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It’s been called a David vs. Goliath story, a “Tale of Two Arthurs” and even the “ultimate Greek tragedy,” but the characters in this drama are not Biblical or literary figures. They’re grocery store owners.

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In last week’s column we stated that according to Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey in the introduction of the book, “Government and Sport: The Public Policy Issues”, sports - amateur and professional – have been presented by their representatives and perceived by the public as being merely “sport” (i.e., fun and games and diversion).

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Senate Bill No 3092 or “The Department of Sports Act of 2012” authored by Senator Antonio Trillanes has gone through, according to reports, the first reading.

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If we are to accept that sports have evolved into complex organizations and big business characterized by commercialism as asserted by Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey, in their book, “Government and Sport” and that sports is used by governments as instruments of international diplomacy and international policy, there would have been a great possibility of government having stepped in had not Solar Sports and Manny Pacquiao sorted out their misunderstanding over the local television rights of the upcoming Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight on May 2 in Las Vegas.

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We received a number of reactions to the last two columns on why government gets involved in sports and to last week’s piece on lessons we can learn from Kenya’s success in Olympic marathon.

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Last week, we looked into reasons for government’s involvement in sports. Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey, editors of “Government and Sport,” state that as both amateur and professional sports have evolved into complex organizations and “big business,” characterized by commercialism and hierarchy, it has become more difficult to view sport at any level as an idyllic activity safe from the scrutiny of government.

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The ruffled relationship between the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the national sports associations (NSAs), the most prominent of which and the most complicated to date in the early goings of chairman Harry Angping’s stewardship of the PSC, involves the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association (PASA), is to be expected.

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"We are already comfortable with our reserve stocks of 80 days, and we have already hurdled the critical first two weeks of July, when the rice supply is lean," Yap, the incoming agriculture secretary said in a press briefing yesterday.
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FTI president Bernie F. Fondevilla said the FTI complex in Taguig needs to be upgraded so that it could attract more industrial, food processing and manufacturing companies to set up shop in the 120-hectare zone.
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It’s been called a David vs. Goliath story, a “Tale of Two Arthurs” and even the “ultimate Greek tragedy,” but the characters in this drama are not Biblical or literary figures. They’re grocery store owners.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20140727/family-feud-sparks-revolt-11.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 797875 [Title] => Athletes as 'employees' [Summary] =>

In last week’s column we stated that according to Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey in the introduction of the book, “Government and Sport: The Public Policy Issues”, sports - amateur and professional – have been presented by their representatives and perceived by the public as being merely “sport” (i.e., fun and games and diversion).

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 795548 [Title] => Disasters trigger call for reform [Summary] =>

Senate Bill No 3092 or “The Department of Sports Act of 2012” authored by Senator Antonio Trillanes has gone through, according to reports, the first reading.

[DatePublished] => 2012-04-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 451091 [Title] => When sports becomes matter of national interest [Summary] =>

If we are to accept that sports have evolved into complex organizations and big business characterized by commercialism as asserted by Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey, in their book, “Government and Sport” and that sports is used by governments as instruments of international diplomacy and international policy, there would have been a great possibility of government having stepped in had not Solar Sports and Manny Pacquiao sorted out their misunderstanding over the local television rights of the upcoming Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton fight on May 2 in Las Vegas.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448975 [Title] => The PSC and its relations with sports stakeholders [Summary] =>

We received a number of reactions to the last two columns on why government gets involved in sports and to last week’s piece on lessons we can learn from Kenya’s success in Olympic marathon.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135709 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1653011 [AuthorName] => Philip Ella Juico [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 446886 [Title] => Marathoner's thoughts on breaking boundaries [Summary] =>

Last week, we looked into reasons for government’s involvement in sports. Arthur T. Johnson and James H. Frey, editors of “Government and Sport,” state that as both amateur and professional sports have evolved into complex organizations and “big business,” characterized by commercialism and hierarchy, it has become more difficult to view sport at any level as an idyllic activity safe from the scrutiny of government.

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The ruffled relationship between the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the national sports associations (NSAs), the most prominent of which and the most complicated to date in the early goings of chairman Harry Angping’s stewardship of the PSC, involves the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association (PASA), is to be expected.

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"We are already comfortable with our reserve stocks of 80 days, and we have already hurdled the critical first two weeks of July, when the rice supply is lean," Yap, the incoming agriculture secretary said in a press briefing yesterday.
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FTI president Bernie F. Fondevilla said the FTI complex in Taguig needs to be upgraded so that it could attract more industrial, food processing and manufacturing companies to set up shop in the 120-hectare zone.
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1704647 [AuthorName] => Rocel Felix [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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