In recent hours, news that was anticipated has been confirmed. FC Barcelona closes the curtain on its women's basketball team.
In reality, it never truly became FC Barcelona as such, but rather an association relationship with CB Santfeliuenc. Barça has decided that it can't invest more money and has already announced that it will not renew the agreement after 14 years of relationship.
Tebas Has a Lot to Do with the Team's Disappearance
Basketball is the club's second most important sport. There, the same sensitivity that has been applied to women's soccer in the club in recent years has not been shown.
It is a problem of money, but also of desire and will. But money has been key in the decision.
When Tebas forces Laporta to reduce the club's salary cap, it also includes the expenses of its various sports modalities. And Barça has many. And the president has decided to break the rope on the weakest side.
Everything adds up, and Laporta has preferred to eliminate this budget rather than give up enjoying the best and most expensive restaurants in the city for his institutional meals.
Sanfeliuenc competed as Barça CBS and the equipment was what the club provided with its colors. It also lent its facilities and the enjoyment of its medical services. Little more.
Neither Alexia Putellas nor Aitana Bonmatí Have Spoken About the News
Swimming in hardships, Barça CBS could not maintain the category of Spanish women's basketball. And it has ended up ceding its Liga Endesa license to CB Gran Canaria.
It is striking that the news has gone unnoticed. Even in the club's women's soccer team. There, its players have always been very active in promoting the development of women's sports.
The two flagships of the blue and red team, Alexia Putellas and Aitana Bonmatí, have not spoken up or shown their solidarity with the women's basketball teammates.
It would have been a nice gesture toward those who do not enjoy the privileges that are only within reach of Barça's women's soccer team.