SUSAN PAPA

the same mold, the same psyche, the same insecurities, the same greed and the same indifference and selfishness.

“I write these thoughts to you because these are the thoughts that I have not let loose, thinking that one day I’d like to see these thoughts buried forever as the nightmare would be over, never again to rear fangs, claws and a filthy ugly head. I’m thinking all this masquerading and pretending to be saviors of athletes and sports would one day end. I’m thinking that those who pay to suppress information and those who receive to suppress information would one day be buried six feet underground as I find myself pulverized in an urn! I’m thinking that one day, my grandsons now taking teakwood and playing soccer will not be subjected to the same humiliation, and bullying that our young athletes in the University of the Philippines (UP), National University (NU), University of the East and elsewhere are subjected to. I remember several years ago, I asked that we train swimmers for NU as we have also trained swimmers who found their way into UP and other colleges and universities, and I am in tears now as I find out that after getting them into NU, they would just be bullied and treated like dirt!

“Their coach and manager, whoever they are, have committed a grave crime. I don’t know if their university president and owners know about this Susan, it’s not all about