Here is a case which will undoubtedly not remain without continuation. Asvel, the club whose president is none other than Tony Parker, won this Sunday afternoon in Cholet (82-73). The American Norris Cole contributed to this Villeurbanne success by playing the first 40 seconds of the game. Except that the player should never have been on the pitch, or even in the room.
Norris Cole tested positive for Covid-19 a few minutes before the start of the game. Asvel learned of the positive control during the warm-up but did not take the American off the sheet, with Norris Cole expected in the 5 major, the five players called to start the match. “We warned the League. But I couldn’t remove it since it was marked on the sheet. I did what was asked of me ”, justified Asvel assistant coach Freddy Fauthoux.
It is the former coach of Boulogne-Levallois who was in fact in control this Sunday to replace the head coach. TJ Parker, Tony Parker’s brother, has indeed remained in Lyon since he himself tested positive for the coronavirus at the end of the week like two of his players Strazel and Hayes who also stayed at home.
The mayor of Cholet will file a complaint
In the evening, the mayor of Cholet Gilles Bourdouleix decided to lodge a complaint: “Faced with the behavior of Asvel, he tweeted, during the match against Cholet making player 1 player positive for Covid-19, I will engage criminal proceedings against this club and the Basketball League. Irresponsibility in this context must be punished. “He added later that:” There will be no more matches at the Meilleraie (Editor’s note: the Cholet room) as long as French basketball is managed by the irresponsible of the LNB “
