May 31, 2011, 12:50 pm
There were many talks about the structure of the league, Final Four, foreign players restrictions etc. and that's how it looks now.
*Foreign restrictions-The 'Russian rule' that says at least 2 Israelis should be on court on any given time will probably be canceled according to news last days, new restrictions will probably be-teams can have 4 foreign players, they may sign up to 8 but only 4 can be used in a given game, the rest can't be used in the game and gotta sit out.
*League structure-The final four system will probably stay, the main thing is that they want a "closed league", NBA style for at least 3 seasons with 12 teams and if teams that are out want to join they gotta buy their participation in the league and all the teams must commit to have the minimum budget for these 3 years.
*Last season's relegation and promotion-As part of making a 12 teams league they want to let Ashkelon stay (Ashkelon was relegated) and promote Hapoel Tel Aviv (they failed to get promoted legally after getting swept by B.C Habikaa).
Once again useless decisions in this useless wannabe-league.
*Foreign restrictions-The 'Russian rule' that says at least 2 Israelis should be on court on any given time will probably be canceled according to news last days, new restrictions will probably be-teams can have 4 foreign players, they may sign up to 8 but only 4 can be used in a given game, the rest can't be used in the game and gotta sit out.
*League structure-The final four system will probably stay, the main thing is that they want a "closed league", NBA style for at least 3 seasons with 12 teams and if teams that are out want to join they gotta buy their participation in the league and all the teams must commit to have the minimum budget for these 3 years.
*Last season's relegation and promotion-As part of making a 12 teams league they want to let Ashkelon stay (Ashkelon was relegated) and promote Hapoel Tel Aviv (they failed to get promoted legally after getting swept by B.C Habikaa).
Once again useless decisions in this useless wannabe-league.