Abueva, Romeo penalized as PBA doles out more than P90k in fines
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Calvin Abueva and Terrence Romeo were hit with P25,000 fines for their actions in their respective games in the 2017 PBA Commissioner’s Cup quarterfinals.
The energetic Alaska forward was meted with the penalty after “foisting a stickum sign towards the direction of the Technical Committee,” while also slamming a chair near the Commissioner’s table last Sunday.
The Aces lost that game, 107-106, to GlobalPort in their eighth place playoff.
The Batang Pier scorer, meanwhile, was handed down the fine after his “inappropriate gestures” and for incurring a flagrant foul penalty two in his scuffle against Ginebra’s LA Tenorio.
With Romeo ejected, GlobalPort got booted from the playoff picture with a 96-85 defeat to Ginebra last Tuesday.
Abueva and Romeo took the bulk of the fines amounting to P92,600 released by the Commissioner’s Office on Friday.
Gin Kings coach Tim Cone was also handed a P5,000 fine for entering the court during the Romeo-Tenorio scuffle.
TNT import Joshua Smith will have to pay P6,000 for being attested with a technical foul for disrespectfully addressing a game official and applauding at the referee in a sarcastic manner in the KaTropa’s quarterfinal duel against Meralco.
Jayson Castro was meted with a P1,000 fine for his technical foul for disrespectfully addressing a game official, while team manager Virgil Villavicencio was also hit with the P1,000 fine for using profane language.
The Bolts also weren’t spared from the penalties, with Cliff Hodge being fined P5,000 for his flagrant foul penalty one infraction, Kelly Nabong P1,000 for his technical foul for second motion against Josh Smith, and coach Norman Black P5,000 for entering the court during the altercation between Hodge and TNT’s Anthony Semerad.
Rain or Shine’s Duke Crews, Jericho Cruz, and Jewel Ponferrada were fined P5,000 each for their flagrant foul penalty one infractions. Beau Belga will pay P2,000for his technical foul for continuously complaining against the referee’s call, while Jay Washington got slapped with a P1,600 fine for his technical foul for resentment to a call.
