The Sicilians communicated the decision after the no to the request for postponement. The fine will be 50 thousand euros and a penalty point, but from the second match in which a team does not show up there is exclusion from the championship. Meanwhile Ford goes to Türkiye.
Trapani will not show up in Bologna tomorrow for the championship match against Virtus. The decision was communicated in the evening by the Sicilian club at the end of a correspondence with the basketball institutions that began in the morning, asking the League and Fip to postpone the match to a later date due to the reduced number of players on which they can count. The League, which organizes the championship, which was then also joined by the FIP with a similar communication, responded to the Sicilians (who never contacted Virtus) that it did not see any causes of force majeure to order the postponement. In the morning Trapani, already past Repesa’s resignation, Alibegovic’s forced exit and Allen’s farewell, had announced the departure of Jordan Ford, who could free himself with a buyout and went to Turkey: not to Pozzecco’s Galatasaray as it seemed, but to Bahcesehir. Petrucelli could go to Galatasaray, while Eboua appears destined for Asvel (both already in the new destination), Rossato to Brescia and Cappelletti is collecting interest, but at this point many clubs are waiting to understand if the players will free themselves on their own, without needing to pay. That is, if Trapani doesn’t move forward.
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The fine of 50 thousand euros per match for each player below the obligatory twelve deposited pro’ contracts that Trapani is receiving is destined to increase now to 100 after Ford’s departure, and then onwards to multiples of 50 for further exits. By not going to Bologna, as feared already last Sunday, the fine is “only” 50 thousand euros, plus a further penalty point (already 8), but from the second match in which a team does not show up there is exclusion from the championship. In recent days the same owner of the Sicilian Antonini, before being banned for two years, between a request for damages to everyone and a threat to appeal to the TAR to suspend Serie A, had threatened to withdraw from the championship. Another trial is expected on Wednesday at the Federal Court on the issue of possible irregularities in registration for the championship. Next week risks being decisive, but yesterday we reached a crossroads.