The overseas clubs have played in solidarity. Their mobilization against a measure deemed “discriminatory” in Mayotte, Guyana and Reunion, will have paid off, and the Baskett-club of Mtsapéré, as well as its partners in other territories, are back in the competition.
The French Basketball Federation (FFBB) had indeed informed of the outright cancellation of their trip to France for the 16e of the final, to “prioritize health above all and avoid any possible risk of Covid cases before, during and after the competition”, and this, “in agreement with the government authorities”.
The president of the Departmental Council Ben Issa Ousseni and the mayor of Mamoudzou Ambdilwahedou Soumaïla together congratulate themselves that the BCM can finally continue its course in the Coupe de France, “Besides the fact that this announcement is made very late when the clubs had organized for this trip taking into account the health situation, we also deplore the substance: it corresponds neither more nor less to an eviction of clubs which had qualified sportingly, where a postponement would have been possible and desirable ”had deplored the two elected.
This positive turnaround is therefore “welcome”, even if “this preventable psychodrama wasted time for the clubs concerned a few days before the trip” indicate the two elected officials, who will be “behind the BCM in their Cup match”.
