Philippine Football

[donmar2]

Christmas spoiler: Martinez, Hammam team up to question Fifa order?


Sorry to spoil our christmas folks, but this is something that needs our attention.

It seems deposed PFF president Mari Martinez will fight for his 90-day extension and has teamed up with AFC president Mohammed Bin Hammam in questioning the Fifa order affirming Nonong Araneta’s election.

Columnist Ronnie Nathanielsz posted in his twitter account that Martinez will question the Fifa order in the Committee for Arbitration in Sports and Hammam will support him.

Martinez and Hammam wants Fifa to respect the status qou, and that is for Martinez to keep his post and for the PFF to hold elections in 90 days.

I hope Ronnie got it wrong. But Hammam supporting Martinez is quite expected. Hammam being the guy who gave Martinez P10 million last year. Where it went, only Martinez knows.

You know what? I’m mighty sick of Martinez and Hammam and I think they are partners in crime. I also think both are using the AFC Vision Asia Philippines project to enrich themselves.

Why? Well, even the new president, Nonong Araneta, acknowledge that the AFC has been sending money to the PFF for the Vision Asia project, which Cebu is the recepient. But the funds always stopped at the PFF.

Did the Cebu Football Association receive any of it?

Well, the fact that Richard Montayre, the CFA president, was one of the leaders of the oust-Martinez campaign should answer that question.

Is the Vision Asia Cebu project, a ghost project? You’re familiar with that concept are you?

Could it be that the AFC was/is sending millions of dollars to the PFF for the supposed Vision Asia project in Cebu and the PFF and AFC president are splitting the windfall?

I don’t know.

But I suspect it’s possible.

And darn, those two are using Philippine football–and Cebu football in particular–for their own goals.
Do you know when I started to suspect that? It was after the Cebu Football Association encountered problems regarding the Vision Asia project that I checked the AFC website for its Vision Asia page.
Guess what? There are links for the Vision Asia projects in Bangladesh, China, Indina, Iran, Thailand and Vietnam.

But nothing for the Philippines and Cebu.

If you doubt me, check the AFC’s website here.

As to Martinez taking his ouster to CAS, well, I hope, by doing so, all the things he did in the three years he was president, gets exposed.

By the way, you may question the logic on why Martinez is insisting on the 90-day extension when, in the next elections, he is sure to be ousted. I thought, at first, by getting a 90-day extension, he could work his magic and buy a few votes. But after all that has happened, any PFF BOG or PFF Congress member who votes for Martinez will be lynched.

So why fight for the 90 days?

A Cebu football official told me that the next release of the Fifa aid, $250,000, will be released in the first quarter of next year. Fifa might hold that pending the dispute. But that’s not the only money the PFF receives, regularly.

And one other thing, I got to see the PFF budget when I sneaked in to a meeting years ago, and I know the PFF receives millions of pesos as aid from the AFC. Connect the dots if you will.
Again, sorry to spoil your Christmas.

Dan Palami and the Azkals are working hard for Philippine football. Martinez is working doubly hard for Martinez.

Source: http://football.cebunetwork.com/chr...ammam-team-up-to-question-fifa-order/2010/12/

Looks like He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named of Philippine Football just won't shut up and fade away... he's like a parasite.. kind of like kikomatsing here in IBN...

 

[kisssabayhug2]

For the most part Nathanielzs is a clueless git. But at least he knows just because of this recent surge by the Azkals doesn't mean the development of football should be at the cost of other sports. Particularly the "one".

http://www.inquirer.net/sports/articles/Fifa-decision-averts-long-leadership-dispute.html

Exactly! I'm sick and tired of our sports columnists lauding the Azkals' success and contrasting it against Smart Gilas' performance, then using it as an excuse to favor football instead of basketball. They seem to forget that we're still struggling to be competitive at a Southeast Asian level. Pit Smart Gilas against Myanmar's basketball team-- do you seriously expect a tie at the end of regulation? A 50-pt blowout is more like it. Winning against Vietnam is a forgone conclusion rather than an upset. And would you expect two close losses in a row to Indonesia rather than consecutive double digit wins?

Who says can't we focus on both sports? It is possible for a nation to excel in both. Look at Argentina-- an Olympic Gold in basketball and two World Cups in football. The home of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi-- but also the home of Manu Ginobili and Andres Nocioni.

