Alain Béral, President of the National Basketball League, welcomes the positive vote of the clubs to put in place this strategic plan, "There has been a lot of work done over the past year under the coordination of Olbia Conseil with the mobilization of over a hundred people, and I can only thank them all for the time and the relevance of their contributions. The challenge now is to win new fans and listen to the public's expectations while helping the clubs to organize themselves. The stakes are important. I measure the effort made by clubs to advance in the collective interest of professional basketball and want to thank them for their confidence. Despite legitimate reservations on certain points during the debates, the vote proves that each club is now ready to appropriate this strategic plan, pillar essential to its growth and that of our basketball.
VOTED RESOLUTIONS
IDENTITY
1. Upgrade to 16 Jeep® ELITE clubs and 20 PROB clubs starting in the 2020/2021 season
2. Define the championship formula and the system of relegation / accession in a general assembly to be held before the end of the season 2018/2019
3. Enhance the interest and attractiveness of the PROB Championship
GAMES AND PLAYERS
4. Reduce to 1 the number of non-European players and out of Cotonou in PROB
5. Increase the effective playing time of young prospective (Tokyo 2020 Paris 2024) players via financial incentives
6. Create a ranking of excellence of the best Training Centers
7. Engage in collective work on the identity and quality of French basketball
INNOVATION
8. Provide all clubs with a common digital base
9. Organize calls for projects to co-finance the most innovative projects of clubs
10. Modernize basketball arenas and their operating model
11. Create a Club Development Directorate at the LNB
12. Promote the social and environmental commitment of professional basketball
VISIBILITY
13. Stabilize club membership by creating two trade windows (summer and winter) with the possibility of a single signing between the two, and limiting medical freelancers
14. Strengthen the event and promotion policy of basketball in line with club expectations.
15. Increase visibility on social networks by freely offering images of LNB competitions
16. Gain visibility in the mainstream on television
STRUCTURE
17. Require all professional clubs to respect a minimum structure
18. Reorganize the content of the Label Club around priority development projects.
19. Make the Label Club more accessible by creating an intermediate level
20. Gradually increase the share of LNB payments made by obtaining the Label Club.
21. Improve the functioning of the LNB bodies and open them
22. Better involve clubs in LNB bodies
23. Attract new leaders and investors, especially among former NBA and Euroleague players
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