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MPBL commissioner on beefing owners, players: Both are at fault

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Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/10/11/20191011-bataan.jpg"/><figcaption>The Bataan Risers are one of the MPBL teams reportedly going through financial difficulties recently.<em> MPBL Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><h3>Disputes part of league &#x27;birth pains,&#x27; says commissioner Duremdes</h3><p>As it deals with team and player grumbles that have emerged in recent weeks, the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) on Thursday said aggrieved sides must come forward and notify league officials.</p><p>&quot;Most of the time, it&#x27;s all text, verbal. Kaya sinasabi namin, you have to go to our office and file a complaint,&quot; MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes told ABS-CBN News.</p><p>&quot;Sulatan nila ang liga para ma-formalize kung sino ang concerned parties.&quot;</p><p>Duremdes said his office is aware that there are teams, such as the Bataan Risers and the Bicol Volcanoes, that have not paid their players on time, citing &quot;mismanagement.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Ever since sinasabi namin sa players &#x27;yan, if you don&#x27;t have a contract, go to the commissioner&#x27;s office, that&#x27;s Number 1. Number 2, we&#x27;re telling the team owners to provide the uniform player&#x27;s contracts of their players to avoid such problems in the future,&quot; he said.</p><p>While some of them have been accused of delayed wages, team owners said they find players competing in so-called &quot;ligang labas&quot; problematic, Duremdes said. </p><p>Some clubs aren&#x27;t satisfied with the way their players behave, too, Duremdes added, but he did not elaborate.</p><p>&quot;So actually both ang may problema. Iyan ang tinitignan natin ngayon,&quot; said the commissioner, who acknowledged that the league has dealt with similar cases and in the end sorted them out.</p><p>&quot;May mga cases na tayong inayos at awa ng Diyos naayos natin. Talagang minsan both parties may problema, hindi siya one way.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Magko-complain sila when they felt na tinanggal na sila ng team and too late for us to mediate. Pero ginagawa pa rin lahat para both parties magkasundo,&quot; Duremdes added, calling these incidents part of the league&#x27;s birth pains.</p><p>He acknowledged that many owners have struggled to manage their teams and run their operations.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/10/11/20191011-kenneth-duremdes.jpg"/><figcaption>MPBL commissioner Kenneth Duremdes acknowledged that some team owners don&#x27;t know how to run their teams. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Duremdes said that there are 4 players who have formally lodged complaints against their respective clubs, but he did not name them.</p><p>&quot;Ang nag-formalize mga 4 players . . . Mga lumaro sa Bataan and Nueva Ecija. Ang mga players nila ni-release, hindi nabayaran. Pero na-address naman natin,&quot; the commissioner said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a new league so &#x27;yung iba bago sa mundo ng basketbol. Lahat bago sa ibang team owners, so pumapasok kami &#x27;pag tinawag na na ang atensyon natin. &quot;</p><p>Regarding the case of the Bicol Volcanoes, Duremdes said the issue has been settled.</p><p>&quot; &#x27;Yung Alwyn Alday ang problema du&#x27;n owners. &#x27;Yun ang sinasabi namin, may problema sa co-owner. Through Facebook lang namin nakikita pero na-fix na namin ang problema ng Bicol, they&#x27;re OK now,&quot; said Duremdes.</p><p>Duremdes was referring to Alday&#x27;s Facebook rant, wherein the Bicol guard voiced his frustrations. </p><p>Alday wrote: &quot;Mr Gil Orense, kayo po ang may utang samin, hindi lang sa amin sa buong team at sa buong bicol na pinaniniwala mo na ikaw ang tama. Wala na sir huling huli ka na, wag ka na magpaawa. Nag post ka kasi wala ka na mapuntahan at kumukuha ka ng sympathy. Baka pag nalaman nila how much utang mo magulat sila. Lahat kami inunfriend mo. Para ano? Para di mo na kami mabayadan. Basta kami pinapangako namin. Lalaro kami 100% para sa bicol, kahit di mo nagampanan ang pagiging owner mo. Salamat pa din po sa lahat ng sumusuporta. At sa new management na tutulong samin, ngayon pa lang po nagpapasalamat na po kami. Bicol volcanoes 3.0.&quot; </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3028232153870633&amp;set=a.451574834869724&amp;type=3&amp;theater" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Duremdes said such problems are part of their birth pains as a new league.</p><p>&quot;So these are birth pains, at may share din ang mga players d&#x27;yan. Ako player din and we want to help the players dahil ang vision ni Senator Manny (Pacquiao) dito is the players to be given a chance, opportunities. Pero sila din nakikita din naming may problema din. Both ways siya.&quot;</p><div><strong>(For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="https://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.)</strong></div>

<p>As it deals with team and player grumbles that have emerged in recent weeks, the MPBL said Thursday aggrieved sides must come forward and notify league officials.</p>

As it deals with team and player grumbles that have emerged in recent weeks, the MPBL said Thursday aggrieved sides must come forward and notify league officials.

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MPBL commissioner on beefing owners, players: Both are at fault

Dennis Gasgonia,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 11, 2019 02:45 PM PHT

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