IBL ponders foreign recruitment next season<\/p>\n
Eva C. Komandjaja, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The 2004 season of the fledgling Indonesian Basketball League
\n(IBL) will commence here on Sunday, while the organizers ponder a
\nscheme whereby foreign recruits would be allowed to play in the
\nnext championship.<\/p>\n
The Sunday's contest will pit defending champion HP Aspac of
\nJakarta against runner-up Bhinneka Sritex of Surakarta at the
\nKelapa Gading Sports Mall in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The week-long contest is the first of five series.<\/p>\n
Other ties on Sunday will comprise Mitra Kalila against
\nIndonesia Muda (IM) Panasonic; Citra Satria against Angsapura
\nSania; Bima Sakti Nikko Steel against Panasia Indosyntex.<\/p>\n
The remaining series, which will run through until August,
\nwill be held Surakarta, Denpasar, Bandung, Surabaya and Medan.<\/p>\n
Ten teams are participating in the league, which was
\nintroduced only last year. The other two teams are Satria Muda
\nBritama and CLS Good Day.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, IBL director Agus A. Mauro said the question of
\nforeign players' participation in the league had not been
\ndecided.<\/p>\n
\"We can only allow clubs to have foreign players if all of the
\nteams have at least one,\" he told The Jakarta Post after a media
\nconference here on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
He said only five clubs could afford to recruit foreign
\nplayers at present.<\/p>\n
\"Hopefully, in the next season, all the ten clubs would be
\nmore prepared to hire foreign players,\" he said.<\/p>",
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