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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
CebuFA elated with Prisaa plan for football in ’07
The Cebu Football Association (CebuFA) welcomes the move of the Private Schools Athletic Association (Prisaa) to include football in the next year’s Prisaa.
Prisaa national president Gonzalo Duque said he wants to include football in the next edition and also wants to hold competitions for the secondary and elementary level. This proposal though, will have to be presented to the board for approval.
“That’s very good news for football,” CebuFA president Jonathan Maximo said.
With the move, schools will now have more tournaments to join and will have incentives to invest in their football teams instead of concentrating their funds on the usual teams.
“It’s the players and parents who will benefit as schools will now have more reason to invest on there football teams by offering attractive scholarships to players just like what basketball players are enjoying now,” Maximo said.
The decision of Prisaa also fills an empty niche in Philippine football as the Philippine Football Federation doesn’t have a national competition for collegiate teams.
“After the Under-19, its straight to the Men’s Open, so this is a chance for the college teams to compete with other teams in the country and maybe create a rivalry,” Maximo said.
The CebuFA president also said this move by the Prisaa will trickle support down to the secondary and elementary levels.
“Only colleges have football scholars, so maybe this will force high schools and elementary schools to put up football varsities, and the players will have the same benefits as the college students,” he said.
The CebuFA will also send a message of support to Duque, who said there are a lot of football players in Pangasinan where the Prisaa National Meet was just staged.
“Local Cesafi has football but when they go to Prisaa regional there is none because there is no football in the national meet. I look forward to having elementary, high school and tertiary football in Prisaa. Local schools can now look forward to being national champions,” Maximo said. (ML)
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