BLEACHERS BREW EST. MAY 2006

Someone asked me how my blog and newspaper column came to be titled "Bleachers Brew". It's like this, it's an amalgam of sorts of two things: The bleachers area in the stadium/arena where I used to sit when I would watch baseball, football, and basketball games and Miles Davis' great jazz album Bitches Brew. That's how it got culled together. I originally planned on calling it "The View from the Big Chair" that is a nod to Tears For Fear's second album, Songs from the Big Chair. So there.

Friday, October 12, 2007

NABRO on its way out of UAAP?

Word is that NABRO, the current officiating body for the UAAP basketball tournaments will not be asked back for next season.

Even during the competition, our sources (read: more than one) say that the UAAP Board was unhappy with NABRO for misrepresentation. Prior to the season, the group submitted 34 names to officiate the games. However, some time during the tournament, the Board was surprised that there were only 12 referees rotating for men's, women's, and juniors' brackets. When asked for an explanation, NABRO said that the others were meant for other competitions (whatever the hell that means).

Word to the new basketball body, it's time that all these refereeing groups were officially under the NSA with proper background checks and sanctions for all.

Posted by Rick Olivares

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