Big cheers on Tuesday at the Niners Chemnitz. The basketball club received the message from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) that the license for the coming season has been issued without any conditions. Chemnitz is one of 13 associations that do not have to meet any further conditions or provide evidence.
Big cheers on Tuesday at the Niners Chemnitz. The basketball club received the message from the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) that the license for the coming season has been issued without any conditions. Chemnitz is one of 13 associations that do not have to meet any further conditions or provide evidence.
“We owe this primarily to our sponsors and fans, who remained loyal to us in the pandemic year and thus ensured the economic basis for obtaining the license,” said Niners managing director Steffen Herhold, who at the same time noted, “that the license This is only the first step and we would like to lay the foundation stone together with old and new partners to establish the Niners permanently in the BBL. In this regard, we also hope that our fans will finally be able to be live again next season and the team as the sixth Man can support. “
Of the 23 applications originally submitted (including potential newcomers), the BBL finally had 19 applications to be assessed by the license league committee. This evaluation was preceded by intensive reviews of the licensing documents in the past few weeks by the BBL committee of experts (financial situation of the clubs) and the league itself (formal framework conditions and youth work).
“The submitted documents were not only very well prepared by the clubs, but carefully calculated taking into account the pandemic conditions,” said Thomas Braumann, chairman of the BBL license league committee. “For the current season 2020/21 we can already say today that all clubs will get through the season well financially – also thanks to the state support payments. For this we owe our thanks and respect to all club managers.”
In terms of sport, the Niners had managed to stay in the league a week ago as a newcomer. Tomorrow they will be challenged for the last time away from home (8.30 p.m. in Würzburg) before the first season of Chemnitz in the BBL will be concluded on Sunday with the home game against German champions Alba Berlin (3 p.m.).
