It is heartwarming to know recently that the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s Sports Commission headed by Arsalan Dimaoden took the courage to present a 12-point agenda to the new officials of the Philippine Sports Commission.
I exactly wrote “took the courage” because I do not normally hear from Mindanaoans taking the courage to present a sports program to officials in Manila. Normally, local sports officials would wait for an announcement of a sports program or project that would be implemented in the country. It has always been a waiting game.
The PSC, being the only government sports agency, would normally partner with the Department of the Interior and Local Government for the preparation and conduct of national games. LGUs would then receive a Memo and off they start working.
But the Bangsamoro Sports Commission did something that is worth emulating.
Sports facilities development, health and wellness, grassroots and youth sports, sports education, human resource development, continuation of the Sports for All program through PSC’s Laro’t Saya sa Parke, elite sports identification and support, traditional sports and games preservation, ensuring gender and equality in sports, sports linkages and collaboration, sports tourism and competitions.
Boy oh boy, these are very serious stuff!
Who could be the “brains” behind all these sports development stuff?
It took a lot of meetings, preparation, information gathering and consultations for the BARMM Sports Commission to come up with this brilliant presentation to the new PSC chairman Richard Bachmann and commissioners Bong Coo and Walter Torres in Manila.
I would love to see a vibrant sports community in the BARMM.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, I have read reports of Mindanao-based sports officials and coaches going to Muslim Mindanao cities and provinces to implement sports activities.
With the recent presentation to the PSC, this is a clear indication that Muslim Mindanao sports development has a very bright future with the help of the national sports agency.
I would love to see our Moro brothers and sisters get the needed support and you will just never know, in the next few years, there will be national athletes coming from Muslim Mindanao. And that would happen, thanks to the Bangsamoro Sports Commission and the PSC!
“I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it”. Yes, that’s the lyrics coupled with some dance moves.
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