Tuesday, October 21, 2008 SBP focuses on referee training
CEBU’s two dominant basketball referee groups have conflicting opinions on the efforts of the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas Inc. (SBP) to improve the level of officiating through their Referees Development and Accreditation Program.
The BAP referees, led by Jose “Boy” Murillo, do not believe that SBP’s programs could help improve the officiating, while Rey Cañete’s group believed otherwise.
SBP is now conducting a series of seminars after the successful Fiba-Asia Clinic for International Referees in Manila last month.
The SBP Technical Commission, headed by Perry Martinez, made its first stop in Naga City where over 90 local basketball referees from the Bicol Region were given accreditation seminar at the Aristocrat Hotel and Naga Civic Center last week.
Local seminar
On Nov. 29 and 30, Cebu will host its own seminar and accreditation, which will be held at the Don Bosco College.
“We all welcome this move because it’s a way that we can improve the officiating in Cebu,” Cañete told Sun.Star Cebu.
Murillo, who is also an accredited International Referee by the Fiba, however believed that it’s not the number of seminars and accreditations but it is the personal achievement of the referees.
“For me what is important is the educational attainment of each individual. It is where they can understand and apply the rules and regulations,” Murillo added.
Competitions
Cañete’s group officiated the Cesafi basketball tournament and the Liga Pilipinas while Murillo’s group officiated most of the commercial competitions here.
Two international referees accredited by the Fiba will come to conduct the seminar along with two officials from the SBP.
It is open to any aspirant, regardless of experience.
A P700 registration fee is required to cover the expenses of the two-day seminar.
“The BAP referees will not join this seminar, not just because we belong to the other group but we believed that it is just the right thing to do,” Murillo added.
Cañete, who is tasked by Martinez to lead the Cebu referee group, believes that this would be a good chance for promising arbiters to succeed in the field. (RCM)
