In his most recent interview, Coach Chot Reyes said that he only got to know of Andray Blatche's ineligibility to play in Incheon two weeks before the Games.
But according to a reliable source, SBP and Coach Chot found out about Blatche's ineligibility to play as early as April 30, 2014, the day of accreditation for the Asian Games. SBP and Coach Chot were informed subsequently of the Olympic Council of Asia's ruling on Blatche's case on May 31, July 15, August 15 and September 10, 2014. It was after September 10, 2014, the Delegates Registration Meeting or DRM, that OCA gave SBP and Coach Chot Reyes its final word on Blatche's case.
The whole problem , according to the same source, was that Coach Chot refused to listen and accept OCA's ruling. He was bent on playing Andray Blatche for the Asian Games. Interestingly, no less than SBP President Manny V. Pangilinan adimtted in an interview with Interaksyon dated September 9, 2014 that SBP has been persuading OCA for the past two months to allow Blatche to play. Read http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/sbp-makes-final-appeal-to-lift-disqualification-of-andray-blatche-from-asian-games
Lastly, my source revealed that SBP wrote at least twice to the Asian Games organizers to allow Blatche to play. The two letters were dated August and September 2014.
The Filipino people, most especially the basketball fans deserve the truth from Coach Chot. After all, taxpayers' money were used to partly finance the participation of Gilas Pilipinas in the Asian Games. It is only fair that Filipinos get the truth from Coach Chot Reyes himself.
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