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Believe it or not, we are about 2 months away from NCBasketball’s premier annual league – the Non-Chinese Basketball League (NCBL), 2009 edition. Some teams are still on autopilot, while others are polishing their cannons and scribbling the strategy board.

This first preseason news comes from the League itself, and this is interesting:

Quoted from Yaz45 on NCBasketball Circles99:

Abg Kerol cakap ramai team request utk bagi limitation max 2 national / ex-national per team. So this season mungkin akan implement max 2 national / ex-national per team OR per game. Per team di mana cuma max 2 national bole register in a team. Per game di mana xde max no of national bole register in a team tetapi max cuma 2 saja yg bole main di dalam sesebuah game.

Translated:
Mr. Khairul (Anuar Jailani – Chairman of NCBL and MABA Non-Chinese Development) has informed that many teams (participating in the NCBL) has requested to limit the number of national / ex-national players per team OR per game to 2. Therefore, the rule of only 2 national / ex-national may be implemented this season.

Per Team means max 2 national/ex-national players can be registered to any one team, whereby Per Game, no more than 2 national/ex-national players can play at any time during the game, but no limit as to how many national/ex-national players can be registered to a team.

This ruling will impact the defending champion and perennial powerhouse Swoosh the most as 3 of their players, namely “Abi” Guganeswaran, Kader and Yasier are national (or ex-national) players.

This player cap is meant to create a more competitive league,  with a “smaller win margin”  for the minnows against the powerhouse.

I’ll tell you my opinion on the next post, but until then, lets hear yours. Should we implement this national/ex-national player cap?

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