 

[ctongco2]

Exactly! I'm sick and tired of our sports columnists lauding the Azkals' success and contrasting it against Smart Gilas' performance, then using it as an excuse to favor football instead of basketball. They seem to forget that we're still struggling to be competitive at a Southeast Asian level. Pit Smart Gilas against Myanmar's basketball team-- do you seriously expect a tie at the end of regulation? A 50-pt blowout is more like it. Winning against Vietnam is a forgone conclusion rather than an upset. And would you expect two close losses in a row to Indonesia rather than consecutive double digit wins?

Who says can't we focus on both sports? It is possible for a nation to excel in both. Look at Argentina-- an Olympic Gold in basketball and two World Cups in football. The home of Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi-- but also the home of Manu Ginobili and Andres Nocioni.

Not only Argentina, but more prominently Spain. On the Asian level, South Korea and Japan.

 

[b3lowzro2]

After Mari Martinez, Manolo Inigo strikes back

PH Football Academy a ‘must’
Manolo R. Iñigo
Clean Living
First Posted 01:16:05 25/12/2010


Philippine football has been receiving a groundswell of impressive support from individuals and firms awash with cash following the Azkals’ amazing performance in the just-ended AFF Suzuki Cup.
Sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan, main man at PLDT/Smart telecom, and Asia Brewery Inc. started the ball rolling when they donated P1 million and P250,000, respectively, for the Azkals’ trip to Indonesia where they lost to the host team in two close and exciting semifinals matches.
Known as MVP in business and sports circles, Pangilinan urged other individuals and cash-rich companies to rally behind Philippine football. WABI, through marketing vice president Albert Tan, handed the firm’s financial assistance to Azkal team manager Dan Palami, who has been bankrolling the booters from his own pocket. Tan also offered to help the team for the next three years.
Now, sportswriters, columnists, TV people and legislators are riding on the popularity of football or soccer, a sport they once virtually ignored—even derided.
With more and more generous souls coming to the rescue, the happiest person on this planet could very well be retired Col. Julian Malonso, a former president of the Philippine Olympic Committee.
Now bed-ridden, Malonso has been consistently batting for soccer, not basketball, as the sport best suited for the Filipinos.
Said the straightforward ex-POC head: “Basketball in this country is buried six feet under the ground. I just hope the public is informed correctly.”
True, too many people are now agog over football. But what happens, a few months later, when the rage has died down.
For starters, sports leaders in both the government and private sector should pool their resources together toward the creation of a fund-raising program under the supervision of the Philippine Football Federation whose new president, 56-year-old Mariano “Nonong” Araneta, has vowed transparency in running the affairs of the PFF. And, if I may add, the PFF should also oversee the construction of international-level football fields and establishment of a Philippine Football Academy.
* * *
The best Christmas gift I ever had is the love and care of our family doctor, internal medicine-pulmonary diseases specialist Dra. Araceli M. Maliwat, who celebrated a milestone recently. Kudos too, to Municipal Health Officer Dra. Cecilia Simbulan-Fuellas of Marilao, Bulacan, med tech Merlie delos Angeles and public health nurse Graciana S. Nieto for their dedication to their profession… Congrats also to national shooting champion Tac Padilla, son of Olympic shooter Tom Ong, for dominating the recent National Open Championships. The multitalented Padilla won four gold medals—rapid fire, an event which he has ruled for 31 years; standard pistol, 25-meter center fire and 10-meter air pistol… A toast likewise to sports-minded Col. Nick Divina, who is being tapped as customs police chief and former national football player and 1984 PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) awardee Mariano “Nonong” Araneta for gaining Fifa (international football federation) recognition.

sources

 

[kaiziken_pinas2]

which is the bigger worry :

Old Codgers and spin doctors permeating the success of football while putting basketball down

OR

that douchebag kill-on-sight Martinez. Let's see FIFA's decision on this.

CAS knows the Political situation of Sports here in the PHI (It was a year ago when the affirmed SBP's status as the Basketball Fed).

I do hope there will be a hearing just like what happened with the SBP vs BAP.

 

[jcbernardo2]

For the most part Nathanielzs is a clueless git. But at least he knows just because of this recent surge by the Azkals doesn't mean the development of football should be at the cost of other sports. Particularly the "one".

http://www.inquirer.net/sports/articles/Fifa-decision-averts-long-leadership-dispute.html

He did a poor job commentating on those games. was he a Philippine football fan? for how long? he didn't even know the names of our players, just calling them by their jersey numbers. wtf

 

[b3lowzro2]

my new favorite song

 

[kaiziken_pinas2]

my new favorite song

epic.


