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Post by jvictor on Jul 8, 2011 14:19:31 GMT 8
Is it possible that football could be the number one sport in Philippines one day?
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Post by garfredcia on Jul 8, 2011 14:28:33 GMT 8
To early to say. Nothing is impossible.
AZKALS CLOBBER PBA IN SUNDAY'S TV RATINGS
By Ronnie Nathanielsz PhilBoxing.com Wed, 06 Jul 2011
The Philippine Azkals who routed Sri Lanka 4-0 before a wildly cheering crowd of over 13,000 fans last Sunday, July 3, clobbered the PBA which was telecast also on Studio 23 in terms of nationwide ratings.
The Azkals game rated an average of 9.7 nationally while the two PBA games rated an average of a mere 2.2 percent according to Kantar Media, Nutam ratings of total TV households.
The biggest gap was in Mindanao where the football match delivered an 11.25 rating which also registered the highest ratings for the PBA games with the first game turning in a 5.7 rating and the second 4.2.
In the Visayas where football is particularly popular in the Negros region, the Azkals vs Sri Lanka match rated 10.32 percent while the PBA games rated a dismal 2.2 and 1.5 percent.
Mega Manila registered a 10.4 rating for the Azkals as against 3.2 and 2.6 for the PBA games. It was a similar story in the suburbs where the national football team drew an 8.46 rating vs the PBA games which drew 2.5 and 1.3.
In Northern Luzon it was 5.09 for the football and 2.1 percent for each of the PBA games. The PBA fared even worse in Southern Luzon with ratings of 1.7 and 1.5 compared to 7.75 for the Azkals match.
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Post by jvictor on Jul 8, 2011 14:40:18 GMT 8
Azkals: The death of basketball?
By Ira Pedrasa abs-cbnNEWS.com Posted at 07/06/2011 6:28 PM | Updated as of 07/07/2011 4:02 PM
MANILA, Philippines - Football is back - and with a bang - thanks to the Philippine Azkals, who may force basketball into oblivion.
In his column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer on Wednesday, Amando Doronila said “the revival of football means so much for sports-minded Filipinos. It means we are breaking away from the dominance of basketball—a syndrome that has stunted us from developing athletic prowess in other sports…”
Anthropologist Michael Tan agreed, saying “I like this new focus on football. For decades we have been too fixated on basketball but in terms of international competitiveness, we just don’t have it.”
He went on to say that football very much fits a Filipino’s temperament, like that of the Latin Americans.
He said this temperament is “passionate and ebullient, but also modulated by introspection and constant strategizing.” More importantly, there is more of team play, he averred.
In contrast, in basketball, the player should have a lot of “diskarte” and make do with a small court. Sometimes, “basketball players convert the court into a stage…often ending up so engrossed with individual performance that they lose sight of team play.”
Basketball not for Filipinos?
Doronila even thought of the 4-to-0 win of the Azkals against the Sri Lanka Red Braves on Sunday as a “massacre,” noting “the locals bombarded the Sri Lankan goal with an impunity and élan seen often in the big league World Cup teams.”
The Azkals' win on Sunday brings the country to the second of six qualifying rounds of the World Cup. The team will face the more-experienced Kuwait on July 23 and 28.
Tan said even professional football player Neko Lambey is “gung-ho” about the team reaching Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where the 2014 World Cup will be held.
Doronila said the country is finally starting to demonstrate that Filipinos can play, and even win, on the playing field where they are not physically handicapped.
“In basketball, we are born losers and we are likely to be doomed to remain a basket case and waste our energies. It is a sport whose only function is to encourage puerile intercollegiate athletic competition, where pride rests on performance in basketball games,” he said.
Achieving the “goal”
To be able to achieve such goals, however, Tan said there is a need for support both from the government and the private sector.
Sports analyst Boyet Sison agreed, saying that upgraded facilities, funding for players and good coaches could finally push the sport back into the Filipino’s senses. Sison is also the host of ANC’s Hardball.
