MANILA, Philippines—The PBA will only get the go signal to push through with its 46th season if the COVID-19 situation in the country improves.
After meeting with Malacaang, PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial said that the government will only allow the league to start the season if the COVID-19 cases go down, regardless if teams and league staff get vaccinated.
“That’s what they said, even if we’re vaccinated if the cases won’t go down the PBA won’t push through,” said Marcial in Filipino during a virtual press meeting. “So the cases should go down.”
The Philippines topped 1 million cases on Monday and tallied 6,877 new ones on Wednesday.
Marcial said that once the cases start to d…
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