1. Chito Narvasa is best known as the ninth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association.
27 Facts About Chito Narvasa
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Chito Narvasa is the son of Andres Narvasa, a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Janina Yuseco.
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Chito Narvasa is the brother of former MBA and PBL commissioner Ogie Narvasa.
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The Chito Narvasa brothers were part of the Philippine national teams of 1977 and 1978.
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Chito Narvasa coached the Formula Shell and Purefoods franchises in the PBA from 1995 to 1998.
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Chito Narvasa was the president of the Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines.
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Chito Narvasa took the post vacated by Chito Salud, who would serve as the first PBA president and chief executive officer.
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On March 7,2016, Chito Narvasa was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the PBA, replacing officer-in-charge Robert Non, which gave Chito Narvasa a dual role as the CEO and commissioner of the league.
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Chito Narvasa has been the center of numerous controversies since the start of his tenure as commissioner.
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Chito Narvasa made a mandatory summon over Lipa's remarks, but Lipa did not honor it.
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Chito Narvasa was accused of power play by his predecessor, Chito Salud, when the latter announced his resignation as president and CEO and revealed the reason behind his resignation.
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On December 5,2015, Ginebra team governor Alfrancis Chua was caught vaping inside the arena on national television, which prompted the Department of Health and other anti-smoking advocates to talk to Commissioner Chito Narvasa regarding his unhealthy and unethical actions.
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On March 31,2016, Chito Narvasa issued a memorandum order that prevent players who have boy-cut hairdos to play in the PBA Women's 3x3 Basketball tournament, the memorandum has received negative feedback from the players and the Gabriela's women's group for being "discriminatory".
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Commissioner Chito Narvasa defended the league's decision to ban boy-cut hairdos in the women's league.
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On October 27,2017, Chito Narvasa approved the trade proposal that sent Kia Picanto's first round pick in the 2017 draft, which is used to draft Christian Standhardinger, in exchange of Ronald Tubid, Jay-R Reyes, Rashawn McCarthy and San Miguel's 2019 first round draft, with minimal revisions from the original trade proposal that originally involving Keith Agovida, Reyes, McCarthy and a San Miguel draft pick.
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In defense of approving the controversial Kia-San Miguel trade, Chito Narvasa cited that TNT KaTropa tried to make a deal with Kia's first round pick.
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TNT management then released a statement hours after the 2017 draft concluded, blasting Chito Narvasa for being biased and questioned his credibility as the league's commissioner.
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Former PBA chairman Robert Non in a statement criticized the move done by the seven board members for making a "whimsical" decision in ousting Chito Narvasa and mentioned that the move was unauthorized and non-binding as per the league's by-laws.
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Chito Narvasa later called a press conference at the PBA office in Libis and indicated that he will not step down and "will fight for the Office of the Commissioner".
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Chito Narvasa is requesting the seven teams that will not endorse his term renewal to explain the grounds of their "loss of confidence" to the current commissioner.
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Chito Narvasa stated that he is willing to resign the commissioner post, but after consultation with his family and lawyers, he will hold on as commissioner, given that any move to oust him should follow the rules stated in the league's by-laws.
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The statement said that Chito Narvasa is clearly aware that his term renewal is on a yearly basis as indicated to the Meeting Minutes of the Board and upon assuming the COO post in 2015.
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The board however asked Chito Narvasa to stay until December 31,2017, to have a smooth transition to his successor.
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Chito Narvasa served as the chief trader in various firms in the United States in the '80s, after which he came back to the Philippines to serve as an executive in multiple financial firms.
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Chito Narvasa was a lecturer at the Ateneo BAP - Institute of Banking from 1996 to 2003.
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Chito Narvasa served as the Vice-Chairman and CEO of Citystate Savings Bank from 2014 to 2015, after which he became PBA Commissioner.
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Chito Narvasa was the former president of UCPB General Insurance Company, Inc serving from May 2019 to June 2020.