Protecting the student-athletes' rights?

Three lady legislators filed a senate bill in the hopes of abolishing the residency requirement for all graduating high school seniors in all collegiate leagues.

The bill is seen as a move to pressure the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) to remove the two-year residency requirement they imposed on all high school student-athletes who want to transfer to other colleges or universities before the start of the 76th season.

Sens. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Cynthia Villar, and Pia Cayetano filed SB No. 2226 or an act protecting the amateur nature of Filipino student-athletes where it aims to regulate the residency requirement of all student-athletes to further prevent the commercialization of the collegiate league.

"No residency requirement shall be imposed on a high school student-athlete transferring to another high school or to a college or university,” stated in Section VI of the bill, which wants to require school athletic associations to impose a one-year residency requirement on a student-athlete who wants to transfer to another college or university.

Colleges or Universities are further prohibited to offer student-athletes or their immediate family members benefits or other incentives—be it in kind or monetary—aside from scholarships, meal allowances, board and lodging, uniforms, and sports equipment as stated under the implementing rules and regulations.

All national sports associations are also covered by the proposed measure once passed into law.

”The State shall recognize and uphold the rights of Student-Athletes to further hone their skills and abilities in their respective fields of amateur sports without neglecting their education and general well-being,” as stated in the bill.

Lawmakers decided to come up with the measure after the UAAP imposed the two-year residency requirement that barred University of Santo Tomas junior swimmer Anna Dominique Bartolome and Far Eastern University high school standout Jerrie Pingoy, who transferred to the University of the Philippines and Ateneo, respectively, from playing last season.

UAAP secretary-treasurer Rod Roque UAAP Season 77 host the University of the East, meanwhile, said the two-year residency rules remain this year with the board made some revisions that would take effect next season.

"As of now, the rule remains. If ever the Senate will invite us again to explain our side the board will attend the meeting. Dadaan pa naman ang lahat sa public hearing at ang alam ko may first and second hearing pa iyan,” Roque told the BusinessMirror.

"We also made a revision on the rule bringing the residency rule from two years to one year. Pero sa season 78 pa naming siya ma-implement,” he added.

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