His opposition to Euroleague’s decision to implement a salary cap from the next event was expressed by Sasha Betzirovic. Panathinaikos’ team manager emphasized that this way the league tries to adapt the largest teams to the smaller ones, noting that in terms of the Greens the financial model of the team is sustainable.
Noted that there are points in his decisions salary cap which should also differentiate large differences with the system applied to the NBA.
“It seems that everyone now has to adapt to smaller clubs, let’s just say it … If we are capable of creating such a big budget with our marketing and tickets, why should we be punished for it? We are now adapted to groups that do not have the owner like us, who do not have the business model we have here and are very viable right now. Why will they prevent someone from spending money at 17,000,000 euros, ” he said.
In detail the statements on “Mozzart Sport”:
“It would be better to put the minimum to 17,000,000 euros to try to adapt to the largest clubs. We will definitely have a problem, our intention is not to pay the tax. We have to make some changes and adjust.
It seems that everyone now has to adapt to smaller clubs, let’s just say … If we are capable of creating such a big budget with our marketing and tickets, why should we be punished for it? We are now adapted to groups that do not have the owner like us, who do not have the business model we have here and are very viable right now. Because they will prevent someone from spending money at 17,000,000 euros.
We need to see the biggest picture. Okay, we know that these rules will immediately bring something unknown to the championship from a racing point of view, this is great. I emphasize once again that I fully understand it, but if as Euroleague we want to compete with NBA, then this will be a veterans problem, but also for players on the G-League and NBA border, I am afraid that the rules are very strict in the long run
There will be a big difference in the category of “Anchor Players”, around which it is again difficult to build a team. I believe that three must belong to this category, so that you can create a system around three names that would be attractive to fans who spend their money to watch them, two are very few.
How many teams have actually have players under 23 and fight for a big result? This rule is more in favor of some other teams that develop players, basically only Alba. We have a goal here, and that’s the title! A little bit room is left for players growth, not because we do not want it, but Euroleague is not the right platform for this club for a longer period of time, now a situation can emerge where one stays artificially with the club, although it may not have the quality to get a particular financial relief, such players will also have such players.
There are big differences compared to the NBA. It is, first of all, a system, a country. At Euroleague, we have different rules for each country. In addition, EuroLeague has no draft, like the NBA. We do not have a team of players from whom we simply draw players. We certainly want everything to be transparent, we can always talk about the football model, but the example is great not to get into football, because there are always some who spend more and their model has proven to be good.
There are huge bids for players, a big problem has been revealed that will really appear in the coming years. We have players who go there for good money and then return when they are 23 or 24 years old. It is not easy when you bring such a player, you have to wait to see how to adjust, there is a high risk of basketball.
We have already made some calculations, it is a complex situation, I think Euroleague could have implemented all this in a simpler way. “
Source: Sport Fm
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