The mass flight from SBL ladies continues.
Despite Helsingborg securing the contract for continued play in the top league, the club chose to withdraw from the coming season.
A few weeks later, Borås followed suit and now Wetterbygden has chosen to apply the emergency brake.
The economy is not there.
“The board of Wetterbygden Basketball's elite operations has today unanimously taken the tough but absolutely necessary decision to immediately take a step back and leave SBL dam to play Basketettan Dam instead.
The economic effects of the pandemic have led us to a situation where today there are not enough funds for continued play in the top league.
A purposeful work has been started to strengthen the club's organization and finances to meet the requirements set for games in SBL The board sees this decision as a way to gather strength in the coming years and the goal is to be able to quickly return to basketball's fine room " , it says in the press release.