The windows are a good thing for the national teams, who can present themselves to the public several times a year on the one hand and not only in summer, and who can also improve their sporting performance through the regular meetings,”said the 1993 European Champion in an interview in the DBB newsletter.
The 48-year-old Rödl, who took over the post from Chris Fleming, retired after the successful European Championship, therefore also regretted the EuroLeague’s rejection of FIBA’s proposal for a solution.
In addition to DBB head Ingo Weiss, the presidents of the associations from Greece, Italy, Russia, Spain and Turkey had also called for the relocation of one EuroLeague matchday each in November and February.This would have given players the opportunity to play for their clubs and national teams.
The EuroLeague season would have to be one week earlier than on the 12th.The project is scheduled to begin in October.This had been rejected by the European League and insisted that the national teams continue to play exclusively in the summer.
“This was a constructive attempt to draw closer and it would have been feasible for both sides.All teams would have had access to their best players in Europe.In this respect, I find it a pity that this approach to the solution was not approved,”said Rödl, 1992 Olympic participant.
Germany will contest on 24.and 27.The first two games in the World Cup qualifying round against Georgia and Austria will be played in the second half of November.The EuroLeague will be holding its matchdays number nine and ten on 23rd.and 30.November.Weiss and his presidential colleagues had already announced that they would still nominate players from the EuroLeague clubs.In Germany, this concerns the players of Meister Brose Bamberg.
If no solution is found, a conflict between EuroLeague and the national associations is inevitable.But Rödl is still hopeful:”We will ask and invite our best players in Europe and Germany to join us and put together the best possible team.I am convinced that we will have a strong team to achieve the goals”.