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On Wednesday, the Seimas Economic Committee meeting discussed support for sports clubs and the federation during the second quarantine.
The meeting was attended by Mindaugas Špokas, general secretary of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LKF) and director of Kaunas Žalgiris. Paul Motiejūnas. He stressed that the situation is bad and salaries are behind in the team.
“We don’t get ticket revenue. Sponsors are cutting budgets as earnings fall. We try not to lose them and here we have some luck to agree with them. We are late with salaries and if there is no support, the debt will creep in. Then you will have to think about how to pay the debts of future seasons. The situation is really sad. We would not ask for compensation if there were spectators. Now we do not have a fishing rod that allows us to fish, “said P. Motiejūnas.
Meanwhile, he is the president of the Lithuanian Basketball League (Betsafe-LKL) Remigijus Milašius He estimated that the club’s clubs suffered 13 million due to last year’s season. adding that only Žalgiris lost 6 million euros. euros.
Vice Minister of Economy and Innovation Vincas Jurgutis did not promise anything specific and stated that the budget approved by Seimas does not contain funds for additional subsidies.
Krepsinis.net recalls that “Žalgiris” planned 9.7 million for this season. EUR budget. Up to 3.6 million. He planned to cash in on ticket sales, but has been playing without spectators since early November.
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