The camp of embattled basketball coach Edsel Vallena submitted an appeal to the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation Inc. to overturn the decision of its board to suspend him in the entire Cesafi Season 23 this September. CDNDigital READ:
The appeal was submitted by Vallena’s lawyer, Khan Francis Guieb, on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Guieb also forwarded a copy of the appeal to CDN Digital on the same day.It can be recalled on Wednesday, the Cesafi board, through its ad hoc committee headed by its chairman, Lawyer Boyet Velez; and vice-chair, Lawyer Marven Panares concluded that Vallena committed his third offense against the Cesafi Ground Rules and Regulations, leading to his full season suspension.
“While as to other parties or players, the findings are specific as to who punched or attacked who, for Coach Edsel Vallena, it was not identified who Coach Vallena punched or attacked. The reason is that Coach Vallena could not have attacked anyone as it was impossible for him to retaliate,” a part of the appeal of the CIT-U coach stated.
Besides that, the appeal stated that the Ad Hoc committee based their findings on ‘biased allegations’ and didn’t base their decision on the pieces of evidence from the police report and CCTV footage during the incident.Vallena’s assurance
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