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GROWLING Tigers head coach Aldin Ayo resigned, Santo Tomas University (UST) accepted his resignation, and the Joint Administrative Order Group (JAO) stated that it would raise the issue of the “Sorsogon City Bubble” to the Department of Justice (DoJ).
In the same vein, the JAO Group said it would formulate policies resistant to denting so much that the violation of the Covid-19 pandemic protocol in the sports community will not happen again.
All of this happened within the last 24 hours starting at 9pm on Friday when Ayo announced that he would resign his position to his players and on social media, and around 9am on Saturday morning when UST issued a statement from two paragraphs accepting your resignation.
A few hours after the UST announcement, the JAO Group, according to the Chairman of the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) Abraham Mitra, “is studying possible violations” committed by Ayo and UST and would present its recommendations to the DoJ on Monday.
The same goes for the National University (NU), Mitra said. Dozens of UN student-athletes remained on the school’s Manila and Calamba campuses during the quarantine, and university officials did not send them all home.
Although the news has leaked, Ayo was forced to resign and the UST would be accepting the coach’s move days before, the university made its acceptance of the coach’s decision official in a brief statement from the Office of the Secretary General through the professor associate Giovanna Fontanilla, Ph.D. , APR, Director of the UST Office of Public Affairs.
“It is with regret that the University of Santo Tomas accepts the resignation of Mr. Aldin Ayo, head coach of the UST men’s basketball team, along with the resignations of Mr. Mcjour Luib and Mr. Jinino Manansala as assistant coaches” . the UST statement said.
“Rest assured that the university will remain committed to the well-being of student athletes and that it will begin the process of rebuilding sports programs, particularly that of the men’s basketball team, through compassion and competition,” concluded the release.
The UST’s acceptance of Ayo’s resignation cemented speculation that the head coach did indeed run the “bubble” at the so-called “Ayo Basketball Camp” gym in his native Capoy in Sorsogon City, where he was a councilman.
UST and Ayo have never come out in public to admit that there was indeed a “bubble” and that the Growling Tigers were forced to join in the prohibited activity for three months amid the ongoing quarantine.
The “bubble” controversy hit the UST men’s basketball team hard with five of its members – CJ Cansino, Brent Paraiso, Ira Bataller, Rhenz Abando and Jun Asunción – taking off their golden yellow jerseys.
The JAO Group remained vigilant for a weekend and met on Saturday not only to recommend sanctions, but, more importantly, to take steps to prevent a repeat violation.
“We will meet with the professional leagues [on Monday] as we try to develop best practices for training during the pandemic, ”Mitra told BusinessMirror. “With these best practices, we could design policies that fans [players and leagues] would follow.”
The JAO Group has already allowed the Philippine Basketball Association, the Chooks to Go 3 × 3 League, the Philippine Soccer Federation and the Philippine Soccer League to return to training under strict health and safety regulations.
“I’m sure the professionals will be willing to share what they are doing because, after all, it is an industry and everyone is concerned with each other,” Mitra said. “If an accident happens to one, the whole group is affected.”
UST was also asked to refrain from making further statements or answering questions from the media, Mitra said.
The JAO Group is comprised of the GAB, the Philippine Sports Commission, the Department of Health, and the Higher Education Commission. The Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases tasked him with administering protocols for sports during the pandemic.