He disagreed, however, that football can overshadow basketball in a country that relies heavily on “visuals.”
“I think, for now, that football is experiencing a resurgence...It helped that the Azkals are fueling the imagination of the public now because they’re making history,” he said.
There may be a downtrend in the ticket sales for certain basketball leagues, but the Filipinos’ love for basketball will always be there, he said.
“Basketball and football can coexist. In terms of training, a football player can do as well in basketball because of [his or her] stamina,” he said.
On one hand, basketball and football should not even be compared, he said. “For one, you’re also talking about pitch conditions…In basketball, they’re always up to standards.”
For football to co-exist with basketball, the private sector should already come in, he said.
Sison said the sport is ready for “commercialization,” which would provide better television and print mileage as well as “create a profession, livelihood for players.”
Already, television is bombarded with advertisements of the Azkals: brothers Phil and James Younghusband are promoting a clothing line as well as a fast-food chain, team captain Aly Borromeo for an underwear line, and striker Chieffy Caligdong for a food supplement. The advertisements are also wide-ranging, with the Azkals even promoting a brand of condiments.
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Post by narko on Jul 8, 2011 14:59:45 GMT 8
Read the Doronila column which the Ira Pedrasa article references. Man, Doronila didn't pull his punches there. For example:
“In basketball, we are born losers and we are likely to be doomed to remain a basket case and waste our energies. It is a sport whose only function is to encourage puerile intercollegiate athletic competition, where pride rests on performance in basketball games,” he said.
Okay, that's enough from me on this topic, don't want to run afoul of the admins, hehehe.
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Post by tombucho on Jul 8, 2011 16:29:36 GMT 8
here's what I think will happen in 10 years time...the best filipino basketball player will be a 6'6" center..in the same period, the philippines would probably be a asian power in football..Only when the filipinos start to realize that we dont have the height to play basketball shall football surpass basketball....
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Post by tombucho on Jul 8, 2011 16:34:57 GMT 8
btw, short comment on ronnie nathanielsz post....its unfair to compare rp vs. sri lanka to pba games.. the azkals is the national team. of course filipinos will support it. he should compare smart gilas vs azkals or ufl games vs. pba games...
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Post by wisekingjohn on Jul 8, 2011 17:01:48 GMT 8
I used to coach Basketball in high school in the level and ligas. As a coach, during tryouts when you are looking for players to fill your roster, the first thing that you'll be looking is the size but not to overlook talent of course. Also, during tryouts, I try to focus my attention to big men trying out. To the question of Can football surpass basketball. A definite yes. Is Basketball dying out as a sport in the Philippines. I hope not. I hope that it'll have its share of fans and attention.
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Post by capullo on Jul 8, 2011 17:03:12 GMT 8
if the officials from the philippines don't make the mistake just to focus the top of the pyramid, football will get very popular. my 5-years old son for example is not interested in Football superstars, he was even felt boring while watching the azkals in germany and he played with his nintendo he just want play with other kids football, for this you need a club. ok, i have to pay around 3500 php a year to let him play there now the goal is to build a good base. i don't know if there are any regulations how to form a football club. all should work also without any sponsors, else trouble can be expected. do you have already something like a "registered association" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eingetragener_Verein) in the Philippines?
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Post by rubi on Jul 8, 2011 17:55:48 GMT 8
one problem is that the philippine youth is also that maybe many like to play football, but just cant because there are so less pitches, compared to people. in germany even the smallest towns got a football club and many pitches or at least big grass fields with goals. thats what the pff should do first...develop many football pitches all over the philippines. so that the youth can discover their passion for football and become better and even more better.
