The National Basketball League (LNB) refused to validate the transfer of Matthew Gauzin from Metropolitans 92 to SLUC Nancy. The leader may have signed an amendment to his private contract allowing him to benefit from an exit clause from January 10 to February 10 in the event of a change of coach before December 31 – which was the case with the departure of Laurent Foirest at the end of November -, this is not recognized as legal by the LNB.
“If I do a legal analysis of the subject, these are clauses that we do not know, not admissible from the point of view of sports law,” the President of the National Basketball League, Philippe Ausseur, explained to us this Wednesday. A priori, in law, if a clause is illegal, it does not apply. »
However, these clauses are used by all French clubs to convince high-level players to join them. Enough to give great attractiveness to Betclic ELITE for the SLUC Nancy coach, Sylvain Lautié, who spoke on the subject:
“I am not commenting on Matthieu Gauzin’s clause, I am just explaining the context in world basketball. French basketball has become a springboard for many foreign players to reach the highest level. So these players, who do not have the financial advantage, who do not have the tax advantage, they have two advantages in being in the French championship:
1) The security of being paid
2) An exhibition space for future big clubs. Because the French championship is a very homogeneous championship. He is respected abroad because the first can lose against the last, which does not happen in other European leagues. This is why we are a good supplier for EuroLeague clubs.
If you remove the exit clauses from a lot of players, we will have fewer high-level players coming. We will move from the 8th-9th option of foreign players to a much further option.
In our French championship, we are lucky to have high-level players who come to show themselves. Well, we won’t have these players anymore. When Mike Scott performs well in Nancy, we are happy to see him go to ASVEL. If Mike Scott performs well in Villeurbanne, we will be happy to see him go to Spain. Regulating for tomorrow is a good thing. But doing it for yesterday, I don’t agree. We must not forget who we are in world basketball. A transfer window in France would why not be welcome. »
Matthieu Gauzin and Nancy, turkeys of stuffing
To regularize these transfers during the season, Sylvain Lautié proposes the idea of a transfer window. In any case, the European champion technician will not be able to benefit from the contribution of Matthieu Gauzin, while he deplores the absence of Mérédis Houmounou in addition to Shevon Thompson. The Lorraine club and the young Berruyer were sanctioned for a common practice, as evidenced by the seven players already released this season by the Metropolitans 92. Enough to annoy the representative of Matthieu Gauzin, Louis Trohel:
“If he had not had this clause that he signed, that President Alain Bouvard of Boulogne-Levallois drafted and gave him for signature, if he had not had this clause, he would not have not signed the fixed-term contract on October 10, he assures.
Matthieu was exemplary. He has already declined two offers since January to leave. He refused them because he didn’t want to leave the ship. And it was me who pushed him to accept Nancy’s. It was me who really convinced him to take this option from Nancy, because as his advisor, I was convinced that it was the best solution for him, for the rest of his career and to bounce back afterwards. a very complicated year at the Metropolitans 92 on a collective level. »
Since then, Alain Bouvard has not responded to Matthieu Gauzin’s representative, while the latter “was subjected to strong pressure from leaders of the Metropolitans, telling him that he was going to wear the hat, and that he would be burned for life in French basketball”, again according to Louis Trohel. The former Le Mans player is guilty of wanting to bounce back while the club has in turn released all the players who would have made it possible to fight for maintenance in Betclic ELITE.
2024-02-08 11:36:11
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