By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
The President, Chairman and CEO of the EuroLeague Basketball Company, Jordi Bertomeu, criticized FIBA from Milan, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays. He discussed the decision to place the World Cup during the summer before the Olympic Games and the qualifying games included in the winter schedule.
“FIBA’s calendar is proven wrong in every event from the windows for the national teams to the World Cup the year before the Olympic Games” noted the 60-year-old Spaniard, “Even if it moves the World Cup again, the problem with the windows remains. The national teams should play important home games, but we remain on our proposal to date those contests in July.”
“EuroLeague has no relation to FIBA, which is another very important part of basketball” he added, “The EuroLeague will not change its structure, but over time there may be many possible collaborations, surely on the Champions League that only creates confusion with its name.”