Rodrigo Salud (March 13, 1938 – March 7, 2011) was the third commissioner of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

from 1988 to

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and the founding secretary-general of the

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. His son, Chito, was also a former commissioner of the PBA.

PBA Commissioner

He was appointed as the third commissioner of the

after his predecessor, Col.

Mariano Yenko Mariano Yenko was the second commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. He served as the Assistant Executive Secretary under Executive Secretary Fred Ruiz Castro and Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and as Philippine Airlines' Vi ...

retired from his post. Before serving as the commissioner, he was PBA legal counsel in 1975 and deputy commissioner in 1986. During his tenure, the league saw growth from six teams in 1986 to eight teams in 1992. He was also the author of the league's constitution and by-laws. He also implemented rules to keep the balance of the league, one of which is the protected players list, in which any of the following players cannot be on one team;

Ramon Fernandez Ramon Sadaya Fernandez (; born October 3, 1953) is a Filipino former professional basketball player and current commissioner of the Philippine Sports Commission. Fernandez won four PBA Most Valuable Player awards and a record 19 PBA titles. F ...

Abet Guidaben Alberto "Abet" Guidaben (born September 14, 1952) is a Filipino former professional basketball player in the PBA. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He was a two-time PBA Most Va ...

, Manny Victorino and Yoyoy Villamin. It was also during his time that the

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was institutionalized in 1989. He resigned from his post in 1992 and became the campaign manager of Danding Cojaungco during the 1992 presidential elections.

External links

PBA Official Website
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