unavoidable naman kasi talaga yung magkaroon ng sister teams.. kukulangin ng teams kung ipagbawal yun.. 60M pa rin yata ang franchise sa liga ngayon.. walang prospects ang PBA masyado for new teams..
The PBA is actually shooting itself in the foot.
** Aside from the initial high franchise fees, the previous concessions given to past new franchises (PUREFOODS, RED BULL, etc) are no longer existent.
Past franchises were given the privilege to elevate their own choice of amateur players (usually coming from a single stable) .... thus ensuring a competitive rookie team, which will equate to league parity.
** PBA franchise applications go through the eye of a needle, to get approval. See the case of recent applicant, PHOENIX PETROLEUM.
PHOENIX had massive funds to apply and maintain a good team ..... lo and behold, their application was shot down by all 3-SMC teams (which had competitor PETRON) and BERT LINA's AIR21 team (!)
Note: It takes 7 votes to get approval for new PBA franchises. In the past, the SMC bloc were only given 2 votes (PUREFOODS not allowed to vote) ..... however, when AIR21's Lito Alvarez became chairman, he gave permanent voting power to PUREFOODS.
Thus we have a majority bloc when it comes to PBA voting.This was no coincidence ..... Bert Lina = Lito Alvarez.