No rule changes to the court, says ABL

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

Saturday, September 4, 2010

THE Asean Basketball League (ABL) will not see any rule changes to the court for its second season which is set to tip off on Oct 2.

The official Fiba (International Basketball Federation) basketball rule amendments will only come into effect on Oct 1 right after the ongoing 2010 Fiba World Championship in Turkey for all high level competitions/Level 1 (main Fiba official competitions).

For medium level competitions/Level 2 (all other Fiba official competitions and high level competitions of national federations), the amendments are coming into force from Oct 1, 2012 right after the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The ABL falls under the second category and, thus, doesn't have to adopt the changes until 2012.

"The rules of the court had been changed since 2008, but until now the local basketball associations have not made any changes yet," said Kuhan Foo, the CEO of ABL, in an interview, during a ceremony to announce AirAsia's title sponsorship of the ABL 2010/2011 season at the Maba Stadium in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

"We're still in discussion with Fiba and we're planning to do so (adopt the changes). But to do it now would be rushing the teams too much. They are all busy chasing sponsors and getting ready for the new season," he added.

"Not only that, but some of the stadiums that are being used (in the ABL) such as the ones in Brunei and Singapore are not owned by the teams. So we would just have to stick with the current rules for the new season," continued Foo.

On the format of changing players throughout the season, Foo said: "We'll maintain the same format of changing players from the previous season." Read More…

Source: The Brunei Times