In a tense telematic meeting, six owner teams voted in favor of his departure after 22 years at the head of the competition
The Spanish and Turkish clubs consider that an “irregular meeting” was held
Jordi Bertomeu was once again questioned by the Euroleague Owners’ Board, which forced him to end his 22-year term, as reported by the Total Basket portal.
The executive director of the organization managed to win the private competition despite opposition from FIBA and then its steady growth over the years.
Although in recent seasons, some of the owning teams began to show their reservations about the continuity of Bertomeu who has been accused of not having developed the business and enough income for the teams.
The decision to leave was already leaked last year and this Friday they have materialized it again, although it is not clear if it was really the final vote.
In an interview granted to SPORT last May, Bertomeu already pointed out the possibility that the organization would continue without him, although from the Euroleague itself they assure that the CEO has not received any notification.
Tense online meeting
In a tense online meeting, the board of owners did not agree unanimously and the dissent was evident when voting.
The Spanish and Turkish clubs came together to defend the continuity of the Barcelona leader, ensuring that this decision could not be made definitively and they described it as an “irregular board & rdquor ;.
Although the group of teams that advocated his departure, they finally got away with it. Six teams achieved a simple majority to decide Bertomeu’s dismissal, that he could join the Euroleague although as an external advisor, at least until his replacement is decided.
During the meeting, There was no talk of canceling or not accounting for CSKA’s vote, so it acted as one more shareholder of the Euroleaguedespite the fact that he will not participate in the next edition of the competition due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
The mess about the continuity or not of Jordi Bertomeu is still opena decision that for some clubs, such as Barça, cannot be taken as a good one, despite the attempts of an important group of teams to end their mandate.