The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) can open its 46th season only if the number of COVID-19 cases drops, commissioner Willie Marcial said on Thursday.
That was the condition that was laid down shortly after the league’s meeting with Sen. Bong Go and Secretary Salvador Medialdea at Malacaang Palace the day before as the PBA made an appeal to be able to hold a season which has been postponed indefinitely because of a new wave of infections the past month.
“We made requests, [made suggestions]. But they said that the number of cases need to drop. If not, we won’t be able to play,” the league chief said in a press briefing in Filipino.
No exact number
However, Marcial said th…
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