Comments on: The Department of Education “killers” http://football.cebunetwork.com/the-department-of-education-killers/2008/04/ The beautiful game in the beautiful island Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:09:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike Limpag http://football.cebunetwork.com/the-department-of-education-killers/2008/04/comment-page-1/#comment-1784 Mike Limpag Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:18:40 +0000 http://football.cebunetwork.com/?p=642#comment-1784 Forgive me for being morbid, but it took two deaths during the Koronadal Palaro for DepEd to finally realize that holding a grand parade during the hottest time of the day wasn't a good idea. Ergo... Forgive me for being morbid, but it took two deaths during the Koronadal Palaro for DepEd to finally realize that holding a grand parade during the hottest time of the day wasn’t a good idea.

Ergo…

]]> By: ronaldo http://football.cebunetwork.com/the-department-of-education-killers/2008/04/comment-page-1/#comment-1783 ronaldo Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:10:29 +0000 http://football.cebunetwork.com/?p=642#comment-1783 "budgetary constraints" as an excuse for the DepEd football schedule is a lot of bull. In all the Palaros and CVIRAAs I have been into, the contigents usually are already there 3-4 days before the opening ceremonies. and the football matches usually starts the day after the opening ceremony. that means there is a good 4-5 days of no competition. so why not start the team field games 2 days before the opening ceremony ? the teams are already there and atheletes only need a day or so to get their legs together. this way, we can avoid 2-3 matches a day for a single team. we raised this up during the 2006 Naga Palaro, and all we got as an answer was "just follow the schedule". furthermore, when several coaches expressed concern because a typhoon passed thru Naga, yet the games continued despite the danger, DepEd officials simply said "the games must finish on the day it was scheduled". “budgetary constraints” as an excuse for the DepEd football schedule is a lot of bull. In all the Palaros and CVIRAAs I have been into, the contigents usually are already there 3-4 days before the opening ceremonies. and the football matches usually starts the day after the opening ceremony. that means there is a good 4-5 days of no competition.

so why not start the team field games 2 days before the opening ceremony ? the teams are already there and atheletes only need a day or so to get their legs together. this way, we can avoid 2-3 matches a day for a single team.

we raised this up during the 2006 Naga Palaro, and all we got as an answer was “just follow the schedule”. furthermore, when several coaches expressed concern because a typhoon passed thru Naga, yet the games continued despite the danger, DepEd officials simply said “the games must finish on the day it was scheduled”.

]]> By: kikster http://football.cebunetwork.com/the-department-of-education-killers/2008/04/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 kikster Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:54:11 +0000 http://football.cebunetwork.com/?p=642#comment-1780 CONGRATULATIONS to the Central Visayas (Cebu Cty--Lahug--Springdale) Secondary Football Team and Coach Mario Ceniza for winning the Silver in the Palaro. The team could have won the Gold if not for the very bad officiating. This is the best finish of a CV Secondary Team since___(?). GO CEBU, GO GO CEBU CITY CONGRATULATIONS to the Central Visayas (Cebu Cty–Lahug–Springdale) Secondary Football Team and Coach Mario Ceniza for winning the Silver in the Palaro. The team could have won the Gold if not for the very bad officiating. This is the best finish of a CV Secondary Team since___(?). GO CEBU, GO GO CEBU CITY

]]> By: DopOd http://football.cebunetwork.com/the-department-of-education-killers/2008/04/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 DopOd Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:07:45 +0000 http://football.cebunetwork.com/?p=642#comment-1778 Phil Olympic Festival, organized by the Phil Olympic Committee, has a much better format because they follow certain international standards set by their sport federations. Example of this is not to allow more than one full-game (11 a side) to be played in one day to enable the players to recover in-between games. This is very important, it concerns the health of the players. In FIFA tournaments (senior squad, 11-a-side, 90min game), teams are given at least a day's rest in-between games. Then how much more if your players are elementary and high school kids? DepEd's usual excuse of squeezing multiple games in a day is due to "budgetary constraints". It is still not justifiable. You cannot sacrifice the health of your players. You can always re-format your tournament, or seek additional funding or get corporate sponsors just for football alone. Phil Olympic Festival, organized by the Phil Olympic Committee, has a much better format because they follow certain international standards set by their sport federations.

Example of this is not to allow more than one full-game (11 a side) to be played in one day to enable the players to recover in-between games. This is very important, it concerns the health of the players.

In FIFA tournaments (senior squad, 11-a-side, 90min game), teams are given at least a day’s rest in-between games. Then how much more if your players are elementary and high school kids?

DepEd’s usual excuse of squeezing multiple games in a day is due to “budgetary constraints”. It is still not justifiable. You cannot sacrifice the health of your players.

You can always re-format your tournament, or seek additional funding or get corporate sponsors just for football alone.

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