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The Games and Entertainment Board (GAB) will send the Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday its report on the “Sorsogon bubble”, a training camp organized by the University of Sto. Tomas’ men’s basketball team alleged to have violated lockdown regulations.
The GAB is one of three government agencies that make up the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) commissioned by the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to create and implement guidelines and protocols for professional and non-professional sports during the pandemic.
“We have decided to send our report to the Department of Justice so they can address the problem,” GAB Chairman Abraham Mitra Jr. told The Manila Times in a telephone interview on Friday.
Mitra said the decision was made after a meeting with officials from the Philippine Sports Commission and the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).
“That is really necessary (it is imperative). We were only ordered to help here (we were only ordered to help), so we don’t want to go overboard. We just have to be safe.”
He added that it has not yet been decided what sanctions will be imposed on the UST men’s basketball team under the command of coach Aldin Ayo, who established an unauthorized training camp in Capuy, Sorsogon in mid-June, while a lockdown was still in effect. national.
Meanwhile, Mitra said the JAO is exploring the possibility of allowing college teams to practice with their professional counterparts in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the Philippine Soccer League (PFL).
“Pros to share best practices for fans to adopt,” said Mitra, who will discuss the matter with the PBA, PFL and the Pilipinas 3×3 professional league in a joint press conference with CHEd on Monday.
“So it can be used as a reference for fans to emulate. I am sure that professionals are willing to share what they are doing because, after all, we are in one industry and everyone cares about each other, ”Mitra said.
JOSEF T. RAMOS
