The UAAP Board of Trustees will have none of what De La Salle team manager Manny Salgado did, lowering the boom and voting unanimously yesterday to “perpetually ban” the Green Archers official for sparking a near riot moments after Game 1 of the UAAP men’s basketball finals two days ago.
In what could be an unprecedented ruling, the UAAP board, during an emergency meeting at Casa Espa�ol on T.M. Kalaw, barred Salgado "from personally watching all UAAP sports competitions in all the venues thereof," with the decision "taking effect immediately."
Mincing no words in a scathing statement, the board also condemned "in the strongest term possible the actuation and conduct" of Salgado, in effect brushing aside apologies made by De La Salle University and its embattled team official.
The team representatives of De La Salle and Far Eastern University abstained from voting on Salgado’s fate.
The controversy erupted after Salgado hit FEU star Arwind Santos in the nape with an elbow after the final buzzer of the Tamaraws’ cliffhanging 75-73 victory at the Araneta Coliseum.
On national television, Salgado appeared to have stepped in between Santos and La Salle’s Joseph Yeo who were exchanging heated words just as the coaches of both schools, Bert Flores of FEU and Franz Pumaren of La Salle, were shaking hands at midcourt.
The two players separated. But at the last minute, Salgado swung around and caught Santos, who had 29 points and 14 rebounds in a stellar performance, at the back of the head.
Seeing his player recoiling from the sneaky assault, Flores went after Salgado and irate FEU fans nearly stormed down the court, triggering tense moments that easily could have escalated into more violence.
The UAAP board labeled Salgado’s actuation as "unacceptable and detrimental to its interest and reputation and that to the public in general," saying it "reserves the right of recourse as it may deem proper should the necessity arise."
Reached by Tempo-Bulletin, Salgado bared that he has apologized in public for what he did, explaining that Santos’ "slanderous remarks" triggered his action.
"I was trying to break up the two (Santos and Yeo) kasi baka mag-kasuntukan. Eh may hawak pang bola si Joseph. He’s very important to the team and I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen. But when I heard slanderous remarks from Arwind, nagdilim yung paningin ko so I hit him," said Salgado.
(Asus! talo lang kasi!)
Santos said he was willing to set aside the slight done him, adding the victory did much to assuage his feelings.
"Kagabi pa lang, tapos na sa akin yung insidente. Siyempre, sumama rin ang loob ko sa nangyari, pero napawi rin naman yung sakit dahil nanalo kami," he said. "Mas masakit kung natalo na kami tapos sinaktan pa ako."
Santos revealed that La Salle forward Jun-jun Cabatu and Yeo have been trash-talking him from the onset of the game. 
"Pinipikon nila ako, pero sinusumbong ko na lang sa referee," he said.
*hay, ganun pa la mga la-salleista, i was surprised that the players have been trash-talking pala in the game… *boo*
and the team manager’s actions were very cheap… bading na bading… wahaha… 
pagkabatok pa lang, ayun, ang bilis! nandun na nga sa bandang dulo ang team manager, takot na takot… this is an embarassing move by dlsu… buti nga!