Here is a statement from Ms. Olen Lim (taken from San Beda College FB page)

Dear San Beda followers, 

Our team was put in a very difficult predicament where they have to defend their own kind. We had taken a lot of beating, trashing, and malicious acts from that school. We kept quiet and kept our composure. But now that Ola a member of our family is bullied and discriminated on, they have gone so far to do that in our own backyard. The boys defended their kind. Pictures can show a thousand words from different perspective. But the truth is, when you have dished out a lot of hate to us, you are quilty of your own persecution. You think we are after you when in fact, YOU instigated the fight. YOU threw the first punch at our coach and think that we will sit down and not move. You created your own destiny. You created your own scary shadow. We do not fear what is right. Never. Your words are cheap. As cheap as the punches you threw our way. THE TRUTH IS you were saved by your girls, the boys who mocked Ola ran away at the first sign of trouble. You do not scare us enough is enough. WE STAND BY FOR WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE TRUTH. No TO BULLYING. NO TO DISCRIMINATION. SHAME ON YOU 

~ Ms. Olen Lim

A Bedan Point of View

I was hesitant writing an article about the San Beda – San Sebastian fracas due to the fact that hey, I’m a Bedan, and whatever I say here would sound biased towards my alma mater. But since fellow writter Philippe persuaded me to write this, here it goes:

All these happened inside San Beda College Mendiola’s St.Placid Sports Complex. It has two adjacent basketball courts separated by a hallway. On one court, was the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament between San Sebastian and the University of Perpetual Help System (women’s followed by men’s) while the San Beda Red Lions are having their practice on the other court.

To cut the story short, this is what happened as told by coach FL:

1.       The men's VT shouted racial slurs to Ola.

2.        Ola mentioned the incident to Coach FL.

3.       Coach FL approached the men's VT. At this point, mainit na daw ang both sides.

4.       Coach FL asked one Baste player to call the coach.

5.       Coach FL told Goyareb na ayusin niya yung gulo na sinimulan ng players niya.

6.       Nagsisigaw daw si Goyareb and he turned his back on FL habang minumura nito si FL.

7.       FL followed Goyareb to confront him. Goyareb turned to FL and threw a punch at FL.

8.       Chaos followed.

My Comments:

1.       I commend Baste’s women’s volleyball team, being caught in the crossfire as they try to protect Goyareb. Our prayers go out to those who were injured.

2.       It was a man to man fight (not that its right, but it only means that injury to the women’s team were all incidental).

3.       Where were Baste’s men volleyball team? Oh, they just looked.

4.       And what’s up with the Recto team starting a fracas at Mendiola? Bravery or Stupidity? To quote Olen Lim (coach Frankie’s wife) “You don’t ever come to our house and disrespect us! You were asking for it!”

5.       And to quote Miaka Lim “Our Red Lions are taught not to be racists and to treat our own as family and stick up for them if aggrieved, that’s what happened today.”

Developments as of this time:

1.       Coach Goyareb is filing charges against the whole RL.

2.       NCAA MANCOM will have an emergency meeting.



It is an unfortunate incident. May this incident bear good fruit after the smoke has cleared.

By the way, it would be most interesting to watch SSCR vs. SBC in this Monday's PCCL.

  -Bloyd

Credits: San Beda Red Lions FB page.