Statement of Sen Pia S. Cayetano on the newest UAAP residency controversy
18 August 2015
The UAAP Board has once more displayed its arrogance and immaturity by invoking its unjust two-year residency rule against a high school student-athlete who has transferred to a different school in college. This is the very same UAAP rule that an RTC court struck down two years ago in favor of swimmer Mikee Bartolome. In the case of basketball player Hubert Cani, he has even served ONE YEAR of RESIDENCE already and was hoping to play this season.
It is irrelevant that the Student-Athletes Protection Bill has not been signed by the President YET. The UAAP must respect a student-athlete's right to study and play for the school of his choice. The UAAP is not a commercial but an amateur league. The UAAP Board should stop treating student-athletes like commodities.
So what is Sen. Pia going to do about it?....she should call a Senate hearing on this issue.
ReplyDeleteThe UAAP board and its university owners - for the umpteenth time - displaying their small minds, hypocrisy, and absence of concern for the welfare of the country's youth !
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