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Filipino blood. This also led to a controversial decision by Talk N' Text to suit up Asi
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Eala because of his "grossly immoral conduct" that stemmed from an extramarital affair. Eala violated Canons 1 and 7 of Rule 1.01 of the Code of
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and San Miguel's Dorian Pena were found to have tested positive of taking illegal substances by the Games and
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as color commentators during his years. However, in 2002, he was named as the sixth commissioner of the PBA. It also marked Viva-Vintage's last season as PBA TV coverer. He, alongside
Manotoc, called Viva-Vintage's last PBA coverage during Game four of the All-Filipino Finals series between
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and a US-led squad. However, the format was criticized after the two foreign teams showed up losing all of their games in the quarterfinals. Aside from this, San Miguel, who had 16-2 record, was eliminated from the tournament.
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to act as interim commissioner pending an election. On January 17, 2008, Barrios was named new PBA commissioner by the board (after Chito Salud and Lambert Santos did not get enough votes) until 2009.
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to oversee the operations of their three PBA ballclubs: Barangay Ginebra, San Miguel/Petron and Purefoods/B-Meg. In 2013, he was relieved from his post to help out SMC's infrastructure businesses.
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