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ELPA endorses EuroLeague Basketball and FIBA agreement to avoid overlapping calendar
ELPA applauds the provisional agreement between EuroLeague Basketball and FIBA to avoid overlapping calendar of clubs' and national teams’ competitions in the 2023/24 season. The recent calendar dispute was one of players’ main drivers for ELPA’s...
Q&A with ELPA Secretary General Alexander Engelhard
Newly appointed ELPA Secretary General Alexander Engelhard took the time to answer questions about his new role, the past and current tasks of ELPA and the future plans of the association. How did you get started as a lawyer and where does the connection with...
EuroLeague Players’ Association names new Secretary General
Long-serving legal advisor Alexander Engelhard assumes position as ELPA Secretary General Alexander Engelhard has been an integral part of ELPA since 2018 serving as outside legal counsel alongside Spanish lawyer Jose Lasa and Slovenian lawyer Luka Milanovic....
Interview with Alec Peters: “United players have the power to make changes”
Alec Peters is currently playing on his 4th EuroLeague team in four seasons. He often jokes that by the time he will finish his career, he will put on the jersey of every EuroLeague club. But with changing teams and environments also comes experience. That is...
Off Court: Tornike Shengelia reached his academic goal while becoming EuroCup champion
Over a year ago, ELPA partnered with ISDE Law & Business School, with the aim to provide its members an opportunity to study and obtain Master’s Degree alongside their basketball careers. Last season, with the help of ELPA, four players were enrolled into the...
PAB Newsletter #17 – Mental health in sports organizations: athletes’ matter
Authors: Mar Rovira, Francesco Cuzzolin, Julio Calleja-González, Igor Jukic, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic, Jaime Sampaio Players often carry a heavy burden on their shoulders. In the public eye, they are considered modern warriors and competitors who...
Alec Peters joins ELPA Players’ Board, Hines, Hanga and Kalinic re-elected
ELPA held its annual General Assembly prior to the 2022-2023 EuroLeague Season. ELPA management provided players with the 2021-22 season report, explained all regulatory and statutory change proposals and described the plans of the association for upcoming season,...
ELPA congratulates Euroleague’s new leaders Dejan Bodiroga and Marshall Glickman
ELPA and its members congratulate Dejan Bodiroga (President) and Marshall Glickman (CEO) for their appointment as the new leadership of EuroLeague Basketball We look forward to working with the new President, whose invaluable experience as one of the best European...
PAB Newsletter #16 – Basketball Player’s Body Composition and Fitness: the importance of the transitional period
Authors: Julio Calleja-González, Francesco Cuzzolin, Igor Jukic, Jaime Sampaio, Mar Rovira, Baris Kocaoglu, Sergej M. Ostojic What is the transitional period? The transitional period in the summer is a cycle preceding the next competitive event of the new season....
ELPA expansion welcoming EuroCup players
The ELPA announced today that it aims to extend its services also to EuroCup players. ELPA has gone from strength to strength since its inauguration four years ago and has worked tirelessly to improve the working conditions of EuroLeague...