Converge owner asks for reconsideration as PBA board denies Dennis Pineda as team governor

Converge staff governors Chito Salud, Converge co-founder and CEO Dennis Uy and PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial. PBA IMAGES

MANILA, Philippines–Converge proprietor Dennis Anthony Uy is hoping that the Philippine Basketball Affiliation (PBA) would rethink its resolution to disclaim Pampanga governor Dennis Pineda being the staff’s consultant to the league’s Board of Governors.

Pineda’s political connections have prompted board members to thumb down his inclusion, however Uy mentioned in an announcement on Friday that the previous can be helpful for the league shifting ahead.

“Simply as different PBA leaders previous and current labored tirelessly for [the league’s] success, Governor Pineda will undoubtedly do the identical for the league, if no more,” Uy mentioned.

“We imagine that new concepts, recent views, and higher and stronger competitors which Governor Pineda would positively deliver to the PBA may solely appeal to a wider, greater fan base for our gamers and the league,” he continued.

The choice was made throughout the league’s month-to-month assembly final Tuesday, however it was solely two days later that PBA commissioner Willie Marcial confirmed the choice.

Ex-PBA commissioner Chito Salud will stay as staff governor following the choice, however was given the possibility to elucidate Converge’s facet throughout the dialogue with fellow board members.

“After a radical dialogue, the PBA Board of Governors collectively determined with out assist of a vote that the PBA shall stay apolitical in its affair,” the PBA mentioned in its letter addressed to the Converge camp.

Pineda initially was included within the Converge camp as staff supervisor, a task that has now been taken by 23-year-old former Ateneo cager Jacob Lao after the FiberXers determined to rejig its administration.

“Not solely will we proceed to imagine in each proprietor’s prerogative to nominate his consultant to the board, we additionally advocate openness and fewer rigidity in order that this prerogative could be fairly and judiciously upheld within the face of clear, compelling causes for why a Delta Pineda sitting within the PBA can solely make [the] PBA stronger and its followers higher served,” Uy continued.

“The appointment of a public servant within the PBA Board of Governors wouldn’t essentially make it political. Converge is urging that this coverage be revisited or, on the very least, extra liberally interpreted in order to not negate the proprietor’s prerogative and for the betterment of the PBA and Philippine basketball.”

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