody else?
Well, then La Salle wouldn’t have won that many championships if it relied too much on its bar-hopping and trigger-happy students with their yayas and drivers in tow, wouldn’t it?
The cute rivalry between Ateneo and La Salle does bring in the crowds and the sponsors for the UAAP events, to the point that they take themselves too seriously. You know, like that brawl between some students after a tense match at the Araneta a few years back. I mean, for crying out loud, it’s just a game! Do you really need to bash each other’s heads to make known your loyalty to your alma mater? I’m sure Oprah wouldn’t have approved.
And so, the quest for glory pressured La Salle to cheat.
I do not, for a single moment, believe these two erring players concocted this elaborate plan on their own, as some quarters would have the public believe. They couldn’t even possibly pass the entrance exams!
How about school officials feigning ignorance about the whole thing? Oh please. The school registrar endorsed the fake documents, right?
Well, perhaps La Salle hired the registrar straight from his “other” job signing all those fake Diplomas sold along Recto and Quiapo.
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