WHEREAS, it
is the declared policy to vigorously pursue a comprehensive national
amateur sports development program, as enunciated under Presidential
Decree No. 604 dated December 10, 1974; chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is found that the amateur sports development thrust is
being weakened by the indiscriminate practice of recruiting promising
amateur players into the professional ranks;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, it is vital to the development and growth of amateur sports
that there be a meaningful and effective measure to upgrade the
standards of amateurism and improve the quality of amateur players
consistent with our commitments to participate in regional and
international competitions. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:cralaw:red
Section 1. Recruitment of Amateurs. — No amateur
player shall be recruited into the professional ranks and no
professional shall be given or reverted to amateur status without the
recommendation of the national sports association concerned and prior
approval of the Department of Youth and Sports Development (DYSD). For
this purpose, the national sports association, considering its
particular requirements, shall promulgate the pertinent guidelines and
applicable rules and regulations governing the change of status, and
formulate such incentive schemes to encourage amateurism, subject to
the approval of DYSD.
Section 2. National Pool of Athletes. — The
accredited national sports association shall maintain, through the
supervision and support of the National Youth and Sports Development
Foundation created under Presidential Decree No. 1289 dated January 25,
1978, a national pool of athletes for each sport, as may be recommended
by the National Sports Association and approved by DYSD, to effect a
coordinated and continuing program of training and development of the
maximum potential of athletes cognizant of international performance
standards. chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
The National Sports Association concerned shall be principally
responsible in the recruitment, selection and training of athletes to
compose the national pool from whose ranks shall be drawn the national
representatives in regional and international competitions, subject to
the supervision of DYSD.
Section 3. Separability Clause. — If any provision of
this Decree is declared unconstitutional, the same shall apply only to
the provision and the remainder hereof remains valid.
Section 4. Repealing Clause. — All laws, decrees,
executive orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Section 5. Effectivity. — This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 11th day of June, in the Year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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