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Senators on Monday chided top officials of the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (PATAFA) for burdening the country’s elite athletes with administrative and accounting tasks that the national sports association (NSA) is supposed to be taking care of. During the Senate Sports Commi
Filipino pole vaulter EJ Obiena on Monday told the Senate that all he wanted is to be able to clear his name and be reinstated as a national athlete. “What I really just want is to be reinstated as a national athlete; to be able to represent the Philippines,” Obiena told the Senate Committee on
Ernest John "EJ" Obiena (Facebook photo) MANILA - National sports associations (NSAs) will continue to directly receive the financial assistance due the athletes but must devise a better disbursement system to prevent another case similar to pole vaulter Ernest John "EJ" Obiena. During the hearing of the Senate committees on sports and finance on Monday, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Chair William Ramirez said the direct financial assistance to NSAs will remain. "They will be directed to provide a better mechanism accounting, disbursement and handling so the athlete can focus on training," Ramirez said. The Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association (Patafa) has dropped the 26-year-old Obiena from its rolls and has threatened to file estafa raps against the World No. 5 and charges related to the World Athletics' Integrity Code of Conduct against Ukrainian coach Vitaly Petrov. The case stemmed from Obiena's alleged non-payment of Petrov&#