Hoopsfix Podcast - British Basketball with Sam Neter
Sam Neter: British Basketball Advocate, Blogger & Thinker
January 30, 202541 min
Basketball
Understanding the BBF's professional league license tender process - with Chris Grant - Ep. 118
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Emergency pod!
With the shock news that the British Basketball Federation (BBF) has granted preferred bidder status to an investment group led by Marshall Glickman, going into an exclusive negotiating period for the professional league operating license, we got BBF Chair Chris Grant on the pod to discuss his and the BBF’s position.
It was widely expected that Super League Basketball (SLB) would be the ones to get the preferred bidder status but they did not submit a tender, citing unreasonable & unlawful demands – including a £25k non-refundable fee just to tender & a £1.5M annual licens...