{"id":370008,"date":"2022-06-08T06:02:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=370008"},"modified":"2022-06-08T06:02:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T20:02:26","slug":"incentives-will-serve-as-extra-motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/incentives-will-serve-as-extra-motivation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Incentives will serve as extra motivation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gov. Ralph DLG Torres\u2019 announcement of cash incentives for athletes and teams that medal in this month\u2019s Northern Marianas Pacific Mini Games 2022 has been welcomed with open arms by athletes, coaches, and officials involved in the quadrennial event.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mini Games Organizing Committee chair Marco Peter said since Torres\u2019 challenge he has talked to several athletes and all of them are \u201cpumped up\u201d to do their best in the Mini Games set from June 17 to 25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIncentives work to motivate people. Salaries, raises, bonuses, etc. are incentives to encourage us to do well at our job. Why shouldn\u2019t the athletes be incentivized?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Peter, who represented the CNMI in golf in the 2019 Pacific Games in Samoa, also knows a thing or two about the psyche of athletes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese athletes have been through a lot. Many of them work full-time jobs and go to practice early before work and then after work. Their discipline and their pride in the Marianas is second to none.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that it\u2019s about the process that leads to their competition that shapes their physical and mental habits and their character as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey deserve the best since they\u2019ve survived the worst. If they have been incentivized to perform with excellence, I\u2019ll remind you that every Nobel Prize winner receives $1 million for their work and for their accomplishment. \u2018Incentives\u2019 is not a four-letter word. I thank the governor for thinking about the athletes who will be representing each of us and our amazing community. Our athletes have earned everything they receive including our gratitude and applause and medals and prizes,\u201d said Peter.<\/p>\n

The MGOC official also said that incentivizing top-performing athletes in the Mini Games is pretty much in line with what the Torres administration did when it started the tourism bubble with South Korea.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m happy that the governor is thinking about our athletes with everything else that\u2019s going on including trying to incentivize travel to Saipan for citizens from neighboring countries in order to jump start our economy. In the same spirit, he\u2019s saying to the athletes that just like at work, there will be a bonus for any athlete who demonstrates extraordinary performance. I\u2019m thrilled that he\u2019s participating in his own unique way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northern Marianas National Paddle Sports Federation president and CNMI National Outrigger Canoe Team coach Justin H. Andrew also thanked Torres for the incentives he laid out for athletes who medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing this, I\u2019m sure our athletes will work extra hard not only to make Team NMI and our local community proud but to also have a shot at some extra cash,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ditto for CNMI National Triathlon Team manager Jay Diyco<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an extra motivation for the athletes during the Games,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Peter again thanked Torres not only for promising $5,000 to gold medalists, $2,500 for silver medalists, $1,000 for bronze medalists, and $1,000 for gold medalists for team events, but also for green-lighting the hosting of the Mini Games after initially balking due to the devastation brought by super typhoons Yutu and Soudelor and then afterwards increasing the CNMI government\u2019s financial commitment.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, the Mini Games committee asked for $2.5 million for these Games and the governor said here\u2019s $4 million. It\u2019s important for us to acknowledge his commitment to sports in these islands and to our fiduciary commitment to the Pacific Games Council that we have membership in.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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