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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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