Ricky Vargas on Tuesday said he would recommend an amendment in the Philippine Olympic Committee’s (POC) charter that would set an age limit of 70 for individuals seeking election to sensitive positions in the sports body.
Vargas, a former POC president who currently heads the boxing association, said in Tuesday’s online Philippine Sportswriters Association that it would be beneficial to the POC if it gives chance to the “younger generation.”
“I’m doing these changes because we feel these are important,” said Vargas, stressing that the International Olympic Committee already implemented a 70-year-old age limit for its officials.
“It’s about giving way to younger generations. Give them the opportunity to run the organization,” he said.
Vargas continued that officials should also be a president of one, and not multiple, national sports association, while adding that associations no longer recognized by their international federations should be automatically dropped from the POC membership.