DAVAO CITY -- The officials of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is set to hold the remaining games of its suspended 2019-2020 season in close doors without any fans just the participating teams once holding of the games is already allowed in the country.
In a memorandum, Commissioner Kenneth Duremdes said the players and officials ofg San Juan Knights-Go for Gold and Makati Super Crunch in the North Division and Davao Occidental Tigers-Cocolife and Basilan Steel-Jumbo Plastic in the South will also be quarantined in the remaining MPBL playoff games.
"All these remaining games shall be held in one venue with no audience and players for the teams involved, as well as their officials, shall be quarantined in one facility throughout the series," the Duremdes said.
When the playoff games were postponed, the Davao Occidental Tigers and Basilan Steel were scheduled for a deciding game three of their division finals series. Meanwhile, the San Juan Knights and Makati Super Crunch found themselves in the same situation in the Northern Division as both teams were also tied at one game apiece.
In the same memorandum, Duremdes also scrapped the 2020-21 season and plans to hold its next tournament in June 2021.
Duremdes also barred any team from taking a leave of absence in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
All teams are also "advised to give allowances of at least 20-percent [of their monthly salaries] to its current players under contract," Duremdes added.
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