CREMONA – These days the main topic of Italian basketball is related to Trapani. The president’s company Valerio Antoninicapable of making a dizzying parabola in just three seasons Series A2 in first place in Serie Ais now at the center of a crisis that risks overwhelming not only the Sicilian club, but the entire movement. A story that goes beyond the simple sporting perimeter and raises profound questions about the sustainability of projects built at great speed.
Yet another penalty led to eight points total taken from Shark: four deriving from the resolution of the Federal Council of 21 May 2025, one from that of 24 November 2025 and three others linked toarticle 61 of the General Regulations. A very hard blow that caused him to slip Trapani at 12 points, just two more than Vanoli Cremonabut with a situation that has appeared to be constantly deteriorating for some time.
The Sharks are playing the championship with the obligation of formula 6+6which requires the deposit of twelve contracts. At the moment, however, there are only regularly filed contracts eleven. A lack that is not only formal, but which involves a fine of 50 thousand euros for every match played in this condition, further worsening a complicated situation. A spiral that risks becoming unmanageable week after week.
The coach’s departures have made the picture even more fragile Reweigh e di Alibegovicwhile also Ford ed Eboua they now seem to be on their way out. Clear signs of a group that is slowly disintegrating, revealing a sense of precariousness that is inevitably reflected on the pitch. Recent defeats against Sassari e Varese they are not just the result of a technical decline, but the faithful image of a team struggling to find certainties and continuity.
Just after the home defeat against the Lombards, the sporting director Valeriano D’Orta he uttered words that made a noise: «Unsustainable situation, League basketball e Italian Basketball Federation they are carrying out a clear injustice and a persecutory act towards the club. We are considering not showing up in Bologna next week». A stance that opens up extreme scenarios and calls into question the entire balance of the championship.
Any failure to show up in Bologna would result in the 20-0 forfeit and an additional penalty point. And the regulation leaves no room for interpretation. THE’article 52.7 establishes that «the affiliate who during the sporting season has reached or exceeded the six penalty points following multiple sanctions due to delayed payments of the various installments, will be excluded from the championship». At the moment Trapani he has four penalty points in the current season, while the other four date back to the last championship and are not included in the count, but the safety margin is now very thin.
Il January 7 a new ruling is expected which could further change the balance. There Fipas well as the Legahas chosen a line of absolute rigor, in an attempt to protect the credibility of the system. A choice which, if on the one hand it appears inevitable, on the other exposes the championship to the risk of a traumatic epilogue.
The scenarios are very heavy. In case of exclusionthe ranking would be rewritten, with the cancellation of the points obtained against Trapani and Tortona, Sassari and Varese. At the end of the season only one team would be relegated to Serie A2while the Sharks would be forced to start from scratch, paying a very high price.
An epilogue that would be a defeat not only for Trapanibut for all of Italian basketball. Because the ‘Case Shark‘it doesn’t just concern Sicilians: it concerns all societies that pursue salvation, and therefore also the Vanolicalled to live with a potentially distorted ranking and a climate of uncertainty that makes every projection more fragile. But not only that. Even the Juvi Ferraroni in A2 he has very straight antennae. If Trapani Should he be excluded he would not even be able to participate in the next A2 and therefore even in that case if relegations could go from 3 to 2.
Behind the collapse of a sporting fairytale a large one is hiding fans and thepride of a people who risk seeing their identity slip away. A defeat for the entire basketball movement
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