Overview
- Carolina Morace submitted a parliamentary question titled “Risks to the European sport model posed by the proposed ‘NBA Europe’ project.”
- The question describes a closed league with permanent franchises promoted by the NBA together with FIBA and warns it could undermine solidarity, youth development, community participation and equality.
- Morace asks the European Commission whether the project could be monopolistic, how it would prevent value extraction to non‑EU entities, and if it will evaluate compatibility with EU equality and cohesion goals.
- EuroLeague executives met Greek sports minister Giannis Vroutsis and received support from the Greek government as Greece prepares to host the upcoming EuroLeague Final Four.
- The scrutiny follows recent attention from national leaders, with the article also noting past FIBA arguments against private leagues and the added concern that the NBA is a non‑EU entity.