Vargas pinalagan ang pahayag ni Uytengsu

MANILA, Philippines — Mas mabuting ihayag ni Alaska team owner Wil­fred Uytengsu ang kan­yang mga hinaing sa ha­rap ng PBA Board of Go­vernors.

Ito ang panghihika­yat kahapon ni PBA chairman Ricky Vargas ng TNT Katropa kay Uy­tengsu matapos ang ma­anghang na pahayag ng Alaska top official sa isang panayam sa ESPN5 Sportscenter noong Peb­rero 12.

Tinukoy ni Uytengsu ang San Miguel Corporation at ang MVP Group of Companies na siyang ‘nagpapatakbo’ sa PBA.

Nasa bakuran ng SMC ang San Miguel, Ba­rangay Ginebra at Mag­nolia, habang nasa ila­lim ng MVP groups ang TNT Katropa, NLEX at Meralco.

“WSU (Uytengsu) 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,” sabi ni Var­gas sa statement.

Idinagdag ni Vargas na sanay na siya sa mga reklamo ni Uytengsu tungkol sa PBA.

“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,” wika ng PBA chairman. “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. There he can for­malize his grievance and submit proof to subs­tantiate his claims. No sto­ry telling nor hearsay. Ma­king unfounded statements will only be detrimental to the league.”

Isa sa mga inireklamo ni Uytengsu ay ang hindi pagsunod ng SMC at MVP group sa itinakdang salary cap ng PBA.

“You also look at how some teams have been de­veloped to be ‘superpo­wers’ that makes it difficult to understand. How does that team fit all these players under the salary cap?” ani Uytengsu. “If you’re proactive and look into it, that’s either you’re really creative or you’re good at negotiating these contracts.”

Ipapaubaya ni Vargas sa PBA Ethics Committee ang naturang mga pahayag ni Uytengsu.

“I also encourage the Ethics Committee to determine if  the  statements of WSU are indeed detrimental to the PBA, and to take disciplinary action as may be provided in our rules,” sabi ng PBA chairman.

Samantala, mag­­ba­ba­lik muli ang mga ak­syon sa 2019 PBA Philip­pine Cup sa Pebrero 27 matapos ang pagsabak ng Team Pilipinas sa FIBA Asia Cup Asian Quali­fiers.