The Chairman
of Union Bank Basketball Club of Lagos, Emeka Anumenechi, has chided the
DStv-sponsored Nigeria Basketball Federation (NBBF) League Board for failing to
properly administer the rules of the game during matches.
Anumenechi said in Lagos that the way and manner certain
sanctions are being applied against players does not tally with what is
generally acceptable in basketball.
“I am not in
favour of any unruly player and I abhor unruly behabiour, but the way and
manner certain rules are applied do not go down well with me. And I find it
unacceptable.
“The League
Board to an extent is doing well, but there are certain things that need to be
corrected. If for an example a player errs on the court during a game run, you
first give him a technical, then the second, an injection after which he could
be sanctioned if he continued. But sanctioning a player straight for two games
without first giving him technical and an injection is a misapplication of the
rules. The referee not giving him a technical first means the player in
question did not do any wrong on the court. These things must be corrected’’,
Anumenechi said.
He also
spoke on his team’s chances in the Atlantic Conference.
“It could
have been better, we started poorly, lost our two first matches. Our poor start
is not far-fetched, we did not pick players on time so they did not jell, but
as time went on they started picking. I must say thanks to our experienced
coach, we are topping this conference with two points. The game we won against
Dodan Warriors put us ahead on the log. We have three games, two are home and
one away. We hope to win the three so as to put us on a good stade for the
play-off. We hope to pick one of the two tickets for the continental’’, he
concluded.
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