WANTED : STANDARD FOR EXCELLENCE

courtesy of m.spin.ph

After three straight defeats, LVPI team notches its first win against Nanjing University of China. Some LVPI supporters are celebrating the come-from-behind victory.

Is the celebration warranted ?

Definitely not.

The victory of LVPI team is actually an insult to LVPI and its team. LVPI officials and players can only manage to score a victory at the expense of a lowly university team.

The problem really is that we, as a nation, do not have a standard for excellence. We do not demand excellence from our teams that whatever victory our teams manage to score, no matter how insignificant, we celebrate and rejoice.

This is the reason why LVPI officials dare to present to us a team that was assembled at the airport. This is the reason why LVPI officials dare to send a team where players hardly know each other. This is the reason why LVPI officials  dare to represent the country with a team that did not practice even once for the tournament.

LVPI officials cultivate a culture of mediocrity among Filipinos that dangerously creeps into every aspect of our lives.

We deserve better.