La Salle coach hits new UAAP rule on eligibility

The Manila Times

La Salle coach hits new UAAP rule on eligibility  La Salle coach Topex Robinson finds the new UAAP eligibility rule for transferring student-athletes unfair, saying it limits their freedom to choose, especially when it comes to their academics. Transferring student-athletes will lose an additional one year of playing eligibility, making it two including their redshirt year as the league announced in a press conference in Quezon City on Sept. 4, 2024.   Video by Niel Victor Masoy  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net     Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook   Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram   Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter   DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion     Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify   Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts   Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic   Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #themanilatimes  #philippines #uaap #basketball

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00:00Well, at the end of the day, I will abide by what the higher-ups would decide on.

00:08But as a person and not representing anybody, it's, I guess, unfair for a human being to choose,

00:15you know, to have the freedom to choose not only where his basketball will take him,

00:19but also for his higher education.

00:21I mean, because in that way, an athlete or a person or a child will have two different decisions.

00:29And at a very early age, you know, you get them out of high school,

00:34they don't really know what they're, what they want in life.

00:37I mean, that's just me as a human being.

00:40Just like me, when I came to college, I mean, I enrolled or I stayed on a course

00:46that after a few semesters, I didn't always like.

00:49So now, I mean, that's the only thing that will disappear, which is really important.

00:54I think, for me, it's the education.

00:58That's what I think, what is being deprived of.

01:02Because your mind will wander.

01:04I mean, again, at the end of the day, I will abide by the rules.

01:07But me as a human being, it's taking away the freedom of another human being to choose,

01:13you know, what kind of life that he wants.

01:17Because your choice to get a degree will be reduced.

01:21Again, that's just me as a person and not representing an institution.

01:26So for me, it's unfair for a child to lose the freedom to choose

01:32because of limitations that were given to me.

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