Referees’ accreditation starts in April

By Jesus A. Garcia Jr.

“NOBODY is accredited yet throughout the country as far as referees are concerned. We will start giving them accreditations this April if they pass the test and belong to a group recognized by Basketball Association of the Philippines-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas or BAP-SBP.”

Those were the words of Danny V. Soria, BAP-SBP Area 2 Head and the Regional Director of Cordillera Administrative Region during my chitchat with him last Sunday in San Fabian, before the start of the goodwill game between the University of Pangasinan Webczars and the Baguio City-based Cordillera Career Development Colleges.

Soria, who escorted the victorious CAR boys, emphasized that only those referees who are affiliated with SEC (Security Exchange Commission)-registered groups will be given accreditation.

Asked if what groups are registered with the SEC and already applied for accreditation, Soria said it’s the NARECOM (National Referees Commission) that leads the pack and has a big chance to be accredited by BAP-SBP, the national governing body of amateur basketball.

Asked also about the chance of the old group called BARECOM (Basketball Referees Commission) affiliated with BAP being accredited, he said BAP is not recognized anymore by the world governing body FIBA, and BARECOM is not registered with   SEC so there’s no hope for members of the group to be given accreditation.

The BAP-SBP Referee’s Commission’s aim is to harmonize various referees’ associations and to produce a common plan and training in order to uplift standards. The other objective is to expand membership based on a certification process to ensure that only the most capable referees are part of this process.

Those were cited in the BAP-SBP pamphlet given me by Soria.

It also said that the BAP-SBP has appointed Rolando Omampo and Romeo Fernandez to head the referees’ commission. (They were sent to Singapore to attend the FIBA Referees’ Clinic last December 15-17).

Last August 2007, the BAP-SBP organized the First SBP National Referees’ Clinic in Manila and Cebu and was facilitated by European League Referees’ Supervisor Alan Richardson and attended by more than 220 referees.

While the accreditation of referees will start only in April, the National Coaches’ Accreditation and Licensing Program (NCALP) affiliated with BAP-SBP has already issued licenses to more than 700 coaches nationwide.

But I believe that nobody in Pangasinan has received yet his license unlike in Cebu, Davao, Baguio, Naga, Lucena, Cagayan de Oro and the NCR.

I doubt if Pangasinan’s well-known coaches like Jack Vidal and Angel Gumarang had already received theirs because Pangasinan or Dagupan City was not even listed on NCALP’s second phase.

I don’t know what’s happening here. I wish somebody from the NARECOM Region 1 would include Dagupan City in the third phase of NCALP.

While I was also told by the local NARECOM people that I’m one of the technical advisers of the group, but as far I’m concerned, I can’t  consider  myself  an  adviser to a certain  bloc until I have received in my hands the official document or an I.D. saying that I’m really connected with the group.

That is my principle. Iba-ibang tao, iba-ibang ulo, kaya iba-ibang prinsipyo.

Period.

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