UAAP Season 83 was the canceled 2020–21 athletic year of the
University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season was to be hosted by the
De La Salle University
De La Salle University (), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private, Catholic coeducational research university run by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools with main campus in Taft Avenue, Malate, Man ...
.
Eight member universities of the UAAP would compete in the league's sixteen sport disciplines to vie for the
general championship.
The
COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines was a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of , there have been reported cases, and reported deaths, the fift ...
caused
Season 82, which was supposed to end in May 2020, to be cancelled in April 2020. This had to be done to avoid logistical issues in organizing Season 83, which was planned to open in January 2021 but the plan was scrapped in December 2020, taking into account training that is usually held months prior to the opening of a UAAP season and the imposition of
general community quarantine measures in Metro Manila.
Plans
Initial plans were for UAAP Season 83 to retain a full calendar with 15 sports. All events were to be held during the second semester of the 2020–21 academic year, with the basketball and volleyball tournaments, two events that are traditionally conducted in different semesters, to be held simultaneously. However, by December 2020, the possibility of hosting only two tournaments, men's basketball and women's volleyball, deemed "centerpiece events for this season," was being entertained.
Cancellation
The whole season was cancelled on December 11, 2020, to allow for the UAAP's member schools to focus on their academic program as well as their future participation in Season 84. UAAP Season 83 was planned to commence as early as September 2020, but government-restrictions on live classes did not allow for the league to start the season in that month. Prior to the cancellation, there were plans to open the season in April 2021.
Broadcast
The UAAP also announced
Cignal TV
Cignal TV, Inc. (formerly known as GV Broadcasting System), also known by its legal trading name Mediascape Inc., is a Filipino media and telecommunications firm in the Philippines. A wholly owned subsidiary of the media company MediaQuest Ho ...
as its broadcast partner, after its contract with
ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN is a leading Philippine media and content company. It serves as the flagship media brand of ABS-CBN Corporation, a subsidiary of Lopez Holdings Corporation. Once the country's largest free-to-air television network, ABS-CBN has since ...
has expired and not further renewed in light of the latter's franchise expiration. Select games of the now-cancelled UAAP Season 83 was supposed to be aired through, Cignal,
One Sports
One Sports (formerly ABC Sports from 2004 to 2008, Sports5 from 2011 to 2017 and ESPN5 from 2017 to 2020) is the sports division of TV5 Network, Inc. and jointly-operated with sister company Cignal TV. One Sports supplies and airs major sp ...
, and other affiliate channels.
See also
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NCAA Season 96
References
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UAAP
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univer ...
Multi-sport events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic