EDITORIAL
Irony of Sports Industry
The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) has suffered the same fate as the Soccer League, which must be canceled because it failed to obtain a permit to organize mass events (during the Covid-19 pandemic).
Pelita Jaya Basketball basketball player Wayne Lyndon Bradford (right) tries to get past the obstacles of Hangtuah basketball player, Alkristian Chandra (left) in the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) Pertamax Season 2018-2019 at Gor Sritex Arena, Solo, Central Java, on Thursday (10/1 / 2019).
The Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) has suffered the same fate as the Soccer League, which must be canceled because it failed to obtain a permit to organize mass events (during the Covid-19 pandemic). In fact, a sport without a league is an irony.
Similar to the soccer league, hopes to restart the IBL emerged in September. At that time, the head of the Covid-19 task force, Doni Monardo, supported the resumption of the IBL while prioritizing health aspects (Kompas, 8/10/2020).
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