I can ' t mate understand mate your accent mate <| sep |> FIBA will be starting to crack the whip on players who turn their back from the national team in an effort to assure that in future international tournaments , countries will feature only the best talents . ' Under the new rule , FIBA will have the power to mandate the federation concerned to suspend a player who will skip the national team despite being called up . ' Officials of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas have already been told about this rule , according to Magesh Mageshwaran , head of FIBA Asia ' s national federations and sport , who is currently in the country to meet with the Philippines ' top basketball officials . ' FIBA ' s direction is really to make sure that the best players should play for the national team , Mageshwaran told InterAksyon . com . ' The wisdom of this ruling is that playing for the national team should be a priority . ' The rule is akin to what FIFA has implemented over the years . In international football , teams are required to release players called up by the national team during an international window . Noncompliance means sanctions from the body . ' Starting next year , FIBA will open the sixwindow qualifying tournament , patterned after FIFA , leading to the 2019 FIBA World Cup . ' The flag versus club issue has bugged many players and national teams in the past . ' One classic example was Hall of Famer Oscar Schmidt who , despite being drafted in the 1984 NBA Draft that included included the likes of Michael Jordan , Hakeem Olajuwon and John Stockton , didn ' t sign a contract offered the New Jersey Nets due to the club ' s refusal to release him to the national team . ' That ' s one among the many examples , Mageshwaran said . ' The Philippines is also no exception . ' Through the years , Gilas Pilipinas has faced numerous problems acquiring the best players from the PBA , with the rivalry between the league ' s top team owners , San Miguel Corp . and the MVP group which bankrolls the national team , believed to be an issue . ' The PBA is a stakeholder of SBP and has four allocated seats in the latter ' s board . pba interaksyon