Chooks-to-Go 3x3 turning pro

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will soon have its first professional 3x3 basketball league in Chooks-to-Go 3x3 Pilipinas League.

Games and Amusement Board chairman Abraham Mitra said the league has expressed intent to turn pro, with hopes of playing its first tourney next year.

“They wrote to GAB already, and we are included among those to approve their application,” Mitra told The STAR yesterday.

And although the league has yet been granted pro status, it seeks approval from the Inter-Agency Task Force to resume training next week along with the PBA, Philippine Football League and boxing.

League commissioner Eric Altamirano confirmed the news.

But Mitra said Chooks-to-Go wants to focus on the Olympic Qualifying Tournament first before assuming pro status.

The OQT is set next year in Austria.

Half of the four-man team – Alvin Pasaol and Joshua Munzon – are part of the Chooks-to-Go pool.

The other members of the squad are pro players CJ Perez of Terra Firma and Moala Tautuaa of San Miguel Beer.

“For now they will play under the Philippine Sports Commission because of the OQT that they will be training and prepare for. But after that, they said they want to turn pro,” said Mitra.