Cash squeeze to hit hoops hopes

IRISH basketball is in danger of wasting a stellar generation of young players by pulling the financial plug on the country’s senior men’s and women’s squads, one of the sport’s leading coaches has warned.

Glanmire head coach Mark Scannell believes it could be years before Basketball Ireland reactivates its Senior Men’s and Women’s teams; something he said could land the sport “in the height of trouble”.

“It’s very unfortunate because what’s going to happen is we’re going to lose out on all the players that are there now, and that’s a seriously good generation of players. It’s going to be a big problem in the short term, I feel,” said Scannell.