UAAP, Cignal and Smart officials pose for a photo during the signing ceremony of a five-year broadcast partnership. With Season 83 canceled due to the pandemic, the UAAP is moving forward in elevating the league standard and boosting audience engagement by laying down broadcast plans for the next...
UP Fighting Maroons celebrate their win against De La Salle Green Archers in UAAP Season 82 Round 2 match at the Ynares Sports Center in Antipolo, October 27, 2019 (MB Photo) Several collegiate stars have expressed sadness over the cancellation of the UAAP Season 83 due to the threat brought by the...
(MB File Photo / Jansen Romero) Coaches Bo Perasol and Oliver Almadro respected the decision of the UAAP Board of Trustees to cancel the league’s 83rd season due to the ongoing pandemic crisis. “I have no doubt that they only have the best interest and safety of everyone in mind when they made...
(MB Photo / Jansen Romero) The UAAP has cancelled its 83 rd season due to the ongoing pandemic situation, the league announced Friday. In a statement, the Board of Trustees arrived at a decision to put the student-athletes’ well being on top of their priorities as the world still grapples...
IN the absence of collegiate leagues due to the pandemic, the Games and Amusements Board has offered “special guest licenses” for student-athletes who may be allowed to have brief stints in professional leagues. Chairman Abraham Mitra of GAB cited the case involving the Northern Consolidated...
The Commission on Higher Education on Monday released the guidelines to be used by collegiate athletes and schools for them to be allowed to resume practice. CHED chair Popoy de Vera said the recommended protocols are now up for approval from the Inter-Agency Task Force and, as soon as it gets the...
Is the NCAA coming back to Cignal TV- TV5? After the network announced its partnership with the UAAP, reliable sources said the oldest collegiate league in Asia – the NCAA – is likely to follow and join the giant TV network. The race to get the broadcasting rights of the NCAA is actually down...
The UAAP has found a new broadcast partner in Cignal TV. In a statement released Friday night, the league announced its partnership with Cignal TV for the next five and a half years starting with Season 83 (2020-21). “With its affiliate network TV5, their combined experience in sports production...
Gilas Pilipinas program director Tab Baldwin. (Fiba Images) Collegiate players will likely fill up the void left by their professional counterparts if Gilas Pilipinas gets to compete in the planned second window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers next month. There’s still no word on where the...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Confident with the result of the Sorsogon police investigation, University of Santo Tomas is endorsing an appeal to the UAAP to reconsider the indefinite ban that was slapped to former men’s basketball coach Aldin Ayo. In a post by the university’s official...
UST Tigers coach Aldin Ayo (UAAP) Former University of Santo Tomas coach Aldin Ayo hopes the report of the Sorsogon City Philippine National Police on the controversial Sorsogon bubble would boost his appeal for the UAAP to reconsider the indefinite ban imposed on him. In a statement released...
The office of Sorsogon Governor Chiz Escudero certified a police report which cleared former University of Santo Tomas coach Aldin Ayo of any legal liability following the infamous Sorsogon bubble. In a document dated Sept. 28, the provincial government said it is in “consonance with said...
