Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) commissioner Chito Narvasa expressed disappointment over the decision of a bloc of disgruntled PBA board members to remove him as commissioner without adherence to league constitution and by-laws.
Narvasa stated that in his two years as PBA commissioner, he has always ensured parity and transparency in all league decisions, particularly the trade transactions involving all PBA teams.
“What call for parity are they talking about? I have always ensured parity in all decisions I made as commissioner, not only in the trade involving Kia and San Miguel Beer, but even when Talk ‘n Text acquired the first round picks of Kia and Blackwater in the past to get Mo Tautuua and Troy Rosario,” said Narvasa.
Narvasa said that he sees nothing wrong even as the Talk ‘n Text team took offense at his revelation that the Tropang Texters submitted the application of Fil-German Christian Standhardinger to the PBA draft.
“That is true, that they submitted the draft application of Standhardinger to the PBA office so why are they so mad about it?” asked Narvasa.
Narvasa revealed that while the said PBA bloc led by the three MVP-PLDT teams denied that the Kia-SMB trade started the move the call for his removal, there might be another reason for such.
He revealed that he is in the middle of an investigation regarding the transaction of PBA TV coveror TV5, part of the PLDT Group, with a betting company overseas.
“TV5 made the transaction with the betting company without informing the PBA and denied the league the revenues from the said transaction,” Narvasa said.
Narvasa asserted that he serves at the pleasure of the PBA board, of which only a majority or two-thirds of the 12 team membership can remove him from his post.
