After Spanish Basketball League (ACB) clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid, Baskonia and Unicaja left Tuesday's meeting, the league's other 13 teams scheduled an extraordinary assembly for May 23, according to Julián Felipo of MUNDO DEPORTIVO. The four dissenting clubs "did not rule out skipping that meeting" if the intention of the other clubs is to "approve of measures without taking us into account." Barcelona, Real Madrid, Baskonia and Unicaja "remain in favor of the idea of a new direction" for the organization of professional basketball in Spain and have already "started studying their legal options to create a private competition, or relaunch the ACB." A private league "would have to have the support" of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) and Spain's Superior Sports Council (CSD), according to article 41 of Spain's Sports Law. Barcelona Dir of Professional Sports Albert Soler said that the club "is planning to begin talks with the CSD to activate this possibility" (MUNDO DEPORTIVO, 5/9). In Madrid, J.I. Pinilla reported FEB President Jorge Garbajosa said, "The decisions in the ACB directly affect the FEB, but we respect that they make the decisions they feel are best. ... We have to look for solutions. A meeting between the three parties (ACB, CSD and FEB) is necessary to try to find a solution with which we are all comfortable" (AS, 5/10).
