Sanctions On 12 Red Lions Reduced; No Imports On Season 90

For humanitarian reasons(?), the policy board of the National Collegiate Athletic Association has decided to reduce the sanctions imposed on 12 players of the San Beda Red Lions involved in a brawl last Dec. 2.

Management committee chairman Fr. Vic Caluag of Season 88 host Letran said this after the policy board, headed by Fr. Tamerlane Lana, discussed the letter of appeal they received from San Beda officials.

The policy board came up with a decision to reduce the sanctions on the Red Lions following a five-hour meeting at the St. Thomas Conference Hall, inside the Colegio San Juan de Letran campus in Intramuros.

The two-game suspensions imposed on eight players--Kyle Pascual, Jake Pascual, Jaypee Mendoza, Ryusei Koga, Rome de la Rosa, Jose Carmelo Lim, Baser Amer and Anjo Caram--were reduced to just one.

The decision to suspend graduating players Dave Marcelo, Sudan Daniel, Mar Villahermosa and Garvo Lanete will no longer be carried out, but the school will have to pay fines amounting P15,000 each on their behalf.

The policy board clarified though that the ban on foreign cagers Julius Armon and Olaide Adeogun will remain and be imposed on them as spectators and not as players, since they have not yet officially played in the league.

On the other hand, the board has not decided on the case of San Sebastian College volleyball coach Roger Gorayeb, who was suspended for two seasons with former Red Lions basketball coach Frankie Lim.

The board also decided that no more foreign players will be recruited when Season 90 begins in 2014.

Meanwhile, new San Beda coach Ronnie Magsanoc went to work early and conducted a practice session for the Lions early Monday morning at the Dom Placid gymnasium inside the San Beda College campus in Mendiola.

source: ManilaStatndard