Converge ICT Solutions Inc. CEO and staff proprietor Dennis Uy has denied allegations that he’s making a breakaway league, saying he isn’t “interested in participating in such histrionics.”
The business tycoon additionally stated that the FiberXers joined the PBA with solely real intention of bettering the league. Converge entered the league in March 2022, taking up the franchise from Alaska.
“Converge joined the PBA with the genuine intention of bringing vigor to the league for the greater entertainment of basketball fans across the country as our fiber internet services reached nationwide presence,” he stated in a press release.
“We believe that having a PBA basketball team would bring us closer to more Filipino homes that we want to serve. We are aiming to become a household name when it comes to world-class connectivity.”
Converge and PBA’s relationship has been hitting a snag these days after the league board rejected the appointment of Pampanga governor Dennis “Delta” Pineda because the FiberXers new staff governor.
In the identical assertion, Uy stated he regrets this transfer from the league even supposing Pineda supplied his province as the sport venue on the top of pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
“I deeply regret the decision of the PBA Board to decline our appointment of Pampanga governor Delta Pineda as our representative to the Board of Governors. We truly believe that his presence at the PBA Board will only bring more energy and dynamism to the PBA,” he stated.
“It’s about time that we level the playing field at the PBA. Fairness is a core virtue of sportsmanship. We need to respect our viewers—the Filipino basketball fans. We should give them the sports entertainment that they deserve.”
—Bea Micaller/MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
