Oct 12,2024
Galway team Maree have been hit with a 24-point penalty for the current Men's Super League season, a €3,000 fine and will play no part in the Pat Duffy National Cup, following a charge of attempting to register players using falsified documents.
The National League Committee has also handed a two-year ban from involvement with the Maree Super League team to the person involved in filing the player registrations, with the second year suspended should they meet this requirement.
A statement from the NLC read: "This is a breach of competition rules and as a result we have imposed these sanctions to send a clear message that the highest governance standards will be upheld, to protect the integrity of our competitions and the teams involved in them.
"We have informed the Maree of the penalties and they have a right to appeal."
On receipt of the sanctions, Maree have five days to appeal the decision to the independent National Appeals Committee.
Should this appeal be rejected by the NAC, Maree would have the option to go before the Federation of Irish Sport’s Sports Disputes Solution Ireland for arbitration.
Basketball Ireland and the National League Committee indicated that they would be making no further comment on the matter.
