The decision of the professional committee of the basketball association made earlier this month on a change in the structure of the leagues and a reduction of the national league to 12 teams and the national league to 20 (two districts of 10 teams each), starting the 2023/24 season leads to many reactions, most negative.
The players' organization opposes cutting the number of teams in the second and third leagues because it will also cut the number of jobs for Israeli players.
"The national league is the league that, from the basketball association's point of view, should be the most invested and important league," Oded Shashua, the organization's general manager, told Israel Today.
This is where the players have to experience professionalism, make mistakes and rub shoulders. "
"Reducing the teams in this league will significantly hurt the Israeli player and also the clubs that need to scrub and build themselves," Amusement continues, citing examples from around the world.
"In Spain, the Czech Republic and France there are 18 teams in the sub-leagues and in Lithuania there are 14 teams."
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Will fight against the decision,
The board of the Basketball Association is expected to convene soon to discuss the decision of the professional committee, and Amusement along with the other members of the board of the players' union, who are not represented on the committee, will use their influence to change the decision.
"There is no logic in this decision. The basketball association should reconsider the decision and cancel it immediately," the organization's director general clarifies.
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