It could close the birth of the new NBA Europe

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It could close very soon the birth of the new NBA Europe

Published:21/10/2021 - 23:50h

Updated:22/10/2021 - 00:00h

This does not mean that the teams of Euroliga go to play against the North American directly and has left clear that looks for is that the control of the mark happens to hands of NBA. For the moment, one of the main obstacles for the birth of NBA Europe is the agreement signed in 2015 by the clubs Euroliga with the multinational of the sport IMG (International Management Group)

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The National Basketball Association, more known simply by his acronyms NBA in United States, and the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA) are negotiating to create a European conference of the American league. The contacts are being very fruitful and can end in a true earthquake that do to vibrate to the passionate of the basketball. The idea has sounded during years and now would be very near of the that the dream of a lot do a reality.

Of agreement to the information advanced by the newspaper Marks, background is the crisis of the Euroliga, that between other things has carried by in front to Jordi Bertomeu like CEO of the competition from the next season. In concrete, the International Federation wants to avoid temptations that a group of teams believes another competition that substitute eventualmente to the Euroliga and therefore they want to go of the hand of the NBA, whose mark is absolutely consolidated.

The mentioned media has required that this does not mean that the teams of Euroliga go to play against the North American directly and has left clear that looks for is that the control of the mark happens to hands of NBA, that sees the European division like his fifth competition after the own NBA, WNBA, League of Development and BAL (Basketball Africa League).

All this, because the comparison with the Superliga of football is very present in the negotiation and do not want to make a mistake, since the up to now carried attempts forward by the president of the Real Madrid CF, together with the support of the FC Barcelona and the Juventus of Turín only has generated like consequence refuse and wave of frictions with the maximum continental rector in the European football like the UEFA and until with the same FIFA.

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For the moment, one of the main obstacles for the birth of NBA Europe is the agreement signed in 2015 by the clubs Euroliga with the multinational of the sport IMG (International Management Group) by 10 years and 630 million euros. An agreement to the that remain him three years of length and of the that the clubs perceive 60% by rights of television and marketing.

Therefore, now the seven clubs that head the movement of exit of the Euroliga will have to convince to the rest of proprietary teams (between which find Real Madrid, Barça and Baskonia) so that they join to the project of NBA Europe.

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