2024-02-07 18:09:38
After the earthquake, the tremors… The day after the announcement in our columns of the possibility of a general forfeit of the Metropolitans 92 in the event of an insufficient number of players under contract, the Basketball League decided to take action. fist on the table. While he was expected in Nancy by the end of the week, Matthieu Gauzin, the Mets playmaker, saw his transfer canceled this Wednesday, February 7 by the LNB Approval and Qualification Commission.
The latter decided “to refuse the transfer and therefore the qualification of the player Matthieu Gauzin within the SLUC Nancy Basket team”, announces the official press release from the body. The commission “judged the amendment signed between Matthieu Gauzin and the Metropolitans 92 in October 2023 to be null and void,” the press release continues.
This clause allowed the player to leave the Mets in the event of an offer from another Betclic Élite club. “This amendment, which was not transmitted to the LNB during the player’s qualification, is contrary to the professional basketball collective agreement,” thunders the body.
The Approval and Qualification Commission has therefore “decided to refer the matter to the Legal Commission of Discipline and Regulations of the LNB against the Metropolitans 92 club for non-compliance with the provisions of article 79 of the regulations of the LNB “.
The club, which has already had to let four players leave because of these clauses, risks fines of 30,000 euros per case.
In the meantime the player is stuck at the Metropolitans and could be forced to finish the season with his club. A situation which should quickly make the Nancy club react. According to our information, the club plans to organize a meeting this Wednesday afternoon to appeal the League’s decision. The matter is far from over…
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