The Meralco Bolts lost veteran Jared Dillinger after he was scooped up by bitter rival Barangay Ginebra San Miguel as an unrestricted free agent.
The PBA transaction page stated that Barangay Ginebra San Miguel acquired the services of Jared Dillinger from Meralco's unrestricted free agent with a right to receive salary list or UFAWR2S list.
Ginebra also activated Dillinger, even though he's still a couple of months away from being ready to see action. Ginebra in a corresponding move relegated youngster Julian Sargent to their own UFAWR2S list.
The move caused a stir for several reasons. Meralco's two bids to win their first title for the franchise were foiled by Ginebra and Dillinger was one of the Bolts who often drew the ire of the barangay. How the transaction itself happened also puzzled many Meralco fans.
The PBA allows the 12 teams to field a 16-man lineup, including their imports. Teams can also put one player on their Reserve/Injured List. The rest of their players are then placed on their UFAWR2S list.
Any player on this list can enter negotiations with other teams but there are rules that need to be followed before a player could transfer.
PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial explained the process starts when they receive the official papers from a team, informing them of a player's relegation to the UFAWR2S list.
"After we receive that document, we make sure that we tell all the other 11 teams at the same time to make sure everything is fair and transparent," he said. "The PBA Office communicates with officials from all the other teams so they are informed at the same time. After that, any of the teams can talk to the player."
Marcial said teams could not claim free agents from their sister squads. This involves a different "waiver" process where a team will offer the free agent to all the other teams first before they could allow them to sign with a sister team. This could be the process when the team involved really has no plans of putting the player back into their lineup, which was certainly not the case for Dillinger and Meralco.
The next part of the process is to make the free agent say yes. A team's claim for a free agent will only be completed if the said player agrees to it and this is where it all fell apart between Dillinger and Meralco.
According to team manager Paolo Trillo, they had an understanding that Dillinger would stay with the team.
Before the start of the conference, Dillinger was not included in the official roster of the Bolts. They had Raymond Almazan activated with Jammer Jamito on their Reserve/Injured List. Then on May 18, Meralco decided to activate Jamito, switching places with Almazan.
It was understandable why the Bolts put Almazan on their Reserve/Injured List instead of Dillinger as they have just started their relationship with the center after trading two future first round picks for him. They could not risk losing him for nothing as centers of his caliber are a rare commodity in the PBA. With Dillinger, Meralco believed that he would decline offers from other teams and continue his six-year stint with the Bolts.
Meralco and Ginebra are very familiar with this process. Last year, Columbian left Prince Caperal on their UFAWR2S and Ginebra claimed him a couple of days later. He ended up being an important part of their team then as he filled in for the injured Greg Slaughter.
Ginebra last June relegated Jamito to their UFAWR2S when they activated Jeff Chan and Meralco claimed him on August 15.
The PBA transaction page stated that Barangay Ginebra San Miguel acquired the services of Jared Dillinger from Meralco's unrestricted free agent with a right to receive salary list or UFAWR2S list.
Ginebra also activated Dillinger, even though he's still a couple of months away from being ready to see action. Ginebra in a corresponding move relegated youngster Julian Sargent to their own UFAWR2S list.
The move caused a stir for several reasons. Meralco's two bids to win their first title for the franchise were foiled by Ginebra and Dillinger was one of the Bolts who often drew the ire of the barangay. How the transaction itself happened also puzzled many Meralco fans.
The PBA allows the 12 teams to field a 16-man lineup, including their imports. Teams can also put one player on their Reserve/Injured List. The rest of their players are then placed on their UFAWR2S list.
Any player on this list can enter negotiations with other teams but there are rules that need to be followed before a player could transfer.
PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial explained the process starts when they receive the official papers from a team, informing them of a player's relegation to the UFAWR2S list.
"After we receive that document, we make sure that we tell all the other 11 teams at the same time to make sure everything is fair and transparent," he said. "The PBA Office communicates with officials from all the other teams so they are informed at the same time. After that, any of the teams can talk to the player."
Marcial said teams could not claim free agents from their sister squads. This involves a different "waiver" process where a team will offer the free agent to all the other teams first before they could allow them to sign with a sister team. This could be the process when the team involved really has no plans of putting the player back into their lineup, which was certainly not the case for Dillinger and Meralco.
The next part of the process is to make the free agent say yes. A team's claim for a free agent will only be completed if the said player agrees to it and this is where it all fell apart between Dillinger and Meralco.
According to team manager Paolo Trillo, they had an understanding that Dillinger would stay with the team.
Before the start of the conference, Dillinger was not included in the official roster of the Bolts. They had Raymond Almazan activated with Jammer Jamito on their Reserve/Injured List. Then on May 18, Meralco decided to activate Jamito, switching places with Almazan.
It was understandable why the Bolts put Almazan on their Reserve/Injured List instead of Dillinger as they have just started their relationship with the center after trading two future first round picks for him. They could not risk losing him for nothing as centers of his caliber are a rare commodity in the PBA. With Dillinger, Meralco believed that he would decline offers from other teams and continue his six-year stint with the Bolts.
Meralco and Ginebra are very familiar with this process. Last year, Columbian left Prince Caperal on their UFAWR2S and Ginebra claimed him a couple of days later. He ended up being an important part of their team then as he filled in for the injured Greg Slaughter.
Ginebra last June relegated Jamito to their UFAWR2S when they activated Jeff Chan and Meralco claimed him on August 15.
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