Ok, so Fr. Ben Nebres issued an unnecessary apology. How come we always do the apologizing? In the past 10 years, the Ateneo is probably the only school that has apologized everytime its players and supporters do something offensive or even just perceived to be offensive.
In 1997, the Ateneo apologized when a member of Babble used a green jacket (that was not even marked "La Salle") to wipe the floor in the half time show.
In 1999, the Ateneo apologized to UST when the game had to be discontinued because everyone was throwing stuff on court - even though it was impossible to ascertain which side started the pelting.
In 2003, LA Tenorio sucker punched La Salle's Gerwin Gaco. Later on he publicly apologized in front of the Ateneo community, and apologized to Gaco himself in La Salle.
After Game 2 of this season, Nonoy Baclao apologized on television for his act of shouting at Rico Maierhoffer after a particularly humiliating block on the latter.
And most recently, the Ateneo, through Father Ben Nebres, apologized to La Salle for the firewood incident.
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We've always apologized. Why only us? If we are going to be consistent, then let's also demand an apology for the following acts of La Salle players and supporters (as listed by forum denizen atenean_blooded) through the years:
- Pelting our gallery from behind in 2003 after they lost to us.
- Not properly sanctioning the La Sallite hooligans who attacked Enrico Villanueva, Sonny Tadeo, Andrew Cruz, and Epok Quimpo, from behind, when they lost to us in 2003.
- Not properly sanctioning former DLSU enforcer Rafa Dinglasan after he sucker-punched one of our assistant coaches from behind when they lost in 2003.
- After losing in the 1st round 2004, Joseph Yeo shoving Magnum Membrere away after the latter offered a handshake.
- Coming up with the non-original, sophomoric "burn Ateneans burn" cheer.
- Araña's on-court jig during a game when La Salle was en route to winning.
- The Franz Pumaren-led photo-op during a time-out again during a game that La Salle was en route to winning.
- Manny Salgado hitting Arwind Santos from behind after FEU won the UAAP Championship in 2005.
- Defying the law and fielding ineligible players in 2004, and having the temerity of making the already-banned Manny Salgado the fall guy.
- Bryan Ilad hitting UE's Mark Fampulme from behind.
- Joseph Yeo hitting Enrico Villanueva with a clothesline when the latter was hardly in a position to be able to retaliate.
- LA Revilla's bang-bang antics against FEU's Mac Baracael.
- Pumaren abandoning the national team so that he could coach La Salle, thereby spitting on the value of flag and country.
- The classless blowing of feathers gimmick by the La Salle pep squad.
- Their crowd's cheering during our alma mater hymn in Game 2.
- Their refusal to accept their second place trophy, thereby spitting on the value of sportsmanship.
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In hindsight, one will realize that it's always a polite and gentlemanly trait to apologize even if one's fault is not duly established.
I guess that's why we've always apologized for every single infraction - imagined or otherwise, while the other school has racked up a veritable rap sheet of unapologized-for offenses.
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P.S. I almost forgot. La Salle should also apologize for unleashing Chokoleit during their Game 2 halftime cheerdance exhibition.
Children were in the audience, fer Chrissakes!
In 1997, the Ateneo apologized when a member of Babble used a green jacket (that was not even marked "La Salle") to wipe the floor in the half time show.
In 1999, the Ateneo apologized to UST when the game had to be discontinued because everyone was throwing stuff on court - even though it was impossible to ascertain which side started the pelting.
In 2003, LA Tenorio sucker punched La Salle's Gerwin Gaco. Later on he publicly apologized in front of the Ateneo community, and apologized to Gaco himself in La Salle.
After Game 2 of this season, Nonoy Baclao apologized on television for his act of shouting at Rico Maierhoffer after a particularly humiliating block on the latter.
And most recently, the Ateneo, through Father Ben Nebres, apologized to La Salle for the firewood incident.
= = = = = = = = = =
We've always apologized. Why only us? If we are going to be consistent, then let's also demand an apology for the following acts of La Salle players and supporters (as listed by forum denizen atenean_blooded) through the years:
- Pelting our gallery from behind in 2003 after they lost to us.
- Not properly sanctioning the La Sallite hooligans who attacked Enrico Villanueva, Sonny Tadeo, Andrew Cruz, and Epok Quimpo, from behind, when they lost to us in 2003.
- Not properly sanctioning former DLSU enforcer Rafa Dinglasan after he sucker-punched one of our assistant coaches from behind when they lost in 2003.
- After losing in the 1st round 2004, Joseph Yeo shoving Magnum Membrere away after the latter offered a handshake.
- Coming up with the non-original, sophomoric "burn Ateneans burn" cheer.
- Araña's on-court jig during a game when La Salle was en route to winning.
- The Franz Pumaren-led photo-op during a time-out again during a game that La Salle was en route to winning.
- Manny Salgado hitting Arwind Santos from behind after FEU won the UAAP Championship in 2005.
- Defying the law and fielding ineligible players in 2004, and having the temerity of making the already-banned Manny Salgado the fall guy.
- Bryan Ilad hitting UE's Mark Fampulme from behind.
- Joseph Yeo hitting Enrico Villanueva with a clothesline when the latter was hardly in a position to be able to retaliate.
- LA Revilla's bang-bang antics against FEU's Mac Baracael.
- Pumaren abandoning the national team so that he could coach La Salle, thereby spitting on the value of flag and country.
- The classless blowing of feathers gimmick by the La Salle pep squad.
- Their crowd's cheering during our alma mater hymn in Game 2.
- Their refusal to accept their second place trophy, thereby spitting on the value of sportsmanship.
= = = = = = = = = =
In hindsight, one will realize that it's always a polite and gentlemanly trait to apologize even if one's fault is not duly established.
I guess that's why we've always apologized for every single infraction - imagined or otherwise, while the other school has racked up a veritable rap sheet of unapologized-for offenses.
= = = = = = = = = =
P.S. I almost forgot. La Salle should also apologize for unleashing Chokoleit during their Game 2 halftime cheerdance exhibition.
Children were in the audience, fer Chrissakes!
"In 1997, the Ateneo apologized when a member of Babble used a green jacket (that was not even marked "La Salle") to wipe the floor in the half time show."
ReplyDeleteOo nga naman, we labelled the jacket "DLRT"! It was funny because when the guy came and started sweeping the court after the DLSU halftime show, the entire Lasalle side started cheering, probably thinking it was one of them cleaning up so enthusiastically. Gulat nalang nila when the guy started wiping the floor with the jacket bwahaha.
Their pep squad tried to replicate it in Game 1 of the Finals this year (AKA Pre-Chokoleit era), with a guy in a blue jersey, picking up the feathers and putting it in a plastic bag, but the guy hardly had any stage presence, so he was ignored by all the 23,999 people in the coliseum. I was the only one who noticed, but only because I was part of the babble when we did the stunt and knew the context. Mang-gagaya na nga lang, palpak pa haha. They don't need to apologize, because there are enough people feeling sorry for them.
^ You're right about people ignoring the imitated stunt. I've been to a number of online fora and none of the forum denizens - bot Ateneans and La Sallites - made any mention of that guy in the blue jacket picking up the feathers. As in WALA. It's as if he never existed. It's almost surreal.
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