The news advanced by MARK On the contacts recently maintained by Real Madrid and Barcelona to assess the option to eliminate their quarries due to the unstoppable leakage of talents of their teams, he removed the foundations of Spanish basketball, never better. It does not mean that they will do it, but the fact that they consider it Clearly speak of the seriousness of the situation.
Real Madrid Hugo González and former Barcelonist Kasparas Jakucionis, already in the USA.
Since in 2022 the NCAA (linked to the NBA) open the ban and allowed its players to earn huge amounts of money with the NIL (name, image and likeness), in Spanish, name, image and likeness, Europe and the rest of the world are suffering a real plunder because the most promising young people do not hesitate to emigrate there in search of easy money.
The big clubs, usually those who enjoy a more prolific quarry, They are impossible that receive their 'blackberries', sometimes superior to the salaries that some players of their first templates perceive. That's why They begin to consider if it would not be better to forget the quarries and dedicate that money to the first team. Abandon the idea of manufacturing a talent that is barely enjoyed and only leaves benefits in the form of termination clauses.
FIBA takes letters in the matter
But the clubs are not alone in this battle that a priori seems irremediably lost. FIBA is solidarity with them and is willing to take action on the matter to try to stop the massive fugging of talent Rumbo to the United States that has the quarries of world basketball shivering.
Has made it clear Andreas Zagklis, general secretary of the top world basketball agency in the Congress that has just been held in Barein, where he spoke with Concern of the 'signings' of young players for American universities within the NCAA circuit. And said they will take action.
Andreas Zagklis, general secretary of the FIBA.
Following the recommendation of the Group of experts focused on young players and NCAAcreated in December 2024, Central Board has defined three objectives To maintain a sustainable ecosystem: to help players make well -founded decisions, Increase the availability of NCAA players for their national teams and contribute to protecting club investments in the development of players.
Establish a letter of authorization
The decision to establish A formal collaboration with the NCAAwith the aim that players from outside the United States to universities of the NCAA are treated in the same way as international transfers between FIBA clubsby using a Authorization letter (Letter of Clearance).
“We continue to invest in the development of young players as never before; Last year we organize more than 30 competitions of national youth teams worldwide. They are record figures: almost 4,900 athletes who wear the FIBA logo every summer and then become part of the absolute national teams, in the NBA, the WNBA or at the highest level. We try to guide them and bring them closer to what it means to play in the national team and develop. This great investment was widely discussed in the Central Board and has to do with the last developments in university basketball in the United States, ”he said Zagklis.
These amounts of money that end in the hands of players of 18, 19, 20 years are welcome for them, for their surroundings, we are happy for them, but we must recognize that this has ceased to be mainly an academic experience for athletes
“It's an opportunity for our players, we can't deny it. The amounts of money that are being … I wouldn't say investingbecause I am not sure that from a financial perspective it is an investment, but it is from a development perspective in the sports of basketball. But These amounts of money that end in the hands of players of 18, 19, 20 years are welcome by themfor their surroundings, we are happy for them, but at the same time we must recognize that This has ceased to be an academic experience for athletes “said the Secretary General of the FIBA.
Hugo González and Mario Saint-Supery, two pearls of Spanish basketball, with the Spanish team.
“NCAA universities are every day closer to being commercial entities, professional clubs, and that challenges our ecosystem for the simple reason that our ecosystem is based on the beginning: that It can be transferred whenever the contracts are respected, the agreements must be respected, And to transfer from a professional basketball institution to another institution that is de facto, there must be a process, “he explained.
It can be transferred provided that contracts and agreements are respected, and to transfer from a professional basketball institution to another institution that is de facto is professional, there must be a process
Thief revealed the conditions in which these transfers should occur: “Call out a letter of release or if you want to call it differently, but There must be an authorization by the departure club and the National Federationand there must be certain guarantees about where the player is going, what will be the conditions there, what will be the availability for the national team and What is the compensation for the FIBA ecosystem, our clubs, our leagues, our federations and their members who have invested in someone who began playing at 9, 10 or 11 years And now ends with a seven -digit check in his hands at age 18. ”
A formal dialogue with the NCAA
“Central Board decided that We started a formal dialogue with the NCAA. It will not be easy, because this is an environment that has not yet decided how it will regulate itself, and There is a great internal dispute over who and how will it regulate. We will certainly arrive as a secondary regulator, but We cannot stay with crossed arms, nor can we remain as mere observers. FIBA has the institutional duty of protect its membersat the same time that it has the institutional duty of Help the development of its players”, He endorsed.
We cannot stay with crossed arms, or remain as mere observers. FIBA has the institutional duty to protect its members, and at the same time the institutional duty to help the development of its players
“So for some countries it will be a blessing, for others a challenge. Definitely It is something that we must analyze and we must also pay attention to its impact, not only this summer or next, but in the medium and long term. And I would also like them to think about female basketball and how this can impact it, perhaps positively. ”
Find the best solution for all parts
And showed that FIBA is trying for a long time to look for the best possible solution for all parties But within a dialogue with all the institutions involved: “This is an approach area, we are making strong investments, meetings, collecting information, legal advice and Trying to find the best possible solutions, of course, by the hand of USA Basketballby the hand of our partners in the NBAby the hand of our current relationships, and of course with the leadership of the NCAA ”, concluded.
