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The 2023\/24 Winner League concluded on Monday with Maccabi Tel Aviv defeating Hapoel Tel Aviv 82-74 to capture their second consecutive championship against their cross-town rivals. While the playoff series and the finals should be a celebration of all that Israeli basketball has to offer, they were marred by two issues. First, the scheduling of the series, in which the naturally less-appealing quarterfinal series were best of five games (all of which ended in sweeps), while the semifinal series and the final series were best of three games (of the three series, only Maccabi was able to sweep their semifinal opponents Hapoel Jerusalem). More problematic, however, was the violence and vulgar behavior of the fans, which saw people arrested, flares ignited and other items thrown at the other teams\u2019 personnel and fans.
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Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nThese are not new problems \u2013 both were addressed at the press conference held by Winner League Management and Toto-Winner (the Winner League\u2019s principal sponsor) prior to last season\u2019s deciding game three of the championship series by Shlomi Peri, the now former CEO of the Winner League Management, Meir Bardugo, CEO of Toto-Winner and Ari Steinberg, Chairman of the Winner League Management.<\/p>\n

Given the events of October 7 when Hamas brutally murdered 1,200 people and took another 251 hostage, I think we need to take a step back before being overly critical of those in charge for things not being perfect this season. The League managed to fit in all the games during the regular season, which took a lot of careful scheduling gymnastics given four teams were playing in European competitions as well, so I can understand the League simply going with the status quo when it came to the playoffs.<\/p>\n

As to the behavior of the fans, both the League and others with the power to make a change \u2013 the Israel Basketball Association, the clubs and the governmental authorities (including both the police and the legislators) need to do something to take control of a situation which seems to get worse every year.<\/p>\n

Six fans were arrested outside Kiryat Ata\u2019s Remez Arena before game two of the semifinal series between Ata and Hapoel, after the fans were found by police to be armed with weapons such as baseball bats, iron bars and spikes. Game two of the seminal final series between Maccabi and Jerusalem in the nation\u2019s capital began with the home fans throwing objects at the visitors\u2019 bench \u2013 which they continued to do throughout the game.
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Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nDespite games in the final series being delayed due to allegedly extensive security checks, fans still managed to bring in and light flares in the stands of close arenas \u2013 and as we saw in Monday\u2019s decider, the Hapoel fans were happy to throw the burning flares at the Maccabi fans in the downstairs area while sporting a sign on which it was written, \u201cThe police, you sons of whores.\u201d It\u2019s widely acknowledged that the police have been overaggressive in their treatment of all Hapoel fans when the perpetrators are a minority of fans, however this does not justify the Hapoel fans putting the lives of others at risk. Then, of course, there is the incessant singing of \u201cHolocaust\u201d songs (which include lyrics such as, \u201cPut Maccabi into the chambers, fill them with gas.\u201d)<\/p>\n

The fans on the opposite side of the court are not innocent either. Maccabi fans were throwing objects at the Hapoel bench and staff during game three \u2013 even including basketballs and t-shirts which were thrown from the court to the stands during a timeout in the third quarter. There were also a number of chants and songs with vulgar language, including calling referee Sefi Shemesh a \u201cSon of a whore\u201d and Hapoel \u201cSons of whores\u201d. With all the complaints and concerns about the flares throughout the series from the Hapoel fans, it was the Maccabi fans who had the \u201clast say\u201d, lighting flares in celebration as the clock counted down to the final buzzer.<\/p>\n

Why do we still have to put up with these incidents at basketball games? Why can Tel Aviv not be the setting of a healthy cross-town rivalry without lives being threatened?<\/p>\n

Both Steinberg and the new CEO of the Winner League, David Bassan, spoke with the media on Wednesday after the end of the season.
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David Bassan – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cWe must not be blinded by the fact that there was no harm to anyone and think that the final result somehow undermines the real risk to human life,\u201d Bassan said in an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom\u2019s Tomer Givati. \u201cI think that everyone who was there understands that and from here we have the opportunity to make a change and we will take advantage of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m convinced that the situation can be changed and it\u2019s the duty of everyone to take every necessary action to change the reality,\u201d Bassan continued. \u201cWe need the cooperation of the teams, the Ministry of Sport, the League, the Basketball Association and the police. Without these bodies acting together it won\u2019t work. The teams have bear a large portion of the responsibility, they have a lot of power to eradicate the violence. These bodies are able to work together, the final was played after Sports Minister Miki Zohar and Ari Steinberg intervened and led to understandings between the police and the teams so that the match could take place.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI, along with all other relevant parties \u2013 because in all of this there are a few relevant parties \u2013 will sit and find a solution because if we don\u2019t, there is no basketball,\u201d Steinberg said on 102FM on Wednesday. \u201cWhat was with the throwing of flares is, in my opinion, a mass casualty incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will sit and we will act,\u201d Steinberg continued. \u201cA game like this, if there are flares, simply end the game and the team which throws the flares will automatically forfeit the game. If the culprits are caught or not is a police matter, I of course need all the participants, but from my perspective if fans of a team are lighting and throwing flares, the team will automatically forfeit the game.\u201d
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Ari Steinberg – Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\nWhile the change needs to come from the top, ultimately the fans will need to behave. One has to wonder why fans feel the need to behave like this, especially after everything that happened in our country on October 7 and since.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn one month, these people will go to reserve duty and fight together shoulder to shoulder,\u201d Bassan said of the Hapoel and Maccabi fans. \u201cI cannot understand how we as a country are able to reach such levels of hatred in this current reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

One has to wonder whether those in charge will be able to stop fan violence and change the culture in Israeli sports for the better. I don\u2019t think anyone wants to see us reach a point at which derbies need to be played behind closed doors, although some may argue that we have already reached that point and we shouldn\u2019t need to wait until there is a fatal incident before taking such a radical step.<\/p>\n

For me personally, the question that I, along with many other basketball fans with young children, ask is, when will I be able to take my young children to a derby game without worrying for their safety?
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Photo Credit: Yehuda Halickman<\/p><\/div>
\n\u201cIn light of the events of the last two years I don\u2019t only understand, but I can also justify their concerns,\u201d Bassan responded to Givati\u2019s question in this regard. \u201cA parent who sends his child to such an event is irresponsible. I don\u2019t know a sane person who would agree to send his child to such an event, we\u2019ve lost all proportion. I believed that the war would lead to a change and that we would learn to take things in proportion. It\u2019s ok and legitimate to have rivalries in sport and also a sporting hatred, but I truly believed that with everything related to hatred we would see a change.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is clear that those in charge need to act and I\u2019m quietly optimistic about the direction in which Bassan and Steinberg want to take the League. There\u2019s a lot of hard work, but especially with everything that is happening in this country, I hope that the responsible bodies can work together to get things in order so that the focus for the 2024-25 season and beyond will be on the court where it belongs and we can at least feel safe in the stands.
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