^ Brader, Jeron Teng landing in UST then, was a longshot ....... older brother Jeric was already the face of UST. Jeron was an alpha-scorer & needs his own team to lead.
When Danding entered the picture - tapos na ang boxing ....... it was also during that time that dad Alvin Teng "suddenly" became part of the SMCorp's then ABL team.
Like I've long ranted here, things like these are absolutely illegal in the US NCAA ..... even a small thing such as candy or clothes - bawal, para academic reasons lang ang maging dahilan nang pagpasok nang isang player (see the NBA's Steve Novak recent story about Billy Donovan recruiting him at FSU).
Sen. Pia Cayetano's bill had good intentions, but it was far from getting to the rootcause of the Pingoy issue ........ disclosure of all benefits of student-athletes get and removal of all these tycoons/cronies from school athletics is a good place to start.
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DLSU on rough sailing so far ...... sayang, kung hindi nag "ligang labas" itong si Ben Mbala, I'd easily pick DLSU to win it all. Mbala is that good.
Still, DLSU is too talented not to contend this year or at least make it to the F4.