NCAA Season 96
NCAA Season 96 is the 2020–21 athletic year of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the Philippines. The season host will be Colegio de San Juan de Letran, coincidentally also celebrating its 400th anniversary.[1]
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Manila, the preceding season, NCAA Season 95 was terminated. This meant tournaments that were ongoing or have not been started were all canceled. No championships were decided on canceled tournaments, and no general champions were named. The Management Committee has recommended on starting the athletic year in November, instead of the usual July schedule, with President Rodrigo Duterte moving the start of the academic year to September.[2] The season will only hold four tournaments featuring the league's four mandatory sports; athletics (track and field), basketball, volleyball, and swimming with online chess and esports being considered as potential exhibition sports.[3][4]
This will also be the first season where foreigners with no Filipino parent are banned from playing.[5]
At the same time, due to ABS-CBN Sports stopping their operations, due to the denial of its new franchise by the House of Representatives. The NCAA are finding a new broadcast partner since it's network's denial.[6]
References
- Leongson, Randolph (13 May 2020). "NCAA Season 96 hosting duties formally transferred to Letran". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- Galvez, Waylon (2020-04-29). "NCAA Season 96 likely to be moved on later date". Manila Bulletin.
- Go, Beatrice (4 June 2020). "4 events only in NCAA Season 96". Rappler. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- "Only 4 sports in NCAA in 2021". BusinessMirror. June 12, 2020. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
- Go, Beatrice. "NCAA to ban foreign players starting Season 96 in 2020". Rappler. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- John Bryan Ulanday (2020-07-18). "UAAP, NCAA, MPBL, PVL kailangan ng bagong TV partner". Pang-Masa. Retrieved 2020-07-25.