A Vicious Cycle

Aren’t you sick of it? Every time the SEA Games, Asian Games, or Olympics arrive, we are treated to a regular fest of NSA and government body corruption, incompetence, and infighting. Does anything get resolved? Not at all. Are you kidding me? This is the Philippines. Chaos and corruption rule.

The latest is the issue about our contingent of cyclists being disqualified from competing in Vientiane, Laos because they are not sanctioned by Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) the sport’s governing body. Those who went are not a part of the RP Cycling Association headed by Tagaytay City Mayor Bambol Tolentino. This group, as funded by Mikee Romero, are funded by the POC. The rest of the RP delegation is funded by the PSA.

As a sign of disunity, two groups of athletes took two separate Philippine Airlines flights to Laos.

Before we dig into that bloody mess, just a few questions and thoughts here:

Question #1 Why do we have politicians heading sports associations? I would imagine they have enough concerns in their own areas. And is this because of the pork barrel that they dip into that’s why they have funds? IMHO no government official should be a part of any NSA or sports body. They were elected to do their job on fixing this country that they have bastardized. In case you noticed, these “elected” officials now have business, islands, properties, and whatnot. Super corrupt talaga ng bansa na ‘to.

Thought #1 The state of GAB, PSC, and the POC really reflects the chaos of our government. Last year the Asian Football Confederation did a study on what was wrong with the state of Philippine football and the PFF and they noted how there were too many committees and too many people in position with overlapping duties. There is bound to be confusion and infighting with that kind of system. Has anything been done? You have got to be shitting me.

So the same applies to our national sports bodies.

Thought #2 All these NSAs should be graded after a two or three-year period. If they don’t do well then they must be fired. Or shot. I’ve always said in a radical tone that the way to deal with corruption is to shoot the person and his family. We will then see a drop in all this stealing.

Thought #3 This cycling brouhaha is a vicious cycle. Nothing will happen again after this because some new national issue will come up and people will forget. We get what we deserve.

Question #2 Who is ultimately responsible and why can’t we fire these people? Mahiya naman kayo. One debacle after another. In other countries, public officials resign in disgrace. Here they cling on to their position like it is the Holy Grail and continue to besmirch our country’s reputation.

But our athletes… you have to hand it to them for buckling down and doing what they have to do. No thanks to these politicians and sports officials. WHAT'S NEXT FOR OUR STUPID POLITICIANS... PHOTO OPS WITH THE ATHLETES.