Aventajado named chief POC arbiter

Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas appointed Robert Aventajado as chair of the committee on arbitration and disputes, hoping the former POC chair can strengthen the national sports associations.

“The NSAs play a critical part in delivering the medals for the country,” said Vargas. “We need to actually make them stronger and empower them.”

Aventajado will help solve leadership conflicts bugging some of the NSAs.

The current president of the Philippine Taekwondo Association will soon sit down with the conflicting parties in tennis as well as mediate between the contradicting factions in table tennis, swimming and bowling to name a few.

“Our actions must be based on merits. We should follow certain rules like which group is being recognized by the IF (international federation),” said Aventajado. “We should not base our decisions on personalities.”