SEA Games SEE Not

The South East Asian Games is over. Walah! We finished on top of the heap. Nothing new though, as traditionally, host countries almost always, end up being the over all champs. Brunei as expected did not win the over all trophy last time they hosted the event. As you know too well, Brunei is oh so small. If there were games, like Oil Drilling, Oil Refining, Bruneiyuki Importation, maybe they would have won.

Not taking away from our great Filipino athletes but this staging seems to be not as interesting the last time we hosted the event. Had the Prime Minister of Thailand not made some controversy by insinuating that we were fixing game results, it may not have gotten more media. Or it is not interesting, maybe because my favorite event, basketball was not included in the games. Thanks to our FREAKIN' Basketball (non)Leaders. Ef them. All of them.

Here we are, loving the game, and for the tourney that we can safely say we can dominate, an no basketball games? Ef Ef Ef. And more Efs. Only in the Philippines you'll find gazillion Sports Bodies. These freakin sports agencies end up squabbling rather than developing athletes. Not just for basketball but other sports as well. Well here are some to name a few: Philippine Olympic Committee, the Philippine Sports Commission, Basketball Association of the Philippines, Games and Amusement Board. Then of course, we have the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Basketball League. Both of which, have their own commercial agendas. The hell, we have more bureaucrats than athletes. I say now, basketball in the Philippines is going nowhere with this set-up. I say scrap these freaking entities and make a single basketball body that can account for the direction of the game we all love.

And to add…

Aren’t our Sports (non)Leader and the whole (non)govern(ing)ment itself ashamed that, after 15 years or so hosting the SEA Games 91, we have not built a SINGLE STADIUM or Sports Complex that can accommodate the event. I am not even asking for ASIAN Games standards nor Olympic Games standards. A mere South East Asian standards. We end up literally staging the opening and closing ceremonies on a stage. Yikes! Truly Yikes!