Basketball Star Don Allado was fined for PHP 500,000 and is suspended to play for the entire conference by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Don Allado accused the PBA of game fixing in his "tweets" after their team, Barako Bull Energy loss the game.
Allado's controversial tweets:
“In my opinion, this league has little credibility left.”
“They control who is in & who is out.”
“#PBA games are fixed.”
He later then removed his tweets and went to PBA Commissioner Chito Salud to apologized.
In an interview with dzBB, Commissioner Salud said "Ang tweet, Facebook, maraming sumusunod diyan, delikado kung magsasalita ka ng kung anu-anong bagay."
"I took the occasion na ipaalala sa kanya ang responsibilidad ng PBA player sa fans. Ang maturity, sportsmanship, kailangan at all times they observe that on and off the court," Salud further added.
"Clearly it [Allado's tweets] was an outburst of emotion in the heat of competition," Salud concluded.
Don Allado is a former King Archer out of De La Salle University, and begins his career in Alaska Aces in 1999. A three-time PBA All-Star and two-time PBA champion, the 6'6" center/power forward is with his fifth team, and has career averages of 7.89 points, 5.86 rebounds and 1.29 assists.
