The administrations of the collective games in Al-Ahly and Al-Nasr youth clubs, the Basketball Association, officially addressed the objection to completing the remainder of the men's league next August, to expand the list of intercepted clubs to three so far, alongside Sharjah Club, while the Al-Wasl administration was slow to take any steps, Especially that all the dates set by the game association are still within the list of potential, and that the deadline set by the game association, to decide the final decision on whether to complete the league or not, is next July 19.
Administrators told «Emirates Today»: “The Federation of the game was not based on its proposed map and dates, on providing all the reasons and guarantees that necessitate the completion of the league in August.” He explained that «the proposed date in August put before the clubs technical challenges and difficulties, with which it is difficult to fight Roles in which the league’s champion is identified, stressing that “September is the time to return to activity.”
Possible dates
For his part, the executive director of the sports sector in Al-Ahly Youth Club, Dr. Majed Sultan said: “Al-Ahly youth was one of the first clubs to protest against the dates proposed by the Basketball Association to complete the league.” He emphasized that his club cannot build plans to prepare the basketball team on Dates, still included in the proposed list.
Sultan said: “The Basketball Association must provide all the reasons and guarantees that were based on it in determining August a proposed date for completing the league, especially that the deadline provided by the federation to decide on the ability to complete or not is July 19, and therefore the road map for the rehabilitation of players must begin With the date of the issuance of the official and final decision, which means that the return of sports activity must take place in the middle of next September, since the rehabilitation of players who suffered most of the weight gain, as a result of the home ban, will need a minimum of two months to return them to their physical levels that allow them to play games in Sensitive roles and high physical loads, the end of which is determined by the identity of the league champion, while avoiding them not to risk the injury and losing clubs to their efforts in the coming season.
He added: «The full reasons that the club relied on, including the absence of the principle of justice in the inability of clubs to play matches with foreign professionals, after their contracts ended in May, and that the extension or finding new contracts with foreign players, will impose financial costs outside the clubs’ budgets for the season Present".
Financial burdens
In turn, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sports Club of Al-Nasr Club, Abdul-Razzaq Al-Hashemi, said: “Although the technical staff of the basketball team has started to victory, by starting the stages of preparing the team according to the proposed dates, the Al-Nasr administration has submitted a formal objection letter to the federation, related to the difficulty of completing the league in August Showing all technical, administrative and even logistical reasons that make this proposed date inappropriate.
He added: «Regardless of the technical aspects, whether there is insufficient time to equip the players in the optimal way to play matches through which the hero’s identity is determined, or the inability to find contracts with foreign professionals, which led us to ask the collective games federations to cancel the foreigner for the next season, there are difficulties Another logistical task is difficult to prepare the victory teams to complete the championship is still in the fold, including the placement of victory facilities at the disposal of the Dubai Health Authority, and the presence of a center in the club for examinations and tests to detect the emerging Corona virus ».
He added: "There are no clear justifications from the Federation about the necessity of completing the league in August, especially since there is no final decision in this regard, given that the Federation is still awaiting the green light to implement its proposed dates."
Awaiting final decision
The manager of the basketball team at Al Wasl Club, Abdul Qadir Al Bastaki, said, "The fact that all the dates submitted by the Basketball Association remain in the proposed list, was behind the failure of Al Wasl to take any decisions, and wait until next July 19, the deadline set by the game association to decide on a decision to complete Men's Basketball League or not.
He explained: «Al-Wasl put in the list of its current goals the preparation of all basketball teams for the next stage, including the men's team, based on the new strategies developed by the team games company in the club, which focused mainly on the localization factor, both in training cadres and even layoffs of professionals Foreigners, which means that efforts are currently focused on implementing these strategies, and when the Basketball Federation decides its final decision in next July if the tournament is completed or not, we will definitely consider the suitability of these dates for the Al Wasl team, especially those related to the adequacy of the time period to rehabilitate our players to run Such games. ”
Justifications for the clubs objecting to the Basketball Federation plan
- The additional financial cost to club budgets.
Difficulty finding new contracts with foreign professionals.
- Most of the professional contracts expired last May.
Club players need a minimum of two months of training to rehabilitate them.
- Playing games that require heavy physical loads, which may put many of them at risk of injury.