Garcia urges NSAs to go grassroots

10:45 pm | Thursday, August 16th, 2012

MANILA, Philippines—Philippine Sports Commission chair Richie Garcia yesterday urged national sports associations to exert effort in setting up grassroots development programs rather than just hope that the government would do these for them.

“What are the NSAs doing to discover athletes with potentials? Are they just waiting for the government?” asked Garcia after noting that some NSAs have no viable talent-search project in the provinces.

Garcia added that a sizeable number of NSAs resort to finding talent only through the help of the PSC and government.

The sports-funding agency has put up multi-sport events such as the Batang Pinoy—for athletes aged 13 years old and below—and the Philippine National Games while supporting the Department of Education’s Palarong Pambansa.

The Palaro caters to elementary and high school student athletes while the PNG is designed to tap potential athletes nationwide while testing the competitive level of athletes in the national training pool.

“The (NSAs) should start building their grassroots programs in cities outside Metro Manila and in the provinces,” said Garcia, a day after arriving from another medal-empty campaign in the Olympics held in London.

The PSC chief also echoed PSC commissioner Buddy Andrada’s sentiments that overstaying NSAs leader without a notable track record in terms of athlete performance should now retire.

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albertallan

But its PSC Mandate:

“The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was created through Republic Act No. 6847 in 1990 to serve as the “sole policy-making and coordinating body of all amateur sports development programs and institutions in the Philippines”. Its primary function is “to provide the leadership, formulate the policies and set the priorities and directions of all national sports promotion and development, particularly giving emphasis on grassroots participation”.
On the other hand the POC,is private organization/ institution. what liability and accountability do they hold in the Philippine Constitution, in the house of congress and our people ? The answer is humbly clear as POC would profess - The answer is None, NO accountability NO liability. Their officials are elected by their NSA’s.While the PSC officials are all appointed by Malacañang. In the end, it will be the poor athletes who will take the flak for the commission. It is the athletes, deprived of full government attention, as in this case the government is Philippine Sports Commission

:( Excuses, Finger-Pointing :(
http://twitter.com/pinoyathletics pinoyathletics

It should be more there road map to producing alot of medals at the sea games first and then asian games before we even consider the olympics. For us to produce an individual or team gold at olympic level. We would need to absolutley dominate a certain sport for a couple of sea games. You cant just have a gold medal like that over night. It takes planning and road maps.
kismaytami

Yan ang tama, kumuha ng mga atleta na Pinoy talaga. Hindi yung mga patapon ng ibang bansa.
Maykatmon

Give more benefits to athletes. Korea exempts it male athletes from military service if they win medals in the Olympics and gold in the Asian Games, since military service is not mandatory for us, give them benefits like lifetime personal tax exemptions and those benefits similar to National Artists, just a wild thought but maybe worth the try.
haaay

ibigay lang ang dapat na ibigay sa mga atleta, wag i diretso sa bulsa. baka may pagasa
Mananandata69

Ang kinukuha nyo kasi mga anak mayaman na mahina ang resisgtensya. Sa swimming, punta kau sa provbinsya. Marami bata anak mahirap magaling mag swimming, pondohan nyo for 8 yrs. para sa 2020 ilaban nyo. Sa distance running, taga probinsya rin. patabkbuhin nyo mula bagyo hanngang sagada balikan. Ang kinukuha kasi natin mga anak yaman students ng kilalang unibersidad. Mga pogi pa at maganda. Hinid pwede un.Wala naman magaling na athlete na pinoy na mestizo at mestiza.
clavenilo

Cannot understand, if PSC holds the purse, so why not demand from this NSA’s their road map for gold in next Olympics ? If they dont have any strategy dont give them any money. Niluto lang ng POC ang public sa supposed 11 athletes with gold medal chances when they have no chance at all props lang sila for the junket ng mga officials. Proof the archer is rated 254 in the world , the BMX rider nos 84 the track & field and swimming all way behind the world record.

http://twitter.com/pinoyathletics pinoyathletics

It should be more there road map to sea games. Olympic Gold Medal is very ambitious.

kapatad

Kung sino-sino kasi ang kinokuha, itrain nila for 4 years, samantalang sagana sa sport fest ang Pilipinas from municipality, provincial at palarong Pambansa. Ang daming lumabas na excel sila sa ganoon. Pag ang kinuha ninyo mga cute guys, eh walang mangyayari talaga.Swimming, punta sila sa Mindanao, maraming magagaling doon.
monses

congress should pass a law limiting government funding on sports wherein pilipinos can excel and can be at par with world class athletes.Some NSA’s are wasting our time and money without utilizing grassroot program.relying on filams denies our natural born athletes the oppurtunity to show their worth and more over a chance to uplift their standard of living.

yumahuman

I agree! It is sad that the current sports enthusiasm in the Philippines today can be summed up in only 3 letters: PPP=Pacquiao, PBA and Phil Younghusband.

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