PBA chief Willie Marcial to meet with ‘ligang labas’ participants

By: Jonas Terrado - @inquirerdotnet - Inquirer.net | April 30,2023 - 09:41 PM

FILE – Rain or Shine’s Beau Belga and NLEX’s JR Quinahan match up during a game in the 2022 Philippine Cup at Araneta Coliseum. PBA IMAGES

FILE – Rain or Shine’s Beau Belga and NLEX’s JR Quinahan match up during a game in the 2022 Philippine Cup at Araneta Coliseum. PBA IMAGES

PBA players who recently took part in unsanctioned exhibition games known as “Ligang Labas,” including one that ended in a brawl, are set to explain their side before commissioner Willie Marcial on Wednesday.

Marcial confirmed the scheduled meeting which had been delayed due to a number of engagements that included those related to the Fiba World Cup draw.

Among those summoned are NLEX’s JR Quinahan and Rain or Shine’s Beau Belga, who were the principal figures in a melee that marred an exhibition between a local team and a foreign squad in the Cebu town of Carmen more than a week ago.

Magnolia’s Jio Jalalon and NorthPort’s Robert Bolick also saw action in that game, but didn’t take part in the brawl based on videos that came out on social media.

The incident has led to the discovery of other exhibitions participated by the said players, along with Rain or Shine’s Rey Nambatac and NorthPort’s Arwind Santos.

PBA cagers are barred from taking part in games of similar nature unless they were given the go-signal by their mother teams.

Turns out their outside activities were done without permission, resulting in their teams to either impose sanctions or awaiting penalties from the league.

Rain or Shine fined Belga a salary worth 15 days after it was discovered that the bruising big man also played in Davao and Laguna while Nambatac was handed a lighter penalty of losing a two-day salary.

Quinahan is said to have drawn the ire of NLEX, which was initially upset over his Cebu appearance as the team was in the impression that the veteran big man is still nursing an injury.

Meanwhile, a NorthPort insider said Bolick and Santos also failed to inform the team of their exhibition cameos.

RELATED STORIES

In light of Carmen town melee, another exhibition with PBA players scheduled in Davao

PBA: Rain or Shine also penalizes Rey Nambatac for playing in unsanctioned game

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter

By providing an email address. I agree to the Terms of Use and acknowledge that I have read the Privacy Policy.

Read Next

Disclaimer: The comments uploaded on this site do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of management and owner of Cebudailynews. We reserve the right to exclude comments that we deem to be inconsistent with our editorial standards.

TAGS: PBA

We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. To find out more, please click this link.