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SPORTS AND

POLITICS
Alibanggo | Bonilla | Flores
SS 160

Politics - process of organizing social


power and making decisions that affect
peoples lives in a social world.
(Coakley, 2014)
Government formal organization with the
power to make and enforce rules in a
particular territory or collection of people
(Coakley, 2014)

Power ability to influence people and


achieve goals even in the face of oppositions
from others
(Weber, 1922)
Authority form of power that comes with
a recognized and legitimate status or office
in a government, an organization, or an
established set of relationships
(Coakley, 2014)

THE SPORTS-GOVERNMENT
CONNECTION (HOULIHAN, 2000)
Safeguard the public

order
Ensure fairness and
protect human rights
Maintain health and
fitness among citizens
Promote the prestige
and power of a group,
community, or nation.

Promote a sense of identity,

belonging and unity among


citizens.
Reproduce dominant values
and ideologies in a
community or society.
Increase support for political
leaders and government.
Facilitate economic and
social development in a
community or society

SBN 541 (PROFESSIONAL FILIPINO


ATHLETES RETIREMENT, HEALTH CARE
Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV
AND
DEATH
BENEFITS
ACT)

Sec. 4 Retirement Benefits

Lifetime monthly pension of P15, 000 (individual events) or

P10, 000 (team events)

Sec. 5 Health Care Benefits


National Health Insurance Program of the PhilHealth; PCSO
(upon hospitalization)
Sec. 6 Death Benefits
Primary beneficiaries are entitled death benefit of P50, 000

SBN 655
Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV
Sec. 3 Establishment of a Philippine High

School for Sports (PHSS)

SENATE HEARING AFTER THE RIO


2016 OLYMPICS

SBN 316 (PHILIPPINE AMATEUR SPORTS


CENTER)
TRAINING
Senator Sonny Angara
Sec. 6 Ownership, Administration, Management, Operation and

Maintenance of the Center


PSC shall employ professional and highly skilled managers with long and

vast experience in sports administration and management to ensure the


maintenance and upkeep of the center and its facilities and other amenities.
Sec. 7 Board of Trustees
PSC Chairman
DPWH Co-chairman
POC, City Mayor, Provincial Governor, DBM Members

Sec. 9 Funding
P2 B from the National Treasury + P55M (for maintenance)

SBN 675 (NATIONAL AMATEUR SPORTS


TRAINING
Sen. Paolo CENTER)
Benigno Bam Aquino IV
Sec. 7 Creation of the Board
PSC Chairman
DPWH Co-chairman
POC, LGU, DBM Members
Sec. 9 Funding
P2 B from the National Treasury + P55M (for
maintenance)

SBN 451(DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS ACT OF 2016)


Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV

The Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) was created by virtue of


Republic Act No. 6847 enacted in January of 1990. It was intended to be
the lead agency that shall oversee, reform, and jumpstart the state of
Philippine sports. However, twenty six (26) years after its enactment,
the expected improvement and development of Philippine sports under
the PSC still is wanting.

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS
It was first planned by
PSC commissioner Jolly
Gomez after the poor
performance of the
Philippine team at the
2013 SEA games.
The program was aimed
for national athletes to
have a new training
facility.
The Philippines is the
only country in
Southeast Asia that does
not have a

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS
Sen. Antonio Trillanes

proposed for its


implementation in time for
the 2014 Asian Games in
Incheon and the 2016
Olympic Games in Rio.
Trillanes : mess in sports
There hasnt been much of
an improvement under the
8 years of Cojuangco as the
POC resident.
Rizal Memorial Stadium
selling

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS
This year February 2016,
Davao city representative
Karlo Nograles authored
the house bill 6440 or the
Department of Sports
Act
The PSC will be abolished
if the program will be
implemented.

"It is now high time for the


government to prioritize
sports in the national
agenda, and consider sports

DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS
Rizal Memorial Sports Complex
(HISTORY)
9.3-hectares
Malate, Manila
1934

Were exposed to pollution and the area easily


gets flooded during heavy rains, making it difficult
for our athletes to train. (Former PSC Chair Ritchie
Garcia)

CLARK SPORTS COMPLEX


P3.5 Billion fund
House of Representatives Bill (SB 316, SB 675) to
relocate national athletes from Manila (Rizal
Memorial Sports Complex) to Clark Freeport,
Pampanga
50-hectare area owned by the Clark International
Airport Corporation
Planned for the past couple of years but PSC
backed out in August 2015
Rent: P150, 000/hectare for 10 years

PRESIDENTS ROLE IN
SPORTS
Sports is something that will
build the muscle of the nation.
Sports [instills] discipline. Its
part of growing a paradigm for
young women or real men,

I-se-separate ko 'yan. Parang


dati na Department of Education,
Culture and Sports, pero I am
inclined to create another
authority. I want sports and
sports only sa opisina na yun,

PHILIPPINE OLYMPIC CITY


CLARK
Construction of the complex

worth between P3 to P6 billion


It will be ready by 2018 and

will host the 2019 Southeast


Asian Games.
We are drawing up the

master plan and then submit


it for approval to President
Duterte, said Ramirez.

We feel that the

missing link is sports


science, said Ramirez.
We need sports
nutritionists, sports
psychologists and sports
physiologist. We are
mandated to make sure
Filipino athletes have the
best training areas.

SOURCES
http://sports.inquirer.net/220113/ph-olympic-city-clark-to-rise-in-2018
http://www.philstar.com/sports/2015/08/22/1490869/psc-backs-out-clark-sports-de

al

http://sports.inquirer.net/170622/clark-training-center-built-by-dec-2015
https://www.senate.gov.ph/lis/bill_res.aspx?congress=17&q=SBN-541
http://manilastandardtoday.com/opinion/columns/back-channel-by-alejandro-del-ro

sario/140394/a-department-of-sports-.html

http://www.web.psc.gov.ph/index.php/9-news/197-gov-t-must-put-priority-on-sport

http://

www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/557038/sports/othersports/bill-filed-creating-de
partment-of-sports
http://www.spin.ph/election-watch/news/rodrigo-duterte-on-philippine-sports
https://www.senate.gov.ph/
http://www.spin.ph/election-watch/news/rodrigo-duterte-on-philippine-sports
COAKLEY, J. (2014).SPORTS IN SOCIETY: Issues and controversies(11th
ed.). S.l.: MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION.

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