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With the MB Cup/Pertandingan Bola Keranjang Bukan Cina Selangor gone in the history books, Sultan Cup Division 2 is another tournament for NC teams to compete in.

While Sultan Cup Div. 2 is open to all races (Chinese included), they have applied a rule whereby Agong Cup State players (current and former players) are not allowed to participate. This rule will balance the teams as some teams have good “access” to the highlly skilled and experienced Agong Cup players.

So far, one NC team has made their intention clear on participating in this league. The Snipers will be competing in the Sultan Cup Div. 2, on top of their participation in the NCBL.

As for the rest of the NC community, Swoosh may be sending in a team, but Swoosh’s representative could not be contacted for confirmation. Apart from that, there may be many NC teams that will be entering this league due its amateur status.

The registration for the Sultan Cup Div. 2 is now open until March 25th 2009. Please refer to these sites for more details on the tournament:

Mislan RPK Blog

Selangor Amateur Basketball Association

P.S. – Pegasus is still reviewing our participation for this tournament. If we do compete in this tournament, we will be without Lolo and Aznorizam “Baby Mawas”.

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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