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Former UST head coach Aldin Ayo. CONSULTATION PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines – Aldin Ayo, former head coach of the Santo Tomas University men’s basketball team, said he will attempt to appeal the UAAP’s decision to ban it indefinitely.
In a brief statement released to the media on Friday, Ayo said that the sanction by the UAAP Board “is not appropriate given the circumstances,” so it will “seek reconsideration” of the ban.
Ayo, a champion mentor in the country’s top college leagues, went on to write, “I realized that no matter how motivated and well-intentioned you want to be, things just go wrong.”
The 42-year-old strategist resigned from his post earlier this month when government agencies began investigating the Growling Tigers’ training ground in Ayo’s hometown of Sorsogon.
#UAAP TO UPDATE:
Former UST Growling Tigers Head Trainer @AldinVAyo He says the league’s decision to slap him with an indefinite ban “is not appropriate under the circumstances.”
Below is his statement in its entirety: @sonrdINQ pic.twitter.com/SxuvqL1X40
– INQUIRER Sports (@INQUIRERSports) September 11, 2020
The UAAP Board of Trustees on Wednesday ratified the recommendation of the Board of General Directors to prohibit Ayo from participating in all league events and authorized activities.
The training in question raised suspicions that Ayo and the team violated quarantine guidelines and has since sparked several investigations, including one led by the Philippine Sports Commission, the Department of Health and the Board of Games and Amusement, or the group that organized the Joint Administrative Order detailing official measures for sport during the pandemic.
The Higher Education Commission on Monday issued a show of cause order for UST and the National University, another school that allegedly violated quarantine restrictions.
Both cases, according to CHED President Prospero de Vera III, have been referred to the Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior and Local Government for further review.
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