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ELPA LEADERSHIP ENGAGES IN GLOBAL PLAYER DIALOGUE AT WPA MEETINGS IN ROME
Rome, 21 September 2025 – The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) joined fellow player unions from across the world at the World Players Association (WPA) meetings in Rome, where leaders gathered to exchange strategies, share experiences, and strengthen...
ELPA encouraged with support shown at the Final Four in Vitoria
In the past few days, the management of EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) visited the city of Vitoria, which hosted the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four event, where the winning team of 2018/19 season was crowned. During the Final Four, ELPA management...
Bostjan Nachbar attended the EuroLeague Basketball Advisory Council
Barcelona hosted the third annual Basketball Advisory Council on Monday and talked about possibilities of making the game better for Turkish Airlines Euroleague, 7DAYS EuroCup and Euroleague Basketball Adidas Next Generation Tournament fans, players and clubs....
Interview with Kyle Hines about his new docuseries called “Euroleague Rooks”
Kyle Hines, player of CSKA Moscow and first Vice President of Euroleague Players Association talked about his new docuseries about the life of rookies in the Turkish Airlinies Euroleague. Kyle is known to put a lot of work into project like this one, as he already...
ELPA’s initiative brings important schedule changes for 2019/20 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season
Last week, ECA Shareholders Executive Board met in Milan, Italy and discussed the progress of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. One of the main topics were the EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) propositions to empower the players within the competition, with the...
ELPA Management visited NBPA and HEED Headquarters
The Euroleague Players Association (ELPA) visited the New York City in the past week with the main reason of strengthening its relationships with National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) and HEED LLC. Managing Director Bostjan Nachbar and Secretary General...
ELPA VP KYLE HINES TALKS ABOUT ELPA WITH TEAMMATE SERGIO RODRIGUEZ IN HIS NEW PODCAST
Kyle Hines, a three time Euroleague champion hosts Sergio "El Chacho" Rodriguez in his new podcast, named The Kyle Zone. CSKA teammates used the opportunity to talk about newly formed Euroleague Players Association, in which Kyle Hines operates as one of the...
EuroLeague Players Association Approves Sensor-Equipped Smart Shirts During Live Games
The decision marks one of the first instances in professional sports of players wearing sensors during live games exclusively for use on a social platform to promote fan engagement. In a major step forward for sports fan engagement, the EuroLeague Players’...
Neutral Second Medical Opinion for EuroLeague Players
During their inaugural general Assembly on 26 June, ELPA has outlined suggestions, regarding improvements for EuroLeague players. Those improvements were presented and approved at EuroLeague Shareholders meeting on 8 July. One of the most important improvements is...
THE EUROLEAGUE PLAYERS ASSOC HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY FOUNDED
At today's General Assembly in Barcelona the first union of basketball players competing in EuroLeague – The EuroLeague Players Association (ELPA) was established officially and Luigi Datome was elected as its president. Players’ representatives confirmed the...