BAT rules for Zouros

By Bryce | August 18, 2012 |

FIBA’s Basketball Arbitral Tribunal (BAT) has ruled in favor of Ilias Zouros in his claim against his former team, Zalgiris Kaunas. The ruling will mean that Zouros will receive €156,000 in compensation, his claim was for €300,000.

Zalgiris’ owner, Vladimir Romanov, fired Zouros after saying that team practices and assistant coaches weren’t properly supervised by Zouros. The ruling passed down by the BAT says that the decision to fire Zouros wasn’t justified.

The coach and club had an agreement that was to pay Zouros €33,000 a month for eight payment and a final two payments of €18,000, but the payments stopped after the first was disbursed.

Posted in Breaking News, Europe, Lithuania

5 Comments

  1. Miguel Angel Estebarria dos Nascimiento on August 19, 2012 at 21:25

    These coaches make too much money.

  2. Guy Vanhoove on August 19, 2012 at 11:46

    Fair deal I suppose

  3. Paul on August 18, 2012 at 16:48

    So far BAT verdict are super fair. The problem is the domestic justice system in the respective countries were favoring clubs. BAT does not favor anybody. Good job by FIBA!!

    • SRN on August 19, 2012 at 10:11

      That’s how I feel. Local justice favored clubs PLUS it could take years (sometimes 10) to get a verdict at all.
      Now BAT is fair and pretty swift.

  4. SRN on August 18, 2012 at 12:26

    Congrats to Ilias.
    Fair judgement I suppose.
    Has anyone seen or read an award by the BAT that he found unjustified?

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