TATS SUZARA AND HIS LETTER TO GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS BOARD

courtesy of sports.abs-cbn.com

Games and Amusements Board (GAB) requested Philippine Super Liga (PSL) to secure the necessary permit and licenses for a professional league last year. The request was made as GAB came into the conclusion that PSL is a professional league.

GAB defines professional sport as "understood to mean an individual or team sport wherein the participant athlete is paid sums of money and other forms of compensation as regular salary or prizes for participation in games, contests, bouts or tournaments which are conducted under permits duly issued by the Gamesand Amusements Board". A professional athlete, on the other hand, "refers to a person who is paid a sum of money and other compensation as a salary or prize money for participating in a game, bout, tournament or contest of a professional sport, either as an individual contestant or member of a team under a contract entered into with a professional sports promoter or team owner and whether licensed or not by the Games and Amusements Board".

PSL refused to get the necessary permit and licenses from GAB as it stood firm in its belief that it is not a professional league. Below is Tats Suzara's letter of explanation to GAB :

Are the statements of Tats Suzara true ?