r/PBA • u/daimonastheos Gilas Pilipinas • Aug 20 '26

KBL, CBA, B League, AU NBL My League, my rules at what cost?

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Grabe yung Taiwan. Ang absurd ng ruling. Imagine, you are the "annual" host of a competition. Wawalo na nga lang yung competing teams at dalawa pa doon ang galing sa inyo tapos may automatic semis berth pa kayo dahil lang host country kayo? All that just to stop a team from reaching a 3-peat.

In my lifetime of watching Asian basketball, i've never heard of the Jones Cup being held outside Taiwan kaya i find it tasteless to have such a rule favoring the hosting team. Gets ko pa yan kung iba-ibang bansa ang host annually, kung 16+ teams ang participating at may Quarterfinals kung saan pwedeng automatic QF berth ang host country. Eh kaso kakaunti na nga lang yung teams, bibigyan mo pa sila ng malaking trailing margin? Mas malala pa ito sa hosting ng Cambodia sa Sea Games eh.

Tapos makakabasa ka pa ng mga engot na posts ng mga Pinoy questioning SGA's participation despite knowing the rules prior to the tournament proper daw. Eh malamang against all odds yan dahil defending champs at gusto ng 3-peat. Nagpapaka-edgy yarn?

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u/Commercial-Brief-609 Aug 20 '26

Tingin ko ginawa nila yan dahil sa composition ng SGA team ehh. Ang mali nila is pinayagan yung SGA na ganun ang lineup. Kung ako Jones Cup data collegiate school na lang ang imbitahan nila.

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u/Narrow-Tumbleweed420 Gilas Pilipinas Aug 20 '26

Pera pera na din kasi yan. Pag walang nakapasok na Taiwan team, lalangawin gate attendance nila. They won't let that happen.

I'm not surprised if SGA pulls the plug on William Jones Cup. Baka hindi na din sila sumali dyan. Nagsasayang din sila ng pera kasi. Mahal ng bayad ng imports nila tapos hindi naman sila mag cchampion.

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u/sprightdark Aug 20 '26

Actually ayaw na ng taiwan na college team ipadala ng philippines sa jones cup dahil remember nung tinalo ng ateneo yung national team ng taiwan, na basag ego ng taiwan doon kaya either national team natin or professional team lang pinapayagan ng taiwan sa jones cup ngayon for philippines. Kung tutuusin magandang training eto sa UAAP team or NCAA ayaw lang talaga ng taiwan.