Millions of Filipinos are looking forward for the Pacquiao vs Larios fight. What’s more enticing is that they will be fighting on Philippine soil, which like basketball, puts Manny with a homecourt advantage.
But then TV Network Giant ABS-CBN played a spoilers role and killed all the excitement one would feel while watching the fight LIVE! Why? because of their delaaaaaaaaaaaayed telecast. Ordinary Filipinos who watched the fight on local channel are stucked with commercials longer than boxing rounds. “Nakakasawa at nakakabwisit yang dami ng commercial” says one boxing afficionado. “Sana kahit delayed e hindi naman ilang oras na delayed, sa Pilipinas na nga naglaban e. Hindi mo na kasi masyado mararamdaman yung laban kasi alam mo na kung sino nanalo“, added another. Even if it is available on pay-per-view, not every Filipino has cable tv or internet access for that matter.
Even ticket prices are too high. P47,000 for the ringside and the bleachers is P528.00, where the minimum salary in this country is P300($6)-350($7) a day in Metro Manila and much lower in the provinces. They even made a joke on Manny’s song entitled “Para sa’yo ang Labang ito (This fight is dedicated to you)” to “PERA sa’yo ang Labang ito” where PERA is money in english. One wonders who is Manny dedicating his fight to now, is it really for all the Filipinos? or selected Filipinos?
What was that slogan of ABS-CBN again? Ah yes, “In the (delayed) Service of the Filipino.”
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