Presidential Decree No. 1470 (PD 1470) — Upgrading and Strengthening Amateur Sports and Providing Incentives Therefor.
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy to vigorously pursue a
comprehensive national amateur sports development program, as enunciated under
Presidential Decree No. 604 dated December 10, 1974;
WHEREAS, it is found that the amateur sports development
thrust is being weakened by the indiscriminate practice of recruiting promising
amateur players into the professional ranks;
WHEREAS, it is vital to the development and growth of
amateur sports that there be a meaningful and effective measure to upgrade the
standards of amateurism and improve the quality of amateur players consistent
with our commitments to participate in regional and international
competitions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree as follows:
Recruitment of Amateurs.
SECTION 1. Recruitment of Amateurs.—No amateur
player shall be recruited into the professional ranks and no professional shall
be given or reverted to amateur status without the recommendation of the
national sports association concerned and prior approval of the Department of
Youth and Sports Development (DYSD). For this purpose, the national sports
association, considering its particular requirements, shall promulgate the
pertinent guidelines and applicable rules and regulations governing the change
of status, and formulate such incentive schemes to encourage amateurism, subject
to the approval of DYSD.
National Pool of Athletes.
SECTION 2. National Pool of Athletes.—The
accredited national sports association shall maintain, through the supervision
and support of the National Youth and Sports Development Foundation created
under Presidential Decree No.1289 dated January 25, 1978, a national pool of
athletes for each sport, as may be recommended by the National Sports
Association and approved by DYSD, to effect a coordinated and continuing program
of training and development of the maximum potential of athletes cognizant of
international performance standards.
The National Sports Association concerned shall be principally responsible in
the recruitment, selection and raining of athletes to compose the national pool
from whose ranks shall be drawn the national representatives in regional and
international competitions, subject to the supervision of DYSD.
Separability Clause.
SECTION 3. Separability Clause.—If any provision of
this Decree is declared unconstitutional, the same shall apply only to the
provision and the remainder hereof remains valid.
Repealing Clause.
SECTION 4. Repealing Clause.—All laws, decrees,
executive orders, rules and regulations which are inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Effectivity.
SECTION 5. Effectivity.—This Decree shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 11th day of June, in the Year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the
Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential
Assistant
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