Moreno was in Beijing last week with SBP vice chairman Ricky Vargas and SBP executive director Noli Eala to meet FIBA president Bob Elphinston, FIBA secretary general Patrick Baumann and FIBA-Asia secretary general Dato Yeoh Choo Hock on issues related to the future of the game in the country.
The two-hour meeting was held at the Beijing Hotel, where the heads of over 200 National Olympic Committees stayed during the recent Olympics. Also present were POC president Jose Cojuangco Jr., POC first vice president Rep. Monico Puentevella, POC ethics committee chairman and Olympic attaché Art Macapagal, POC secretary-general Steve Hontiveros and former Asian Basketball Confederation (now FIBA-Asia) secretary-general Moying Martelino.
During the landmark meeting, FIBA reiterated its recognition of the SBP with POC affirmation as the National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball, ruling out the BAP for being a "nuisance." The BAP used to be FIBA's country affiliate until it was stripped of NSA status by the POC two years ago. To this day, the BAP continues to wage a propaganda war in a vain effort to discredit the SBP.
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