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League chairman hopes to mark NCAA's 100th season with full participation of teams

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/07/07/20190707-ncaa-season95-opening-md-1md-6.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA, Philippines -- The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the athletic programs of schools all over the country, and NCAA teams were not spared from cost-cutting measures.</p><p>It was reported last year that Colegio de San Juan de Letran, Arellano University, Lyceum of the Philippines University and University of Perpetual Help had to downsize their athletic departments.</p><p>&quot;Pagdating sa cost-cutting, alam ho natin na &#x27;yung No. 1 candidate sa slashing ng budget ay &#x27;yung sports program,&quot; said Letran athletic director Fr. Vic Calvo, also the chairman of the NCAA Management Committee.</p><p>&quot;So maraming mga sports teams ang nawalan ng scholarship, nawalan ng coaches, nawalan ng sweldo,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/05/13/20/ncaa-arellano-also-looking-to-downsize-athletic-operations">READ: Arellano also looking to downsize athletic operations</a></li></ul><p>At the same time, Calvo also stressed that the budget cuts to athletic departments were unavoidable.</p><p>&quot;No choice kasi,&quot; he said. &quot;For the organization to survive, it has to do some drastic measures. So ganoon din &#x27;yung ginawa ng schools…. It&#x27;s for the survival of the institution.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Kasi maibabalik din natin &#x27;to eh. &#x27;Pag &#x27;yung institution hindi nag-survive, mahirap ng ibalik talaga &#x27;yan,&quot; he added.</p><p>Despite the budget cuts as well as the other hardships brought about by the pandemic, the NCAA is still pushing through with its 96th season, albeit in a much smaller scale. They open on June 13 and will hold online chess and taekwondo events.</p><p>Calvo is hopeful, however, that the league can back into its full swing by the time its 100th season rolls around. </p><p>&quot;Remember, we&#x27;re preparing for the 100 years of the NCAA,&quot; Calvo said during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Forum this week. &quot;So in the long term, we would like to bring the teams na kumpleto, by 100 years.&quot;</p><p>It won&#x27;t be an easy or a quick process, Calvo admitted. Even if the schools managed to maintain their mandatory sports -- basketball, volleyball, athletics and swimming -- it will take time for them to build up their other sports programs.</p><p>&quot;Mahirap maibalik &#x27;yun eh. &#x27;Pag nagbuwag ka ng team, it will take three years, maybe two to three years to become competitive,&quot; he said. &quot;Kung ibalik mo &#x27;yan, we have to start from zero.&quot; </p><p>&quot;So, dahan-dahan,&quot; he added. &quot;Sana, by 100, magiging back to all sports.&quot;</p><p>&quot;That&#x27;s what I see na mangyayari in the next years sa new normal na ito. Hopefully, I&#x27;m praying na sa 100 years, kumpleto ulit, mababalik &#x27;yung before na kung ano &#x27;yung competition sa NCAA.&quot;</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_FZig067tU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the athletic programs of schools all over the country, and NCAA teams were not spared from cost-cutting measures.</p>

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the athletic programs of schools all over the country, and NCAA teams were not spared from cost-cutting measures.

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League chairman hopes to mark NCAA's 100th season with full participation of teams

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jun 03, 2021 12:38 PM PHT

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