Troubled NSAs urged: Set aside differences, send best bets to Asiad
02/09/2010 | 10:57 AM
The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) wants the best team in the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games on November 12-27.
PSC Chairman Harry Angping batted for National Sports Associations (NSAs) embroiled in internal squabble to set aside their differences and send their best athletes for a successful stint in the quadrennial event.
“Kung hindi nila (NSAs) maayos ang gulo nila, I don’t care. Basta ipadala nila ang best team sa Asian Games," Angping said.
He was referring to the associations of archery, badminton, billiards, cycling, equestrian and wushu, which are saddled with leadership disputes.
Angping said he’d hate for the country to suffer another controversy the same as the RP cycling team did in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos last December.
Filipino riders were barred from competing in the Laos SEAG as a result of the ongoing leadership row in the Integrated Cycling Federation of the Philippines or PhilCycling.
“If I have to be a referee for both sides, I will. I really want the best team in the Asian Games," he said.
The Philippines is looking to duplicate, if not surpass, a four-gold medal haul in the Doha Asiad in 2006. - GMANews.TV
Angping
“Kung hindi nila (NSAs) maayos ang gulo nila, I don’t care. Basta ipadala nila ang best team sa Asian Games," Angping said.
He was referring to the associations of archery, badminton, billiards, cycling, equestrian and wushu, which are saddled with leadership disputes.
Angping said he’d hate for the country to suffer another controversy the same as the RP cycling team did in the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos last December.
“If I have to be a referee for both sides, I will. I really want the best team in the Asian Games," he said.
The Philippines is looking to duplicate, if not surpass, a four-gold medal haul in the Doha Asiad in 2006. - GMANews.TV
