Defaults at the World’s Table Tennis Championships
May 10, 2005Esposo being defaulted because of the coachs' negligence is unacceptable. Anong ginawa nila sa China kundi mamasyal at sinayang lang ang taxpayers money sa pagpunta nila doon..tsk, tsk tsk..this is sad and a mismanaged oraganizationa dn poor leadership of TATAP.
After reading this post on tatap.ph, and reading what was written on the tatapusa.com website, it's pretty clear to me that the person that made this post has an axe to grind against the current TATAP President. Personally, I don't give a hoot about all this, and I'd like to stay away from all the politicking. (I never dreamt that sports could be so political).
But i will make a few observations, if I may. Some of it may be hurtful, and cause people to react defensively, but I hope that the people concerned accept it in the spirit that it is given - as constructive criticism, to help improve the state of Table Tennis in our country.
If anything is clear from the recent , a good shot at the top 32 (in the world) is certainly possible. The near-success of Indonesia's Men's Doubles Team of David Jacobs and Yon Mardiono against China's Wang Liqin and Guo Yue (who eventually won the Gold) gives us a glimpse of what is acheivable. The Indonesian duo have been training in China for the last seven months, and according to RP's Julius Esposo, their play used to be at about the same level as the Philippine team's.
Here's what we need to do:
Nasty Tagboard comments on TATAP.PH
Am back from china, and was surprised to find some pretty nasty posts on the TATAP tagboard. Since I don’t speak for TATAP (I merely maintain the website) and since the TATAP officials prefer not to comment on the posts, I thought I’d chime in with my 2 cents on my blog.
for the webmaster..sino sino ba kasama sa delegation ng RP? Is it true na kasama ang syota ni victor? Pls confirm kasi we as taxpayers are entitled to know
Wow, that’s pretty rude! If Victor (TATAP President) wants to bring his syota along (that is, if he has one 
), that’s a matter for him to discuss with his wife. However, the correct question to ask is - what funds were received by TATAP, and how were these funds disbursed? That’s the more important question, as I think it’s very important for TATAP to attract sponsors willing to donate their time and money to improve the state of Table Tennis in our country. But that just isn’t going to happen if donors feel that their money isn’t being spent wisely. (as the person above suggests).
Clearly the biggest problem TATAP faces is lack of funding, and the proper way to handle this is (1) publish what funds are received and how they are disbursed and (2) announce what projects and tournaments TATAP intends to involve itself in for the next 12 months, and how much money is still needed for these projects to push through.
The reality is that the little that I donate to TATAP players does go a long way. For example, I’ve given about P6T/month to feed 10 players every lunch time. Now that’s less than P30 per person per meal! But they’re happy with that, and I’m happy to help, and the players like that as they don’t have to go home after their morning training session. They can have lunch, talk about their game, sleep,then resume their afternoon session. The point I’m making is that if TATAP publishes its financial needs, and if people see that the money they put in is being put to good use, people will come out of the woodwork and help.