A PFF insider :

From Mr. Ernest Nierras: "FIFA is the sports governing body. PFF is a FIFA member and a co founder of the AFC. AFC is a confederation of FIFA. One of six. They handle the regional administration of all the FA's in their region. In this case
asia. So whatever FIFA says is only for AFC to execute. AFC cannot govern us. On...ce FIFA recognizes the actions of a federation like PFF, then AFC will have to follow what FIFA..

"I was willing to give Marimar a reprieve during the holidays, but since he is questioning FIFA, then let me go on record with this: Mari was never elected as the legitimate President in the first place 3 yrs ...ago. The vote count was 15-14 in his favor. So shut up Martinez. You needed 17 votes or an absolute majority of all 32 voting FA presidents. Thats 17 you pompous JERK! You think CAS will help you? Try answering the criminal complaints about you first. The truth is out and we will post all the evidence against you in all the sites. Do yourself a big favor and leave football to those who love the country and this game. You were never in it to help in the first place. You were in it for your own selfish reasons. You are all about false promises and lies. GO FISH YOU JERK!"

this coming from an official in the PFF. wow. takes a lot of guts to post this in a SNS

 

[dxjayrock20082]

From inquirer.net.

From inquirer.net.

PH football can’t thank Dan enough

Cedelf P. Tupas



First Posted 01:12:35 26/12/2010


Filed Under: Football, Soccer, Philippines, Azkals, AFF Suzuki Cup, Dan Palami,

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Dan Stephen Palami, the man behind Philippine football’s renaissance, shows his devotion for the sport in unconventional ways. [/FONT]
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As a schoolboy in Tacloban City, Palami would insist on wearing his new pair of studs as he went up the stage to receive his awards during recognition day.

As manager of a national team that had sometimes been overlooked even by its own federation, Palami takes a hands-on approach.

He is so involved that sometimes he joins training sessions. He even plays to complete the lineup during scrimmages when players are lacking.

“Football is my passion,” said the 40-year-old Palami, a former varsity player at the University of the Philippines.

“When the opportunity to manage the national team came, I saw it as a chance to really help the sport.”

Palami took the job on the condition that “the team should be isolated from the issues hounding the Philippine Football Federation.”

With little fanfare, Palami carried out his role, funding the team to the Interport Cup in Taiwan in January. He took the team to Tacloban and Davao for training camps, and also to Cebu for outreach programs and clinics.

Palami’s approach was enough to lure Phil and James Younghusband out of the sidelines and join the team. The Younghusband brothers had quit the national team because of a row with the PFF two years ago.

“They probably saw how serious we were in building the team,” said Palami.

Palami, an accounting graduate of UP, funds the team primarily through the Autre Porte Global Inc., an engineering firm in charge of construction, maintenance and operations of LRT 1 and LRT 2. Palami is CEO of APT Global.

“The family was actually concerned how he will be able to sustain the program,” said Palami’s younger brother, Ted.

“He always had this in mind that for football to attract big corporations, they have to be marketable, and for that to happen, it has to be a serious approach in managing the team.”

With the Azkals making a surprising run to the semifinals of the AFF Suzuki Cup, Palami is starting to reap the fruits of his labor. A slew of companies have pitched in to help the Azkals future campaigns.

“I just felt that it will take one man to believe in the team,” said Palami. “And now, we are creating believers out of our team.”

Palami rarely shows emotion. With every fighting performance by the Azkals, though, he is stoked.

As Phil Younghusband struck the goal that secured the famous 2-0 upset of defending champion Vietnam, Palami, celebrating on the Philippines’ bench, looked for the nearest television camera and let out a loud shout: Pilipinas.
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[dxjayrock20082]

From inquirer.net.

From inquirer.net.

PH-Indonesia game 2 rates higher than SMB-Air21

Ronnie Nathanielsz



First Posted 03:05:38 24/12/2010




The second game of the Suzuki Cup semifinals between the Philippines and Indonesia which went almost head-to-head with the San Miguel Beer-Air 21 quarterfinal game over RPN 9 on Dec. 19 rated significantly higher.

However, the game of crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra versus Alaska on Feb. 17 topped the ratings with a higher average of 5.7 percent in Mega Manila and 5.9 in Metro Manila, together with 5.5 percent in the suburbs.

Although comparatively low ratings in Mindanao brought down the national average, the Ginebra-Alaska game still topped the football match with a 4.7 average.

The football match was telecast live on Studio 23 while the PBA games were aired on Solar TV-RPN 9.

PH-Indonesia 2 rated 3.7 percent nationally while the pro league’s San Miguel-Air 21 game rated 2.7.

In the breakdown of the ratings, the football match rated 3.8 percent as against 3.3 for basketball in Mega Manila. In Metro Manila, football outrated basketball 4.2 against 3.7.

