Lithuanian Local Basketball Requires Changes
LITHUANIAN LOCAL BASKETBALL REQUIRES CHANGES
Most Lithuanian people like basketball and even call this game their second religion. One group likes to play it, while other enjoys watching this entertaining game. It could seem strange, but nowadays it is very difficult to see interesting game between Lithuanian teams as there are two strong teams and lots of weaker, which can compete between each other, but not with those two teams. For most basketball fans it looks normal, but there are people who see a problem here. So it is needed to think what influenced that huge gulf between the two groups and it definitely should be difference between major and minor clubs‘ budgets. What is more, Lithuanian basketball teams do not have effective team management what often lead to having poor teams‘ line-ups. Also, in my opinion, local basketball is not popular because prices in arenas are too high. All this show us that Lithuanian local basketball requires drastic changes.
First of all, basketball is a sport number one in Lithuania, so it would sound reasonable that basketball clubs should receive annual financial support from government. But it is not so. Most basketball clubs blame government if they do not manage to pay out wages for basketball players on time. Government always promises to transfer some amount of money, but they are always late or even do not transfer. For example, basketball club „Techasas“ have not received money for two years, despite the fact that government promised to give them money. It is just a simple example because „Techasas“ is a minor club in Lithuania. When talking about major clubs, „Žalgiris“ is a perfect sample. Two years ago most Lithuanians thought that „Žalgiris“ would go bankrupt as club did not have money to pay for the players. Everybody knew that government was guilty for that. Our politicians at the beginning of season promised„Žalgiris“ that they will transfer money, but unfortunately they did not. That led team to the bad
Most Lithuanian people like basketball and even call this game their second religion. One group likes to play it, while other enjoys watching this entertaining game. It could seem strange, but nowadays it is very difficult to see interesting game between Lithuanian teams as there are two strong teams and lots of weaker, which can compete between each other, but not with those two teams. For most basketball fans it looks normal, but there are people who see a problem here. So it is needed to think what influenced that huge gulf between the two groups and it definitely should be difference between major and minor clubs‘ budgets. What is more, Lithuanian basketball teams do not have effective team management what often lead to having poor teams‘ line-ups. Also, in my opinion, local basketball is not popular because prices in arenas are too high. All this show us that Lithuanian local basketball requires drastic changes.
First of all, basketball is a sport number one in Lithuania, so it would sound reasonable that basketball clubs should receive annual financial support from government. But it is not so. Most basketball clubs blame government if they do not manage to pay out wages for basketball players on time. Government always promises to transfer some amount of money, but they are always late or even do not transfer. For example, basketball club „Techasas“ have not received money for two years, despite the fact that government promised to give them money. It is just a simple example because „Techasas“ is a minor club in Lithuania. When talking about major clubs, „Žalgiris“ is a perfect sample. Two years ago most Lithuanians thought that „Žalgiris“ would go bankrupt as club did not have money to pay for the players. Everybody knew that government was guilty for that. Our politicians at the beginning of season promised„Žalgiris“ that they will transfer money, but unfortunately they did not. That led team to the bad