2023-11-15 19:32:22
When it takes sanctions, the National Basketball League (LNB) does not take half measures… Limoges CSP was sanctioned with a withdrawal of three victories in the ranking of the current season of the championship and a fine of 15,000 euros by the financial policeman of the LNB, the body announced on Wednesday.
“The Higher Management Council noted a significant deterioration between the estimated accounts as of June 30, 2023 and the accounts closed as of June 30, 2023,” said the LNB in a press release. This offense constitutes an attack on the fairness of the competitions for which the National Directorate of Management Consulting and Control is the guarantor. »
The Limougeaud club, 11 times French champion and European champion in 1993, consequently finds itself in the first relegation position of the Elite, 16th out of 18, with a record of only three victories after the 11th day, for five defeats. .
However, he has the possibility of appealing this sanction before the French Basketball Federation, but on the condition of first exercising and within a week a free appeal before the Superior Management Council of the LNB. “We are going to fight, we are going to do the job and follow all possible procedures,” assured Didier Jamot, the club’s chairman of the board, on France Bleu this Wednesday.
CSP Limoges ended the 2022-2023 financial year with a deficit estimated at one million euros, which was partly filled by Céline Forte, majority shareholder and president of the supervisory board, in the form of a contribution to the account. current and an opening of capital. The club had obtained the green light from the League to join the Betclic Elite on June 22, on the basis of a forecast budget of €6.12 million for the 2023-2024 season, but with a regulated payroll. He will have to bounce back again, and quickly.
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