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Post by wisekingjohn on Jul 8, 2011 17:58:25 GMT 8
one problem is that the philippine youth is also that maybe many like to play football, but just cant because there are so less pitches, compared to people. in germany even the smallest towns got a football club and many pitches or at least big grass fields with goals. thats what the pff should do first...develop many football pitches all over the philippines. so that the youth can discover their passion for football and become better and even more better. I agree. That will be the challenge if they want grassroots football to flourish. Having one football field for every town might be a little crowded for most towns but it's a huge start. At least they'll have some place to practice and hone their skills.
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Post by rubi on Jul 8, 2011 18:15:28 GMT 8
yeah...i remember my last vacation in the phils we were shopping at sm and i saw a sport tindahan. of course i buy a football for my cousins hehe. so when we were back home we wanted to play. but the problem was... where!? yea rly sad...but when we visit my other family in kabankalan (negros occidental) there was acutually a pitch but the grad was very high but when other people saw us there they rly showed interest and like to play with us. even when the level of play was very low we had so much fun and we all enjoyed. so that was an awesome experience. i hope next time im there my new friends and cousins will be much better and improved their skills. cause they said they want to train hard and a revenge game when im coming back
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Post by Ka Roger on Jul 8, 2011 18:29:04 GMT 8
Aside from the infrastructure, the attitude of Filipinos toward sports is can also be a key factor. One thing in common about our sports here is that they're too full of Testosterone. One sportsman just want to outplay or beat the another for saying that "Nah, we're the best". It's just like the American I-can-score-higher-than-you-therefore-I'm-better-than-you-so-kneel-before-me type of mentality. It's bad that we want sports that SCORES HIGHER than FOOTBALL because the higher the score, the "better" team and men are they. That's why people said they "yawn" while watching football matches. But I keep thinking myself that everyone can be converted to the sport of football. I kept pushing my dad to watch the game and he told me the team would be held again to a draw at Rizal. Then after watching HRH Chieffy scoring a sublime goal in front of us, I was just shocked to see my dad hugging a man he was talking "ala cumpare" before the match. I just knew I had a football convert. Just show how teamwork can build a sport and not just by plain individualism
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Post by capullo on Jul 8, 2011 18:36:59 GMT 8
it would be also ok just to start with a "Bolzplatz" (in UK they will call it "Kickabout area") wooden goals on a sand pitch would be cheap and enough for the first experience. the youth need a place, where they can play together.
a organized club will be the next step with real grass pitches.
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Post by bluefeather80 on Jul 8, 2011 21:04:29 GMT 8
btw, short comment on ronnie nathanielsz post....its unfair to compare rp vs. sri lanka to pba games.. the azkals is the national team. of course filipinos will support it. he should compare smart gilas vs azkals or ufl games vs. pba games... if you want a fair comparison i agree that the two being compared are on the same level. pba vs ufl is not a fair comparison because one is already well establishe while the other still isn't. galis vs azkals now this is fair because both are of the same level as both are big stars. so let's start the comparison: how many watched galis on tv or live on their fiba asia championships games held here in the philippines last june? di napuno ang venue. the cheapest ticket was 10pesos but still wasn't sold out na pinamigay na nga lang eh. now how many watched home game of azkals vs sri on tv or live? puno ang venue. the cheapest ticket were sold out. now please this isn't basketball vs football.
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Post by samhain13 on Jul 8, 2011 21:24:19 GMT 8
btw, short comment on ronnie nathanielsz post....its unfair to compare rp vs. sri lanka to pba games.. the azkals is the national team. of course filipinos will support it. he should compare smart gilas vs azkals or ufl games vs. pba games... This will indeed be a more reasonable comparison— only that the UFL is not being televised. (I'm one of those who hope that the next season will be carried by a TV station, actually.) Gilas vs Azkals, I bet on the Azkals. UFL vs PBA, I'd have to say PBA in the first couple of years as UFL clubs will need to find a following first. Although there are clubs out there that seem to be a bit charismatic: Kaya, Global, and Air Force. Given time, it's not far-fetched for these clubs to garner Ginebra-like support.
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