PBA organizes summit for Pilipinas Basketball

In an effort to get the sentiment of basketball stakeholders from all over the country, Pilipinas Basketball, headed by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), is organizing a one-day summit on Saturday.
       Venue will be the Pearl Manila Hotel at the corner of United Nations Avenue and Juan Luna St. in Ermita Manila, with registration starting at 8:30 a.m. and the forum beginning at 9 a.m.
       Among those who have confirmed their attendance, among 30 groups, are representatives of the Central Luzon Basketball Association, Colleges and Universities Athletic Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association South, Bicol Basketball League, Nopcea (Negros Occidental), Cesafi (Cebu), El Federacion Basketbolista de Zamboanga and the National Athletic Association of State Colleges and Universities.
       PBA commissioner Noli Eala, Philippine Basketball League commissioner Chino Trinidad, NCAA management committee head Bernie Atienza and University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) official Junjun Capistrano are representing Pilipinas Basketball in the summit.
       Also invited are PBA chairman Ely Capacio and the school president of 2006-07 UAAP host University of the East.
       “The summit is intended to provide solutions and become a forum of idea in basketball,” said Eala. “It is not a venue for controversy or intrigue. All stakeholders who share common vision and objective are thus welcome to join the summit.”
       Three essential matters are on the agenda: the present status of RP basketball in relation to the Fiba suspension; the constitution and bylaws of Pilipinas Basketball; and the national basketball program from the grassroots to the elite program of RP team coach Chot Reyes.