Sports

JRU’s Suicide Bomber Explodes

By Brianne Francesca Feliciano

November 13, 2022

Photo from NCAA/GMA

It seems that the bomb has ticked. John Amores of the Jose Rizal University charges towards the College of Saint Benilde in the NCAA Season 98 men’s basketball tournament, November 8, 2022.

Migs Oczon of the CSB Blazers scored a 3-point shot in the fourth quarter, which earned them a 20-point lead, 71-51. While Oczon was shooting his shot, John Amores was tripped by a player in the background, which then led to his hot-headedness.

Amores then started complaining to the referees and getting angrier by the second. Commentators on the sidelines said that Amores was headed to attack a fan, but he attacked one of the players of the Blazers, CJ Flores.

He was seen in a shouting match with someone on the opposite bench, and later on, he runs toward Benilde's side of the court. He then started throwing punches that hit some players of the Blazers.

Blazers' player, Mark Sangco, tried to stop Amores with a punch, but Amores' rampages led to him hitting Jimboy Pasturan in the eye and Taine Davis in the jaw.

The NCAA decided to end the game by giving the win to the Blazers. Interviewers are yet to receive comments from any member of the Bombers after the ramble.

Blazers' coach, Charles Tiu, on the other hand, said, "I'm proud that, for the most part, our guys didn't fight back. To us, we're just trying to play basketball, and our goal is to win a championship. We're not out there trying to start fights."

"I pray for Amores and just bless his soul," he stated after bringing up the past of Amores regarding court fights.

Amores showed a career suicide, as this event might lead to the end of his career, not only as an NCAA player but as a basketball player in general. He was also, metaphorically, a former NCAA Sportsmanship Awardee way back in 2019.

The play he showed today will surely earn him something distinctively different from a sportsmanship award, as viewers are now bashing him. Fans and audiences were not only shocked but also disappointed with Amores, as this was not the first time that he got impulsive on the court. A comment said, "If you are having a bad game, just try to do other things to help your team and [to] not make it worse."

He is also currently trending on all social media platforms. Ranking 13th on the Twitter trending list and got himself the "The Real MVP" title, where MVP stands for "Most Violent Player." It is safe to conclude that the career he built up through the years has now been crushed within seconds.