Accusations that the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons men's basketball team has been holding training sessions, too, will be tackled by the Board of Managing Directors of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
The meeting was supposed to tackle the the issues surrounding the University of Santo Tomas men's basketball team and the National University women's volleyball squad.
But the Fighting Maroons would likely be inserted into the agenda after a video footage of a shootaround last Aug. 1 in Silang, Cavite involving UP center Bright Akhuetie surfaced.
Cavite was under a general community quarantine at that time and no physical activity was allowed by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
The board will study if action will be taken on UP, too.
Players from UST and NU are under investigation for allegedly engaging in physical activities during the quarantine period.
Relevant action will be taken by the UAAP managing directors during the online conference. But some members of the board believe sanctions are not expected to be handed down by the UAAP since all three schools have not been found to violate league rules.
Instead, it should be the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases, which should be handing down penalties, according to sources.