In the suburbs, the RP-Indonesia game rated 3.1 as against 2.9 for the San Miguel-Air 21 showdown. In Northern Luzon, the gap was much wider with football garnering a 3.5rating and basketball 1.3 percent.


In the Visayas region, Game 2 of the PH-Indonesia semis rated double that of SMB-Air 21, 5.4 to 2.7 percent.

 

[wdwun2]

PH-Indonesia game 2 rates higher than SMB-Air21

Ronnie Nathanielsz



First Posted 03:05:38 24/12/2010




The second game of the Suzuki Cup semifinals between the Philippines and Indonesia which went almost head-to-head with the San Miguel Beer-Air 21 quarterfinal game over RPN 9 on Dec. 19 rated significantly higher.

However, the game of crowd favorite Barangay Ginebra versus Alaska on Feb. 17 topped the ratings with a higher average of 5.7 percent in Mega Manila and 5.9 in Metro Manila, together with 5.5 percent in the suburbs.

Although comparatively low ratings in Mindanao brought down the national average, the Ginebra-Alaska game still topped the football match with a 4.7 average.

The football match was telecast live on Studio 23 while the PBA games were aired on Solar TV-RPN 9.

PH-Indonesia 2 rated 3.7 percent nationally while the pro league’s San Miguel-Air 21 game rated 2.7.

In the breakdown of the ratings, the football match rated 3.8 percent as against 3.3 for basketball in Mega Manila. In Metro Manila, football outrated basketball 4.2 against 3.7.

In the suburbs, the RP-Indonesia game rated 3.1 as against 2.9 for the San Miguel-Air 21 showdown. In Northern Luzon, the gap was much wider with football garnering a 3.5rating and basketball 1.3 percent.


In the Visayas region, Game 2 of the PH-Indonesia semis rated double that of SMB-Air 21, 5.4 to 2.7 percent.

he already said that last time. He's just bragging it bec he's is the commentator on those 2 games.

 

[dxjayrock20082]

he already said that last time. He's just bragging it bec he's is the commentator on those 2 games.

Let that old prick brag about it. After all, he's not even familiar with the rules of football. Lol.

 

[b3lowzro2]

PH football can’t thank Dan enough

Cedelf P. Tupas



First Posted 01:12:35 26/12/2010


Filed Under: Football, Soccer, Philippines, Azkals, AFF Suzuki Cup, Dan Palami,

[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
Dan Stephen Palami, the man behind Philippine football’s renaissance, shows his devotion for the sport in unconventional ways. [/FONT]
[FONT=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]
As a schoolboy in Tacloban City, Palami would insist on wearing his new pair of studs as he went up the stage to receive his awards during recognition day.

As manager of a national team that had sometimes been overlooked even by its own federation, Palami takes a hands-on approach.

He is so involved that sometimes he joins training sessions. He even plays to complete the lineup during scrimmages when players are lacking.

“Football is my passion,” said the 40-year-old Palami, a former varsity player at the University of the Philippines.

“When the opportunity to manage the national team came, I saw it as a chance to really help the sport.”

Palami took the job on the condition that “the team should be isolated from the issues hounding the Philippine Football Federation.”

With little fanfare, Palami carried out his role, funding the team to the Interport Cup in Taiwan in January. He took the team to Tacloban and Davao for training camps, and also to Cebu for outreach programs and clinics.

Palami’s approach was enough to lure Phil and James Younghusband out of the sidelines and join the team. The Younghusband brothers had quit the national team because of a row with the PFF two years ago.

“They probably saw how serious we were in building the team,” said Palami.

Palami, an accounting graduate of UP, funds the team primarily through the Autre Porte Global Inc., an engineering firm in charge of construction, maintenance and operations of LRT 1 and LRT 2. Palami is CEO of APT Global.

“The family was actually concerned how he will be able to sustain the program,” said Palami’s younger brother, Ted.

“He always had this in mind that for football to attract big corporations, they have to be marketable, and for that to happen, it has to be a serious approach in managing the team.”

With the Azkals making a surprising run to the semifinals of the AFF Suzuki Cup, Palami is starting to reap the fruits of his labor. A slew of companies have pitched in to help the Azkals future campaigns.

“I just felt that it will take one man to believe in the team,” said Palami. “And now, we are creating believers out of our team.”

Palami rarely shows emotion. With every fighting performance by the Azkals, though, he is stoked.

