The Super League Basketball (SLB) is ready to break out of the UK Basketball Federation (BBF) after claiming that it has been closed out of discussions on the future of the British men’s basketball league.
The governing BBF announced on Wednesday that it has granted a priority bidding status to a group that has searched the long -term league operator to a group led by the Portland Trail Blazers President Marshall Glickman.
The BBF stated that the bidding process was “in a new stage,” and Grickman has entered an exclusive negotiation period alongside his partner Chris Diravou and Aljun Meter.
However, last summer, it was formed last summer to replace the British basketball league, which collapsed in financial concerns, and it was not consulted and prepared to continue outside the BBF jurisdiction. He said he was.
The SLB chair Vaughn Millette told the BBC Sports that the nine clubs in the league were “sincerely engaged” with the BBF last summer, and they had a provisional three -year license to operate. Long -term license on behalf of SLB.
Millet says: “Following the BBF decision to execute invitations held to implement long -term licenses to operate a male professional league in the UK, SLB shareholders and directors have raised concerns. The legal decision of withdrawing from the process.
“Despite the fact that these concerns were told to the BBF for several months, SLB did not receive a substantial answer, and the bidding document did not allow changes or conditions. This approach is. I made the league impossible.
BBF believes that SLB will bid to become a long -term license to BBC sports, so that SLB has determined that it is inappropriate to be involved in the definition of proposed conditions and evaluation criteria. I talked.
“Despite the encouragement of BBF, SLB chose not to participate in the process. That was their decision, but they mean that they would not be awarded a long -term license,” said BBF. Ta.
“Now, each club decides whether to negotiate what is provided, and if they want, if they want, they want to be involved with the priority bidder.”
