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Perasol quick to deny alleged UP training in Cavite

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Perasol quick to deny alleged UP training in Cavite
Maroons star Bright Akhuetie only had a shootaround in Cavite, says UP coach Bo Perasol

As the UAAP investigation on UST and NU’s alleged “bubble” training moves on, it is now the UP Fighting Maroons who are in the hot seat.

Sources tell Rappler Sports that the UAAP Board of Managing Directors (BMD) has clips of the UP men’s basketball team allegedly training in Silang, Cavite late July.

However, head coach Bo Perasol quickly shut down these rumors.

Nag-shootaround kami sa court namin, pero kami lang ni Bright [Akhuetie],” he said. “That was the time na natulog si Bright dito sa amin. Ako at pamangkin ko ang kasama para may tiga-pulot kami ng bola.”

(We had a shootaround in our court, but it was just me and Bright. That was the time Bright slept with us. My nephew was with me to pick up the ball.)

Perasol shared a photo of Akhuetie in a free-throw stance dated August 1, the same day the team confirmed the signing of Gilas Youth stars Carl Tamayo and Gerry Abadiano.

Back then, Cavite was still in general community quarantine (GCQ). However, the province reverted to a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) setting from August 4 to 18.

“Bright was a visitor of coach Bo. They went on a shooting drill. No other players were there.  No IATF (Inter-Agency Task Force) rules were broken,” said Kiko Diaz, dean of the UP College of Human Kinetics.

“We will offer all CCTV footages of what happened. We are not in the habit of breaking rules.”

According to guidelines dated July 27 set by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), the Games and Amusements Board (GAB), and the Department of Health (DOH), “the conduct of physical activities and sports in [GCQ] areas shall permit indoor or outdoor non-contact non-professional sports or activities and strength and sport-specific training.”

Non-professional individual training is also allowed even under an ECQ setting according to the guidelines provided it is done on private property.

In a statement released after the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) group meeting on Tuesday, September 1, the UAAP BMD will convene on Thursday, September 3, to review UST and NU’s cases and “tackle other related cases.”

UP coach Bo Perasol shares a photo of Maroons star Bright Akhuetie shooting by his lonesome in Silang.

– Rappler.com

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