MONROVIA -- The President of the Liberian National Olympic Committee (LNOC), Mr. Philipbert Browne has expressed disappointment in the current leadership of the Liberia Basketball Federation (LBF) regarding the prolonged delay of the official closure of two basketball seasons.
Brown, a former President of LBF, stated that the heartrending holdup of the official closure of the league, since 2007, has the propensity to put a dent the momentum, morale and spirit of the game as it relates to the players, administrators, sponsors and spectators, as well as the international basketball body, FIBA.
The LNOC chief told Daily Observer Sports via phone on Thursday that the LNOC is intervening to resolve the non-closure saga, in the interest of the more than 500 male and female players, and the thousands of fans.
“Since the closure of the 2006-2007 LBF National Championship League, the LBF is yet to hold official closing programs for 2007-2008 and the 2008/2009 leagues, which is very saddening.
“It is regrettable to say that such inaction has the propensity [to] send the game [into] the doldrums, where the dreams, aspirations of the players will be dashed and the recreation of the sympathizers denied.
“We are therefore intervening for the sake of all of us, and we hope to revive the spirit of basketball, for the good of all of us,” Mr. Brown asserted.
