Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6535, 12th Congress of the Republic |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT LIMITING THE NUMBER OF FILIPINO-FOREIGNER PLAYING IN ANY PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE IN THE PHILIPPINES TO TWO FOR EACH TEAM |
| ABSTRACT : Most of our youth dream of becoming basketball players in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). However, the presence of Filipino-foreigners playing in the PBA has greatly diminished the chances of home-grown talents to become players in the PBA. Furthermore, the presence of Filipino-foreigner players has led to demoralization among full-blooded Filipino players who receive considerably lower professional fees than the Filipino-foreigner players. This bill seeks to limit the number of Filipino-foreigner players in the professional basket leagues in the Philippines to two per basketball team to minimize the undesirable effects of the proliferation of Filipino-foreigner players. |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ERMITA-BUHAIN, EILEEN |
| DATE FILED : 2003-10-29 |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS ON 2003-11-18 |
Abstract
Most of our youth dream of becoming basketball players in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). However, the presence of Filipino-foreigners playing in the PBA has greatly diminished the chances of home-grown talents to become players in the PBA. Furthermore, the presence of Filipino-foreigner players has led to demoralization among full-blooded Filipino players who receive considerably lower professional fees than the Filipino-foreigner players. This bill seeks to limit the number of Filipino-foreigner players in the professional basket leagues in the Philippines to two per basketball team to minimize the undesirable effects of the proliferation of Filipino-foreigner players.
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