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UAAP officially terminates Season 82

Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA, Philippines -- (<strong>UPDATED</strong>) The UAAP on Tuesday decided to cancel all of the second semester sports in Season 82, putting an abrupt end to the league&#x27;s events. </p><p>The decision came after the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/07/20/philippines-extends-lockdown-of-millions-in-luzon-to-april-30">government decided</a> to extend the Luzon-wide lockdown until April 30 in an effort to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">A Message from the UAAP about <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UAAPSeason82?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UAAPSeason82</a>.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllForMore?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AllForMore</a> <a href="https://t.co/bHZBTsuIjE">pic.twitter.com/bHZBTsuIjE</a></p>— The UAAP (@uaap_official) <a href="https://twitter.com/uaap_official/status/1247468798183002112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The UAAP already cancelled all of its high school events last March 14, and suspended the collegiate events in their traditional format. Its original plan was to pursue an &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/03/14/20/uaap-cancels-high-school-events-to-rework-format-of-college-tournaments">alternative format</a>&quot; should the government lift the lockdown by April 15.</p><p>The extension, however, prompted the UAAP to terminate its season, following the NCAA. The oldest collegiate league in the country decided to end its 95th season on March 19.</p><p>&quot;The enhanced community quarantine having been extended, the conditions for the resumption of the UAAP Season 82 can no longer be met,&quot; UAAP president Em Fernandez and executive director Atty. Rebo Saguisag Jr. said in a memorandum.</p><p>&quot;As such, it is now deemed cancelled.&quot;</p><p>Cancelled are the men&#x27;s and women&#x27;s volleyball tournaments, and the men&#x27;s football tournament. </p><p>The women&#x27;s football tournament, baseball, softball, athletics, lawn tennis, and 3x3 basketball had all yet to start.</p><p>&quot;All other issues related thereto will be resolved at the proper time, as we continue to focus our time, energy, and resources in battling this crisis,&quot; they continued.</p><p>&quot;Nevertheless, we would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our fans, partners, student-athletes, coaches, and all other members of the UAAP community.&quot;</p><div><strong>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>).</strong></div>

<p>(UPDATED) The UAAP on Tuesday decided to cancel all of the second semester sports in Season 82, putting an abrupt end to the league's events. </p>

(UPDATED) The UAAP on Tuesday decided to cancel all of the second semester sports in Season 82, putting an abrupt end to the league's events.

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UAAP officially terminates Season 82

Camille B. Naredo,

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Published April 07, 2020 06:30 PM PHT

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Updated April 07, 2020 09:39 PM PHT

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