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Friday, November 04, 2005
Parents, coaches bat for '05 District Meet
By Lynde Salgados
* As they fear that irregularity will rear its ugly head anew
IS THE sporting body of the public schools in the city will ever hold its own qualifying meet? Or it would be just the same case of history repeats itself?
Parents and coaches of top athletes in the city currently enrolled in the different public schools here are posing these nagging questions in the wake of Palaro controversy that was mainly sparked by the intriguing rivalry between Prisaa and the so-called Cosaa.
One parent said: "Gakapakabana 'ta aning kasamok karon sa private schools athletic association pero mas grabe baya kining inhustisya sa public kay wala nay elimination bunlot-bunlot lang sa lakas nga mga atleta."
Another one wondered: "Sa tradition sa public schools aduna may district meet pero sa pipila ka nilabay nga tuig diretso naman sa City Dual Meet ang mga entries sa public, asa na diay ilang budget para sa selection process," obviously referring to regional director Angel Magdale of the Bureau of Physical Education for School Sports (BPESS-10).
Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro has yet to get the side of Magdale on the matter, even as he hinted earlier that the Philippine Sports Commission's takeover on the Palaro handling had adversely affected the normal procedure of the Palaro selection.
"Kay sila na man sa PSC ang naghawid sa budget karon, nahimo na lang mi'ng tig ani or sulogoon sa Department of Education kabahin aning pagpadagan sa Palaro," then said Magdale in past interview.
Even this, majority of the sporting leaders in the locality digressed that it would be unfair if the public school representatives in the Dual Meet will not undergo in the usual elimination games.
"Daghan man god nga mas maayo nga manunula ang maligsan ug dili makaabot sa Palaro Meet tungod aning pili-pili lang diin dili malikayan nga adunay pabor-pabor," a one-time parent/victim, said.
Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro learned that school teachers who will be able to coach a group of athletes in the Palaro have great chances to earn pogi points for promotion in the government-run institutions.
"Mao nga kanang uban diha, mamentaha na lang pagsiguro nga ilang athletes ang makadula para sila dayon ang mo-coach," observed veteran chess player Jorkorn Maestrado, whose older brother himself serves as teacher and Palaro coach of a certain public school here for quite a long time already.
(November 4, 2005 issue)
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