SMART CLARK GIGA CITY—Marilee Orioste could still recall the moment she was slighted by a coach while officiating in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
“I won’t name names, but I remember him telling me: You don’t belong here,” she told the Inquirer on Tuesday.
Janine Nicandro, who was the first to shatter the league’s glass ceiling back in 2016, had basically the same experience.
“It was also my rookie year. [Coaches and players] were testing me how I’d respond,” she said. “I just thought these men simply weren’t used to having women around their game.”
Fast forward to 2020, and both Orioste and Nicandro are now just a few games away from completing a tour of…
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