Euroleague CEO on the incident with Ataman: “We are responsible, but it was a small dispute”

The responsibility also falls on her Euroleague about the incident with him Ergin Ataman and Fenerbahce fansas stated by Paulius Motiegiounas.

The managing director of the organization emphasized that this specific incident was a good “lesson” for everyone, while clarifying that because of this, the security measures have become stricter.

“It was a lesson for us. It certainly seems like we need more protection“, said initially Paulius Motiegiounas to “BasketNews” and added:

“The security company took the situation even more seriously, as did the police. The only positive thing is that it was a small dispute. We are all together and moving forward».

For the responsibility of the Euroleague: “We will not abdicate our responsibilities. We are responsible. The situation had not been calculated correctly. It seems like it could have been solved more easily, but what’s done is done».

From here on, Paulius Motiegiounas made an important revelation regarding him Red Star. Specifically, the Lithuanian factor clarified that based on the new statute the conquest of the Adriatic league by the team of Yiannis Sfairopoulos does not automatically give it participation in the Euroleague next season.

In fact, both the “red and white” and the Partizan, Virtus Bologna, Valencia and Alba Berlin they will have to submit their applications to get wild card.