ANG FOOTBALL AY SPORT FOR ALL

MARAPAT lang na iwaksi sa kamalayan ng Pinoy na ang football ay laro lamang ng mga elitista.
Mismong si Anton del Rosario, isang mestizo at nagmula sa buena-pamilya, ang nagpapatotoo na taliwas sa katotohanan Ang naturang ‘stigma’.
“Football is not popular as basketball in the Philippines that’s reality. But if your talking the world scope, football is a sports for everyobe. You can play it even on streets or on makeshift field. Football is for eve­ryone,” pahayag ng dating Azkals Philippine Football team star.
Inamin ni Del Rosario na malaking isyu sa football ang naturang pananaw sa sports, subalit umaasa siyang mabubura lang ito kalaunan, higit at marami ang tulad niyang football organizers ang nagsasagawa ng iba’t ibang programa sa mga lalawigan at komunidad upang maipakilala ang sports sa kabataan.
“There’s a football program in Tondo and Payatas in Quezon City where kids teach to play football then forming a team and joined several tournament just like in Seven Football which I organized for the past five years,” sambit ni del Rosario sa Tabloids Organization in Philippine Sports (TOPS) ‘Usapang Sports’ via Zoom at livestrea­ming sa YouTube at Facebook ng Sports on Air.
“In seven football, we have more than 50 teams and hundreds of player boys and girls. Right now, we are active in six cities in Iloilo, Bacolod, Davao, Taguig, Laguna and Batangas. Soon after the pandemic, we will launched a tournament in Cebu City,” sambit ni del Rosario sa lingguhang sports forum na itinatagu­yod ng Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) at PAGCOR. (Danny Simon)