THE Manila Cockers Club, the latest innovator in one of the most popular sports in the Philippines, is currently holding its year-ending event—the Breeders Festival Mega 9 Stag Championship Derby until Dec. 22.
The mega derby will have its biggest prize of the year amounting P3 million, eclipsing its recent 6-stag Breeders Festival, which carried a prize money of P 2 million.
MCCI enthusiasts expect this latest derby, to be aired live via satellite through Cignal TV Channel 109 (Gametime TV), to feature the former participant breeders and champions of the MCCI derbies held this year.
The main thrust of MCCI’s operations is to revitalize the breeding industry and provide aficionados a new method of appreciating the game of sabong.
MCCI’s operations enhanced the viability of small- and medium-sized breeding farms across the country.
Hundreds of breeders from Kalinga Apayao, Isabela, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Pampanga, Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, Quezon, Iloilo, Bacolod, Cavite, Basilan, and Davao, among others, have participated in MCCI’s derbies as it has allowed them to pit their game fowls against the best breeders in the country. The demand for fighting cocks have increased on account of MCCI’s operations which likewise caused a surge in the demand for game fowl feeds, vitamins and supplements, and other related businesses.
This event, as well as its derbies held this year 2017, could not have been possible if not for the advances in technology over the past years. Electronic commerce is now the norm as businesses have adopted processes that are attuned to the cyberage.
In sum, MCCI’s operations represents a step forward for the game of sabong. The transition to the modern age is inevitable as technology will not cease to develop. E-commerce is no longer a concept, but a global standard or practice for trade and commerce. MCCI embraced this concept as it continues to reach breeders and aficionados all over the country to uplift the industry and the game of cockfighting.
The legality of sabong is beyond question as there is a national law that governs it—the Cockfighting Law of 1974, the landmark legislation which declared cockfighting as one of the authorized gambling activities in the country.
MCCI operates in accordance with this law and the innovations introduced by MCCI on sabong is prescribed by the Electronic Commerce Act of 2000. As mentioned, the cockfights held by MCCI are broadcast live thru Cignal TV—a licensed satellite television network—and bets placed in MCCI’s betting terminals are accepted, transacted, and consummated in MCCI’s duly-licensed cockpit arena in Carmona, Cavite.
The betting terminals of MCCI are likewise licensed by the respective Local Government Units where they operate in accordance with the Local Government Code of 1991. These laws allow MCCI to revolutionize the game of sabong in this modern age.
The operations of MCCI proved to be a source of much-needed government revenue, both for the national and the local government.
As of the 3rd quarter of 2017, MCC has remitted to the National Government the amount ₱40 Million in taxes. It is projected that MCCI will remit by yearend a total of P53.7 million to the National Government.
Furthermore, MCCI has so far, accumulated the amount of ₱3.2 Million which will be paid to the Municipality of Carmona by the end of 2017. The total amount due is expected to reach around ₱7.9 Million.