Philippine Dragon Boat team breathes fire, strikes gold

[monrose29]

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maybe because they are not as handsome as the Fil-ams of philippine azkals? thats why our government dumped them like garbage. I hope they can win more gold medals, so that they can shove it on Jose "Peping" Cojuangco( Philippine Olympic Committee head) and Richie Garcia (the Philippine Sports Commission chairman) a$$es...

try to research or watch jesica soho SONA

[pspoon_low-end]

THE FILIPINO PEOPLE...

5% PROUD OF OUR ATHLETES

95% CRABS

im sure the dragon boat team you are praising here are also insulted as to why you are insulting their fellow athletes, the azkals. support the philippine national team. they are all carrying one flag. you people should be ashamed of yourselves. ITS THE FIRST TIME I KNOW THAT MOST FILIPINOS ARE RACISTS PALA! what a shame!

[RonIvs]

mga kolera. ngano inyo mana i compara ang azkals ug ang dragonboat team? pareha mana sila mu hatag ug ngalan sa atong nasud. paita jud nato mga pinoy. samot jud ta ka pobre ani atong mga batasan.

[RonIvs]

PH Dragon Boat Team:
5 golds, 0 TV ads, 90% Filipino

Azkals:
0 gold, 5 TV ads, 20% Filipino

PDBT > Azkals

ayaw sige ug binogo bai. copy and pasting gibberish from the internet doesnt make you witty.

[darkdevil]

mga kolera. ngano inyo mana i compara ang azkals ug ang dragonboat team? pareha mana sila mu hatag ug ngalan sa atong nasud. paita jud nato mga pinoy. samot jud ta ka pobre ani atong mga batasan.

Azkalz are more in commercials and billboards than giving a country a gold or a soccer cup ^_^

[messy_meh]

The Azkals and the Dragon boat team
A year ago, the Dragon Boat team and the Azkals would have given an arm and a leg to get five minutes’ worth of air time, or even 5 MB worth of social networking space.

Now, they don’t have to but along with it comes the ugly stuff.

I don’t know who started it but I think I know why one poster started comparing the achievements of both teams and the team composition.

He or she or he/she doesn’t believe in the Azkals and thinks they are just a bunch of overhyped sports personalities who are only good for snogging movie starlets at the expense of other athletes who work hard for it.

Which is a pity because like the Dragon Boat team, the Azkals had to wade their way through the shit that is Philippine sports politics.

Like the Dragon Boat team, the Azkals had to survive without nary a support from both the PSC and the POC and even from their affiliated NSA. The football teams pre-2004 even had it worse. One former national team member told me once that in a 2002 event, their equipment arrived after the tournament, when they got home from abroad.

Like the Dragon Boat team, the Azkals had enlisted personnel from the Armed Forces who fight for the flag.

Like the Dragon Boat team, the Azkals finally scored a breakthrough in 2010, and in the process got into the nation’s consciousness. A nation embraced the Azkals for scoring a first in the country’s football history just as this nation is embracing the Dragon Boat team for its remarkable achievement in Florida.

Both teams’ success complement each other and it didn’t come—as the poster wanted it to be—at the expense of each other.

And besides, comparing the Azkals to the Dragon Boat team makes as much sense as saying your neighborhood “lima-lima” legend is better than Lionel Messi because he can score five points in a pick-up game or that your neighborhood volleyball spiker is better than Roger Federer because he can slam it at will.

Comparing the two squads, and pitting the two squads, I think deviates from what both teams’ achievements had made obvious—that despite financial backing and support from their NSA, they have done well. What more could they have achieved if they had the support?

The Azkals’ success helped led to the ouster of the then sitting president of the Philippine Football Federation. The success of the Dragon Boat team has led to questions on how its NSA was not recognized by the POC and how the POC and PSC have erred but those questions have been overshadowed by this unwarranted comparison. (So, who benefits from the comparison?)

Stop comparing the two.

Instead, support the two and the rest of the national squads—and there are many of them—who are seeing action in competitions abroad under the media’s and
social network’s radar.

They are all Filipinos and they all deserve our support.

Cebu Football: The Azkals and the Dragon boat team

[noysabas]

Muling nanindigan ang Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) at Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) na hindi nila kikilalanin bilang national team ang Philippine Dragon Boat Team Federation.

Sa pagharap ng ilang opisyal ng POC at PSC at Philippine Dragon Boat Team sa Kamara sa pagdinig ng youth and sports development committee, sinabi ni POC Sec. Gen. Mark Joseph, na ang hindi pagkilala sa PDBF bilang sports association ay salig lamang sa kanilang charter.

Ang kinikilala bilang sports association ng Pilipinas ay ang Philippine Canoe-Kayak Federation.

Ngunit ayon naman kay dating Bacolod Congressman at POC chairman Monico Puentabella, dapat nga raw magpasalamat pa ang Philippine dragon boat team dahil nabigyan sila ng sobra sobrang pagkilala.

Maliban daw sa pagiging world champions, nakatanggap pa sila ng milyong pabuya, kabi-kabilang parangal gayundin ang pagtapak sa Malacañang at nakausap pa si Pangulong Noynoy Aquino III.

Para naman kay Taguig Cong. Freddie Tinga, walang ibang makakasagot sa sigalot na nangyayari ngayon sa POC at PDBF kundi kilalanin ang kanilang kakayahan dahil nagbigay naman ito ng karangalan sa bansa.

POC ug PSC mga bagag face! utro pud nis Monico Puentabella!

source >>>> POC-PSC at PDBF, nag-face off sa Kamara

[RonIvs]

Azkalz are more in commercials and billboards than giving a country a gold or a soccer cup ^_^

suyaon lang jud ang mga pinoy brad. its not even worth a debate

[ongkal]

Azkalz are more in commercials and billboards than giving a country a gold or a soccer cup ^_^

it took the current players in azkals 6 years to have that opportunity and now the dragon boat team are beginning to enjoy the same. ayaw ko ingna soon, ang dragon boat nasad inyo dauton tungod sa inyong kasuya.

[slyder10]

i remember when azkals was here sa cebu a few months back. kita sila gubot sa penthouse kay wala ka bayad ang usa nila ka member worth 700+ sa bill niya. ingon sya di kuno iya but the waiter insisted kay this player gave drinks to a group of girls unya pag paningil di na mubayad kay wala kuno mukuyog nila ang mga babae. the guy scolded and refused to pay the waiter and cashier. unluckily the owner of the bar was there so gi pacify nila with the bouncers ang grupo. while the discussion was going on some members sa azkals became violent and gi tripan ang uban customers kay sigi kuno ug tutok nila. one tagalog guy was overheard saying p@tang mga bisaya to. then didto na sugod ang gubot. ang manager sa azkals gi syagitan pa ang owner sa penthouse na kilala mo ba ako ha! good thing the owner was sober enough to let it go. kay it will be bad for the image of his bar kun naay mahitabo nila didto. daghana ra ba ug mga niinit nila. wala pa sila na prove mga hambugero na..hahay!!