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The National Basketball League of Canada has issued a statement clarifying its ousting of the Ottawa SkyHawks from the league last week.
In the statement issued Monday, the league alleges that the team missed deadlines for loan payments; that no venue lease had been submitted with game dates for the upcoming season; and that no proof of funding for the season had been provided.
The SkyHawks had only played a single season, 2013-14, the league’s third since it was founded in 2011. It is the only team that will not return for Canadian basketball league’s next season.
“Consistency across the league is our goal, and all teams are required to meet certain requirements to protect the quality of league operations going forward,” NBL Canada commissioner Paul Riley told the Citizen last week.
“We thank the fans of the SkyHawks in Ottawa for their support last season, and we assure you we are committed to returning as soon as possible.”
The league says that although it provided assistance to Ottawa, “no concrete answers or solutions were provided by Bytown Sports & Entertainment Inc.,” the entity that operated the SkyHawks team.
The league said it had reached out to Gus Takkale, who runs the company, Wednesday night in a “last ditch effort to hear from him.”
However, time had simply run out, the statement said, as the season schedule was due to be out Aug. 1. This meant the league had to act “unanimously as one to protect the league as a whole.”
Monday’s league statement also raised other issues. Among them, that Ottawa basketball giant Tony House was announced as the SkyHawks president July 2, but House emailed the league saying that he had refused the position and would not be investing in the team.
“The league would welcome the right opportunity to work with serious business and basketball people such as Mr. House,” said the statement. “The league certainly did not reject their involvement.”
According to the league, should another group in Ottawa wish to start a team in the capital, a new application would have to be submitted to join the league. Time has run out, however, to submit an application for this season.
“We remain firm in our belief that with the right ownership and the right venue arrangement, that NBL Canada basketball would be a success in Ottawa,” said the statement.
The Citizen has reached out to both the NBL and Bytown Sports for comment.
The team said last week that it would comment this Tuesday on the league’s decision.
msmith@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mariedanielles
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In the statement issued Monday, the league alleges that the team missed deadlines for loan payments; that no venue lease had been submitted with game dates for the upcoming season; and that no proof of funding for the season had been provided.
The SkyHawks had only played a single season, 2013-14, the league’s third since it was founded in 2011. It is the only team that will not return for Canadian basketball league’s next season.
“Consistency across the league is our goal, and all teams are required to meet certain requirements to protect the quality of league operations going forward,” NBL Canada commissioner Paul Riley told the Citizen last week.
“We thank the fans of the SkyHawks in Ottawa for their support last season, and we assure you we are committed to returning as soon as possible.”
The league says that although it provided assistance to Ottawa, “no concrete answers or solutions were provided by Bytown Sports & Entertainment Inc.,” the entity that operated the SkyHawks team.
The league said it had reached out to Gus Takkale, who runs the company, Wednesday night in a “last ditch effort to hear from him.”
However, time had simply run out, the statement said, as the season schedule was due to be out Aug. 1. This meant the league had to act “unanimously as one to protect the league as a whole.”
Monday’s league statement also raised other issues. Among them, that Ottawa basketball giant Tony House was announced as the SkyHawks president July 2, but House emailed the league saying that he had refused the position and would not be investing in the team.
“The league would welcome the right opportunity to work with serious business and basketball people such as Mr. House,” said the statement. “The league certainly did not reject their involvement.”
According to the league, should another group in Ottawa wish to start a team in the capital, a new application would have to be submitted to join the league. Time has run out, however, to submit an application for this season.
“We remain firm in our belief that with the right ownership and the right venue arrangement, that NBL Canada basketball would be a success in Ottawa,” said the statement.
The Citizen has reached out to both the NBL and Bytown Sports for comment.
The team said last week that it would comment this Tuesday on the league’s decision.
msmith@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mariedanielles
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