A Cholet Basket match this season.
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Loic VENANCE / AFP
The National Basketball League decided on Tuesday to give Cholet basket a lost match after the match of March 13 between the Choletaise team and Boulazac, on behalf of the 24th day of Jeep Elite, could not go as planned. .
The basketball authorities considered that the cases of Covid-19 observed within the workforce (two players) and the Choletais staff (a member of the staff concerned) did not constitute a sufficient reason to cancel the meeting.
That day, the players of both teams had refused to play this match (with the approval of the two club presidents), and especially Gilles Bourdouleix, the mayor of Cholet, had decided to evacuate the Meilleraie room, where was to be played in the match, 45 minutes from kick-off.
The LNB made it clear that it considered the Cholet club to be responsible and sanctioned it with a match lost by forfeit.
Cholet is expected to appeal this decision.
Gilles Bourdouleix's immense blow of anger
This sanction inevitably brought out of its hinges Gilles Bourdouleix, mayor of Cholet.
"A scandalous and inadmissible decision", in his words.
In
Ouest-France
, he treats Alain Béral, the president of the National Basketball League, as a “criminal who has scandalous protocols” and “incompetent because he punishes people who are not responsible for anything”.
He also indicates that he will sign a decree providing for a PCR test of less than 48 hours for anyone wishing to access the Meilleraie room.
The decision of the sports commission of @LNBofficiel is scandalous and unacceptable!
As I said, this decision is my entire responsibility within the framework of the Mayor's Police.
I fully support the @CB_officiel club in its appeal!
#Cholet #Choletais
- Gilles BOURDOULEIX (@GBOURDOULEIX) March 23, 2021
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