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Senate to scrutinize #NewUAAPRule

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UAAP athletes Kiefer Ravena, Gretchen Ho and Alyssa Valdez are among those invited to the Senate hearing on the controversial ruling on Monday.

EAGLES. Ravena, Ho and Valdez all spoke out against the new UAAP rule. Photos by Josh Albelda and Cheng Bigay.

MANILA, Philippines — Superstar UAAP athletes Kiefer Ravena, Gretchen Ho and Alyssa Valdez — athletes who spoke out against the new UAAP rule — are among those invited to the Senate hearing on the controversial ruling on Monday, April 1. 

Led by the Senate Committee on Youth, Women and Family Relations, the public hearing will tackle the league’s new residency rule and its effects on the youth, after the committee chair, Senator Pia Cayetano, questioned the wisdom behind the new rule.

“The two-year residency rule curtails the freedom of young student athletes to choose the college which he or she wants to study in and play for,” said Cayetano, who played for the University of the Philippines (UP) volleyball team in the UAAP during her college days.

“It denies them of their rights to develop their full potential and goes against the Constitutional mandate to promote sports, especially among our youth,” she added.

League officials, Pingoy invited

Also invited to appear on the hearing are UAAP Board of Trustees President Jose Nilo Ocampo and Secretary-Treasurer Edmundo Baculi. Both are from National University, which hosted the recently-concluded Season 75 of the UAAP.

The committee also invited league officials from other UAAP member-schools, including Adamson University, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University, Far Eastern University, University of the East, University of Sto. Tomas and UP.

High school basketball standout, Jerie Pingoy, who was at the center of the recruiting wars believed to have led to this new rule, and his father have also been invited to participate in the hearing.

What is the rule for?

Cayetano noted that the in the United States, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) requires a one-year residency rest for transferring college athletes, but the rule does not apply to high school students who choose to go to a different college.

“The NCAA’s one-year residency is meant to help the athlete acclimatize to the new school and adjust academics-wise. So what is the UAAP’s two-year rule for?” she asked.

“A student-athlete’s choice of university is influenced not only by athletics, but also by academics, campus life, and personal situation. The two-year residency encumbers this freedom of choice.” – Rappler.com

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