The so-called "amnesty" on grounded Fil-Ams was supposedly the order of the day for the league officials, but it was not on the menu of Chateau 1771 in Ortigas – the venue of the gathering.

"Kumain lang kami," said Red Bull team manager Tony Chua.

Eala said they will meet again next Monday to dig deeper on the "Fil-Sham case," but emphasized giving an amnesty to the guilty party is not on their agenda.

"Hindi ‘yung amnesty ang pag-uusapan. What we’re going to do is review the requirements na hinihingi namin from the Fil-foreign players," he said.

The amnesty program has been hugging the sports pages of late and has earned flaks from several columnists.

Though the league has yet to apply the amnesty program, two players who were deported in October last year, were already cleared by the Department of Justice to play in the league.

The two are Coke’s Rudy Hatfield and Red Bull’s Michael Pennisi.

Pennisi, is already playing for his team, while Hatfield, a member of the RP team that played in the Busan Asian Games, is still attending personal matters in the US and no specific date is set for his return to the league.

Aside from Hatfield and Pennisi, also departed were two other Red Bull players — Jon Ordonio and Davonn Harp, Ginebra’s Alex Crisano and Talk ‘’N Text’s Asi Taulava.

Taulava’s suspension was lifted last June on order by the court and even played for the Phone Pals during their finals meeting with San Miguel Beer.

FedEx board representative Lito Alvarez has earlier denied that there were talks about the amnesty program on Fil-Shams among the governors.

"Nabasa ko na lang sa papers ‘yun (amnesty program)," he said, adding that the idea bothers him.

"May proseso tayo na dapat sundin. Hindi pupuwedeng basta na lang patawarin ‘yung mga may ginawang mali."

The negative feed backs of the amnesty program, it seemed, have required a change of game plan on how to bring back the suspended Fil-foreign players.