University of the Visayas (UV) president and First District Representative Eduardo Gullas yesterday admitted that he had his disappointments with the Cebu Schools Athletic Federation Inc. (Cesafi) about the law that bars teams from exposing themselves in other tournaments.

?Without naming names, I had my disappointments with the Cesafi especially with the rule that disallows the teams to play outside the league even if it?s during the off-season,? said Gullas in a press conference at his office at the UV campus.

When he was still president of the Cebu Athletic Amateur Association (CAAA), Gullas said he created a law that stated that a team cannot play in any other league if the season is ongoing. But during off-season, the teams are free to play anywhere.

Controversies marred the Cesafi when some of its teams insisted to play in the Visayas Amateur Athletic Association (VAAA) although the board came up with a consensus to bar its teams from playing in the said tournament.

Without the approval of their mother league, UV, University of San Carlos, and Southwestern University proceeded to join VAAA that prompted Cesafi commissioner Felix Tiukinhuy to resign.

Interestingly, UV, SWU and USC joined VAAA while shying away from the Cesafi-organized Reinforced Partner's Cup.

Another controversy popped out when UV, USC and SWU planned to join the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP)-organized National Students Basketball Championships (NSBC).

The BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP), however, urged its member schools not to join the tournament, which is not sanctioned by the organization. Cesafi is a stakeholder of BAP-SBP.

Despite the order, UV still joined the NSBC before USC and SWU followed suit.

VAAA also disbarred its member teams to join the NSBC but Asian College of Technology still decided to compete. UV, USC and SWU also play in the VAAA. /Correspondent Calvin Cordova