TARGET ng Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) ang pagbabago sa ilang regulasyon ng liga sa pagpasok ng bagong season upang masiguro ang pantay na karapatan ng bawat koponan.
Inilahad ni PCCL Chairman Rey Gamboa ang malawakang pagbabago sa ginanap na media conference nitong Martes sa FilOil Flying V Centre isa San Juan City.
Batay sa bagong regulasyon, ang Group A ay laban ng mga koponan mula sa UAAP at NCAA na magtatapos sa best-of-three affair sa Enero 19.
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Ang Group B ay binubuo ng mga koponan ng Luzon-NCR at VisMin.
Sa kasalukuyan, may ilang natapos nang elimination round at magtutuos sa regional championship. Sa Luzon-NCR bracket, magkakasama ang Letran Knights at Don Honorio Ventura Technical State University.
Sa Vis-Min side, magtutuos ang Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias at niversity of Visayas Green Lancer.
“We believe that in this structure, teams from the regions will have a better chance of either becoming a runner-up or a champion. It’s one game. You never know what will happen in a one-game knockout compared to the past wherein we would have the elite eight composed of the Manila teams and the provincial teams,” sambit ni Gamboa.
Iginiit ni Mendoza, inaasahan niyang mababago ang format ng laro.
“When the final four happens, only two manila teams and two provincial teams will remain. The two provincial teams will probably lose,” sambit ni Gamboa.
“The objective of the PCCL is to give the provincial teams exposure. Give them the opportunity to play with the best teams here in Manila and that is why we made it into a provincial level basis so that they will have the opportunity of going to different places and then ultimately in the big teams in Manila,” aniya.
“This is the only league that has this. This is why the Philippine Sports Commission has recognized it as a grassroots unifying game. Because we bring together the collegiate teams from all over the country to get the one national champion,” aniya.
-BRIAN YALUNG
