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My post on the NCBL 2009 Preseason News 1 did garner a lot of interest & feedbacks. The topic is about the proposal/suggestion calling for the implementation of National/Ex-National player (from here on termed “Nationals”) cap, whereby participating teams of the NCBL can only include a number of  Nationals in their team. Read the original post here.

Here is the response from one of our elite member, Yasier Rashid, a National himself (un-edited):

Ok memandangkan sume senyap je xde issue nk cite baik aku panaskn blk.

NCBL season ni mgkn nk letak rule br iaitu max 2 national per team sbb ramai player / team request. Jika kite tgk tournament lain:-
Agong Cup – no limit
NBL – no limit
Petronas Cup – no limit
Petronas 3on3 – no limit
BCBL – xtau, xde kot
Sultan Cup – no agong cup player since 2004

If we put a limit, we wil downgrade NCBL lower than Petronas Cup. Jus imagine Pet Cup max 2, then beside Hilmi & Ramesh (although which have the national standard), either Seelan, Kader or Abi gotta be kicked. NS already hv Helbert & Edwin. So maybe Abi gotta play with some other teams where he doesn’t really wanna play & doesn’t hv the heart to play. Eventually he may not be interested to play Pet Cup. So is that kind of finals u wanna watch or the original classic finals u hv watched at Manjung? Which kind of finals wil attract more audience, attention & sponsors? Which kind of finals can u learn more from & which wil u remember for years to come?

Players complain that they paid rm1200 so they deserve the equal chance to win the prize money etc. It is not fair that a team has 2,3,4 or 5 national players. We are just bunch of rookies or part time ball players who cant compete with them. Well this is my answer. IT IS FAIR 4 U bcoz u get the same things that they get which is the same basket size & height, the same court, 5 players on court, 7 players on bench etc. “Yeah i know but Mr.Yaz, it is stil not fair bcoz they r taller, stronger, more skillful, better plus they r national players.” That is bcoz they WORKED for it. Did u worked for it? Whose to blame? If somebody worked hard for sumthin, then a lazy ass put a restriction to it so that he too can hv a better chance to achive the same goal, then who is being unfair & being the lazy corny coward? Is it fair that if a ex-national etc work hard to be the champion then u put a restriction to it bcoz u don wanna work as hard as he does? Its like a rookie asking to challenge Kobe Bryant 1on1, “Kobe i can kick ur ass, but u gotta give me 5 point bonus, bcoz u’re Kobe & i’m jus a rookie”. Or Oklahoma City complaining to the NBA, Boston can’t hv 3 All-Stars, kick KG out or else we ‘can’t play’. Do u wanna be like that? Or do u wanna be super rookie like LJ, Wade etc? LA once had Shaq, Kobe, Malone & Payton = stil lose anyway.
Do u wanna complain or do u wanna work?

If there are no strong teams but only moderate teams then the league wil be kinda boring. People like to watch great talents & some great games, blowout sometimes. The greatest is between Magic’s LA & Bird’s Boston. People stil talk about it right now. But u see how many all stars are in both teams? Quite plenty. Jordan’s Bulls dominate for 8 years. When he retires, NBA television rating drops dramatically.
This shows people like superb talent & domination. Who doesn’t like to see Abi play? Everybody. But if he plays with a weak team, can he really do that much? Can he get 10 assist when all the passes he makes, his teammates can’t convert? Then wil u be excited to watch him & his team play? Dont think so.
Wil the crowds, fans, sponsors get attracted to watch?

If the management implements the rule, the management is downgrading the league & is indirectly sending a message. People wil know that the NC ballers are afraid of challenge. They rather play against a so so team. They do not hv the motivation to work hard to improve to hv a better chance to go further & beat the better teams. They are part time ballers, so the teams participating in NCBL shouldn’t be that strong so that they won’t get embarrassed beaten badly. It is not fair for them as their gfs, wives n family r watching. They jus wanna ‘play ball part-time’. NCBL is a kampung league.
NCBL is nothing.

They don’t hv the vision to improve & upgrade the league to the height of the league outside of Msia. They do not want more nationals to participate in the league. They do not want the players & teams to improve better & faster by playing against the better teams. They don’t care of sponsorships. They do not want to organize their own basketball club. They do not want NCBL to be better.

They jus wanna ball part-time.

So its up to the management to follow their wants or to follow the serious baller’s wants. We’ll later see if NCBL 2009 is a part-time league or a serious league.

So my point is, PLEASE UPGRADE YOURSELF, BUT IF U DON WANNA UPGRADE YOURSELF, PLEASE DON EVER DOWNGRADE THE OTHERS.

Lu pikelah sendiri!

 

 

Yasier is playing with team Swoosh, which may be affected the most if the Nationals cap is implemented.

My thought on this cap is coming up on the next post