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Amiram Halevi and Courtney Williams
(Itzik Blanitzky, Elitzur Ramla)
Apparently such a story can only happen in the Women’s Basketball League, as part of the Basketball Association Cup. The Elitzur Ramla team landed on Wednesday in a foreign country from the United States called Courtney Williams, who previously played for the US team and arrived as a replacement for about a month instead of Kelsey Mitchell, who broke her nose.
Last night (Thursday) in the eighth finals of the cup, Hapoel Petah Tikva had to host Ramla, and heard that the guest intends to register Williams for the game, even though her isolation obligation is for three days due to the corona virus. Petah Tikva informed the basketball association that it is not ready Her actresses.
Ramla insisted on sharing the actress, while on the other hand Petah Tikva fortified its position rightly and even threatened not to appear for the game. Therefore, at 15:30 yesterday, the union issued a statement that the actress will not be able to play. Amiram Halevi, cried that his team has no foreigners, and Halevi decided in an unprecedented decision that the game would be postponed until Saturday night. Halevy was not interested in a matter of sports equality, etc., and thus decided to transfer the game.
Hapoel Petah Tikva are angry about the decision and are considering not appearing for tomorrow’s game. Gil SelaThe team’s general manager said in response: “I expected the basketball association to follow the rules, not to endanger my player. Instead, they decided to interfere in things they are not allowed to interfere, went completely crazy. And when I returned to Israel I was not in the team’s game in light of the isolation rules. What does the union want groups to do about regulations? We are also considering whether to appear at all for the cup game, in light of what happened. “
In order to understand the neighborhood in the process, Ramla is scheduled to play tomorrow in the cup in the game in question, and first in the league against Hapoel Rishon Lezion. On the other hand, Hapoel Petah Tikva is scheduled to play tomorrow, and on Monday in the league against the Herzliya girls. Which indicates a lack of synchronization between the union and the women’s manager.
Hila Knister Bar-DavidThe chairman of the women’s basketball administration said in response: “The union’s decision was wrong.”
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Hila Knister Bar David
(Courtesy of the director of the Women’s Basketball Premier League)
The response of the Basketball Association and the response of Amiram Halevi will be provided when received.
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