Dating Caloocan Vice Mayor Tito Varela, ikinuwento ang kanyang karanasan bilang player at referee sa PBA

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00:00Luis Tito Varela's career flourished

00:03in the field of basketball

00:05from playing for the legendary Crispa Redmanizers

00:09to becoming a PBA referee.

00:11In an exclusive interview,

00:13the former Caloocan Vice Mayor shared

00:16the hardships he went through.

00:19Here's Isabelle Reyes.

00:23Luis Tito Varela was one of the former PBA players

00:26who became a PBA referee in 1988.

00:28The former University of the East Red Warrior

00:31admitted that he didn't have it in his plans at first.

00:49Because he used to play for the Crispa Redmanizers,

00:52according to Varela, it was different for the fans.

00:55He also clarified that for him, it was just a job.

00:58For the fans, when we used to play,

01:01or when I used to play,

01:03it was personal for us.

01:05It was our pride.

01:07And inside me,

01:09in the Crispa,

01:11when I became a player, when I became a referee,

01:14their perception was wrong.

01:16It's the same for the fans,

01:18they think that in Toyota,

01:20if I used to race,

01:22I would be able to compete with the Crispa.

01:24It's a big achievement.

01:25Like other referees,

01:27it's hard to make a mistake,

01:29especially when Hinevra Zalmiguel was playing.

01:31In fact,

01:33it reached the point where he almost won

01:35as a game official.

01:37I remember when I filed my resignation,

01:39because of my call to Hinevra,

01:41I thought there was something right.

01:43But there wasn't.

01:45So I filed my resignation.

01:47In addition to Varela,

01:49Hinevra's coach, Sani Jaworski,

01:51found out about his plan to resign.

01:53It was questioned by Living Legend,

01:55according to Varela,

01:57it was proven that he was just doing his job.

01:59My boss told me,

02:01Sani said,

02:03why are you resigning from your job?

02:05He knew

02:07that I didn't do it on purpose.

02:09That's all I saw.

02:11He finished his 13-year career

02:13as a referee in 2001,

02:15after being elected as Vice-Mayor of Caloocan.

02:17Varela had

02:19trials and triumphs

02:21as a player and as a game official.

02:23But he was proud of

02:25what he did as a referee,

02:27because he knew that he fulfilled his duty

02:29and helped the development of PBA.

02:31Sabel Reyes for Pambansang TV

02:33in Bagong, Philippines.

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