Premier Basketball Limited releases first statement on new league

Premier Basketball Limited (PBL) has released its first statement since the BBF announced they have been awarded the new professional basketball league operating license for Great Britain.

Vaughn Millette – the newly announced majority shareholder of Sheffield Sharks – seems to be leading the consortium of clubs, saying:

“Since the license was revoked, we (the clubs) have all worked together to sustain the elite professional pathway in the UK.

“There has been a huge amount of work undertaken in a very short amount of time to enable this to happen.

“We would like to thank Chris Grant and the team at the BBF for working with us to deliver this solution and reassure our fans that a professional basketball league will get underway this September.

“We are pleased that the British Basketball Federation has made the decision to award the men’s professional license to our newly formed operating company “Premier Basketball Limited”.

“Our fans will appreciate there is a huge amount still to be done and more details will be released shortly –including the fixture schedule for the forthcoming season.”

PBL has the license on a three-year interim basis, after the BBF revoked the license from Basketball League Limited (the operating company of the BBL) following breaches in the terms of the license.

The BBF stated it would work with the clubs to try and establish a route for the 24/25 season to go ahead and today confirmed a new license has now been issued.

Though the statement did not reveal which clubs are going to be involved in the new league, it said the organisation “has been established by clubs that previously competed in the BBL”, along with adding there will be a new league name.

The full club line ups, start dates and fixtures are expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

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