“We have to show first the health of the student-athletes are protected while they are training before we start talking about tournaments,” sabi ni CHED Chairperson Prospero de Vera III.

Sinabi ni De Vera na malapit nang ilabas ang guidelines para sa training ng collegiate athletes.

Ayon kay De Vera, tapos na silang magsagawa ng public consultation at tatalakayin na  nila ito sa Commission sa susunod na linggo.

“Within the week I should be able to issue the guidelines for training ng collegiate athletes,” sabi ni De Vera.

Kamakailan lang ay inaprubahan ng Inter-Agency Task Force ang isang resolusyon kung saan pinapayagan na ang pagsasanay sa mga collegiate athlete na naka-pattern sa joint administrative order para sa professional leagues.

Inatasan ng IATF ang CHED na maglabas ng nasabing guidelines, kung saan bumuo ang Komisyon ng technical working group, kasama ang Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), Games and Amusement Board (GAB), at kinatawan ng UAAP at NCAA para isagawa ito. 

“And then I promised within three weeks the guidelines would be finished. Natapos naman within three weeks except lahat kasi ng issuance ng CHED we subject to mandatory public consultation. There are almost 2,000 universities, so ‘pag hindi ka nag-public consultation diyan talagang madaming magre-react,” dagdag

pa niya.  

“’Yung public consultation took a little longer than I expected. I listened to some public consultation. Maraming related issues na niri-raise ‘yung mga universities, not so much with the guidelines but other issues that’s why it took sometime before the TWG could not finalize it,” sabi pa ng CHED chairperson.

“Kung makapasa sa Commission en banc I will issue it within the week, kasi ‘yung mga issues na ni-raise ng mga universities was not so much about the guidelines only but many of them were asking when do we allow the tournaments to happen.“

Isa pang isyu na napag-usapan sa consultation ay ang gastusin sa pagte-test sa mga atleta, gayundin ang protocols.

“Some of them are concerned that universities, smaller universities, will not be able to handle the cost. So, sabi ko naman optional ‘yan sa mga universities. If the universities think that it is not cost effective they should not allow training of athletes,” aniya.

“And then the third one is on how you monitor it. Sa mga universities it is difficult to monitor so ‘yan ‘yung mga tinitingnan, and the option whether you do it inside the campus or outside. So, there were some of the issues na medyo matagal ‘yung usapan,” dagdag pa niya.