Barracudas must swim in Brunei waters
Saturday, April 2, 2011
ASK four different players from four different Asean Basketball League (ABL) teams and they will all say the same thing; the Brunei Barracudas must stay. Though Brunei's only professional basketball team might find it hard to get the support they need to survive in the Sultanate, outside the country, the backing the Barracudas is getting is very much alive and jumping.
In March, Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ABL's title sponsor AirAsia Datuk Sri Tony Fernandes said that the lack of support from the government and private sector might force the Barracudas to 'migrate' to Malaysia.
Talk has been circulating that the team might move from Bandar Seri Begawan to Malaysian neighbours Miri or Kota Kinabalu, should no form of support be forthcoming in the next two months.
ABL chief executive Kuhan Foo has given the team until May or June to drum up the support needed to keep the Barracudas in Brunei, and Alex Crisano is one of the ABL players who hopes the side will get the help they require.
"There should be more people helping out the team to make basketball in Brunei as big as it is in other countries," said the Philippine Patriots centre/power-forward yesterday. Read More…
Source: The Brunei Times
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