Trapani, FIP and LBA’s response to Antonini

The Trapani case

The response to Valerio Antonini, president of Trapani vented on X during the game with l'Olimpia ("It was all planned. Repeated fouls suffered to Alibegovic Horton and Eboua. Some outrageous. Important fouls not whistled. Not even a very good opposing coach could have studied it better. President Petrucci, è is this the future of basketball you told me about? If è this will get me out of it soon. I am scandalized").

"Regarding the statements via social media of the President of Società Trapani Shark Valerio Antonini, considered detrimental to the value and reputation of the Serie A championship and the work done by all components of the professional movement, the FIP and the LBA jointly reiterate their full support to the same and affirm the need to maintain behaviors marked by respect, loyaltyà and fairness, fundamental elements of our basketball", reads a note.

Elections for the role of president of the Italian Basketball Federation for the four-year Olympic period 2025-2028 meanwhile have rewarded Gianni Petrucci, who thus remains in the role he already occupied until now since 2013 (previously he was president between 1992 and 1999, before becoming, from '99 to 2013, president of Coni). Petrucci received 70.83 percent of the vote, compared with 23.96 for Guido Valori (5, however, blank ballots).

In the words pronounced by Petrucci himself after the reappointment, there is no lack of a bitter outburst: "This success has a special flavor, because é this election campaign è started with so many nastinesses that I sincerely did not explain to myself – he said -. I have always been in my place, I believe that my election depends on the quality, fairness and competence shown by my entire team, which è was elected entirely".