John Amores took his time to visit the Blazers in their practice to offer his sincerest apology after the turned physical game between CSB and JRU.
Infamous Jose Rizal University player John Amores personally visited College of Saint Benilde to apologize to the Blazers, specifically Mark Sangco, Taine Davis, Jimboy Pasturan, and Miguel Oczon.
The development was confirmed by Blazers head coach Charles Tiu, in an interview with Tiebreaker Times.
Apparently, Amores had ties with one of Tiu’s players, Carlo Sumabat, and contacted him to set up a meeting with the team.
“Amores reached out to one of our players so I told him to contact me. We spoke on the phone for some time a few days ago, and I invited him over to our practice,” said Tiu after the Blazers’ 83-73 win against Arellano.
Before expressing his apologies, JRU, together with the NCAA, had sanctioned Amores, by banning him from basketball games, and expelling him from the team altogether.
A criminal case was also filed by two Blazers, Davis and Pasturan, for the physical assault that took place in the teams’ second round clash at the ongoing NCAA Season 97 Men’s Basketball Tournament.
“We spoke on Thursday and I invited him to practice if he wanted to apologize and he did. We’re happy that he did that, it takes a lot of humility for him to accept his mistakes and to come up in front of the whole team to just say sorry. It’s not easy,” the head coach added.
Tiu said one of the stronger points that Amores made was that he was willing to accept the consequences for his displaying unacceptable behavior during the match.
Present during the team practice that Amores attended were Davis and Pasturan, whom he talked to individually, and communicated that the pair will still continue with the case which Amores accepted, reported the Inquirer.
“We respect that he actually wanted to apologize face to face first and not through any social media or public apology,” Tiu lauded the 23-year-old Amores.
Lastly, after ending the talk with the team, the Blazers huddled around Amores to show their solidarity and a sign of hope that people involved may eventually recover from the incident.
“We told him that we will try to help him in any way that we can. For us, the incident is done. We also asked for little apologies to Mark Sangco and everybody for what happened. We wish him the best. We hope that one day he can revive his career,” said Tiu.
Tags: #JRU, #CSB, #NCAA