As Phil Younghusband struck the goal that secured the famous 2-0 upset of defending champion Vietnam, Palami, celebrating on the Philippines’ bench, looked for the nearest television camera and let out a loud shout: Pilipinas.
[/FONT]

HEHEHE I never knew that he's my neighbor pala, i crashed once to his younger bros party.

 

[wdwun2]

Let that old prick brag about it. After all, he's not even familiar with the rules of football. Lol.

trinidad, nathanielz freakin a! these guys arent doing any good to phil. sports...

 

[TrueBluePinoy2]

FIFA President Joseph Blatter recognizes new PFF leadership

FIFA President Joseph Blatter recognizes new PFF leadership

FIFA rebuffs Mari’s protest
Sunday, 26 December 2010 19:44 Rick Olivares

THE Mari Martinez saga with the Philippine Football Federation (PFF) refuses to die down.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa), in a December 20 memorandum issued by its secretary-general Jerome Valcke, pronounced Mariano V. Araneta as the duly elected president of the PFF after a careful review of the documents furnished to football’s international governing body.

Martinez, angered by the statement, sought the help of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Mohammad Bin-Hammam to contest the ruling to Fifa while threatening to bring the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). The CAS is an arbitration body based in Switzerland that is set up to settle disputes in the realm of sports.

Valcke’s memorandum superseded the one issued by his deputy Markus Kattner on December 3, where Fifa said that they would continue to recognize Martinez but called on a special congress within 90 days to specifically take up his ouster. Kattner was acting on the information provided by Martinez.

Within days of Kattner’s memo, the new administration of the PFF, as headed by Araneta, sent the complete documents including the video of the 7th PFF Ordinary Congress where Martinez was removed and replaced on November 27.

Hammam, who has been at the helm of the AFC since 2002, sent a letter to Fifa dated on December 22 stating that Fifa’s ruling is a form of interference in the upcoming AFC elections this January, where members will be elected to Fifa’s executive committee. Martinez is reportedly a Hammam supporter and his vote is deemed crucial to the Qatari’s spot in the Executive Committee.

The Fifa Executive Committee, next to the association president, is the most powerful group in football as it is they who pass the laws that govern the sport.

Football insiders claim that the AFC is split with one block belong to Hammam and the other to Korean Dr. Chung Mong Joon.

This time, it took no less than Fifa president Joseph Blatter to reply to Hammam a day after the AFC president sent his letter.

“It is important to emphasize that Fifa as a world governing body of football has the duty to control every type of Football Association by taking the appropriate steps to prevent infringements of the statutes, regulations, or decisions of Fifa,” wrote Blatter.

“Regarding the Congress held by the PFF on 27 November 2010, Fifa was informed about some possible irregularities regarding the replacement of the PFF president. In view of the fact that the situation was not clear whether the proposal of removing the president has been put properly on the agenda, Fifa was not in a position to acknowledge the change of presidency. This situation was outlined in Fifa’s letter dated 3 December 2010 to PFF.”

“However, once the facts were available to Fifa, the chairman of the Fifa Association Committee was asked to give an opinion on the validity of the decision of the PFF Congress to remove and replace the president.”

“After a thorough analysis of the file in his possession, the Chairman of the Fifa Association Committee opined that the decision of the PFF Congress to remove and replace the PFF president was in accordance to the PFF statutes. This was communicated to the PFF with letter dated 20 December 2010.”

To further underscore Fifa’s decision and recognition of Araneta, the interim president’s name was officially placed in the association’s web site on December 26, 2010.

(Rick Olivares)

http://businessmirror.com.ph/home/sports/5403-fifa-rebuffs-maris-protest

 

[kaiziken_pinas2]

Chino Trinidad
Pahabol CHRISTmas listray dat PHL Football doesnt take the same route that the SBP-BAP took that tore basketball further apart...

what an idiot. Just because he has personal issues with some officials.

 

[jcbernardo2]

"The TV ratings of the two games against Indonesia—which outdid the PBA games—tells us that the public will support a national team no matter what the sport because there is an unmistakable thrill in cheering for a national squad competing internationally." - Ronnie Nathanielsz
********

Filipinos will support our athletes, only when they are winning. how stupid! over glorified. don't make colorful flowery things over those ratings please.

 

[bhinov2]

Let that old prick brag about it. After all, he's not even familiar with the rules of football. Lol.

haaa?

 

[weward2]

what an idiot. Just because he has personal issues with some officials.

there we go..i dont need to name my blind item anymore..chino already confirmed his state. haha

if Gilas starts winning, i dont wanna see,hear, or even read something from chino TRINIDAD.
like father like son..

 

[eindhow2]

Dan Palami should consider the PFF presidency in the future..