Irish MEP joins call for basketball row action
Former GAA president Seán Kelly was one of 31 MEPs who signed a letter asking top EU officials to step into a dispute between basketball’s governing body Fiba and the continent’s top league Euroleague
Irish MEP Seán Kelly has inserted himself into a dispute between the two largest power brokers in European basketball.
Kelly, who served as president of the GAA from 2003 to 2006, was one of 31 MEPs who signed a letter to European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, culture and sports commissioner Tibor Navracsics, and competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager.
In the letter, the MEPs have asked the commission to take “urgent action” to intervene in ...
