(c) PBA Media Bureau
Mr. Wilfred Uytengsu's statements during the PBA Press Corps Awards Night and in the recent ESPN5 interview did not fell on deft ears as PBA chairman Ricky Vargas reacted through a press statement.
The meat of Mr. Vargas' statement was this, "WSU has questioned the integrity of the PBA by alluding to questionable trades, violations of the rule on salary cap, and control of the affairs of the PBA by two corporate groups, among others. The statements of WSU do not surprise me at all as this has always been his way to ventilate his thoughts in public from the hip. What is proper was for him to discuss his grievance with the PBA Board of Governors where his team is ably represented by a Governor who is now the Vice Chairman of the Board."
I am not here to take one of the sides but to make sure that we will be tackling this situation in the same parameters.
First, Mr. Vargas was right. The proper way was for Mr. Uytengsu to file the right complaint through his governor. That way, the PBA board will be prompted to make a proper answer or action, no matter if it is positive or negative.
Although, we need to remember that the public is seldom informed of everything that they discussed on a board meeting. Thus, what if the issue was raised already in the past and they decided to keep quiet about it and accept it as a by-product of the system of the league?
Mr. Vargas asked the PBA ethics committee to take a look at Mr. Uytengsu's statement and I think that was the correct thing to do. I salute Mr. Uytengsu for making those statements, especially with the prevailing notion that everything he said was true.
That prevailing notion though should not make the actions of Mr. Uytengsu, ethical. Thus, the PBA has the right to scrutinize his statements and make proper actions.
Going back to the statements of Mr. Vargas, he was basically asking for pieces of evidence for the claims of Mr. Uytengsu. Is he saying that the PBA board is not aware that the assertions of the owner of the Aces were happening?
Wait. Maybe Mr. Vargas was right. Do we have any evidence that the claims of Mr. Uytengsu were real? We never had, other than statements by players and rumors and rumblings by reputable people inside the league.
Lastly, the statements of Mr. Uytengsu have put Alaska in a peculiar position in the league. They are questioning the league that they are a part of.
Maybe, this is the only way to make a change?
But, what if the other eleven franchises do not agree with the vision of Mr. Uytengsu? How will they act against the franchise?
No matter which side are you in, you better watch out. I am pretty sure that the result of this debacle will have huge implication in the future of the league.
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