A mystery website with a logo showing the name National HyperBall League has been reported to have appeared on the internet.
The report fuels further speculation of a breakaway league involving Second-Division Clubs, as well as some new clubs or some existing first division sides, most likely with some radical rule changes to try to entice viewers away from ARTTSL.
All second-division clubs have again disavowed any knowledge of a breakaway league, but rumours are spreading of a secret consortium, staffed by representatives of interested clubs, tasked with setting up the League's framework before suddenly announcing a breakaway.
The name Hyperball appeared on the mystery memorandum that surfaced earlier this month.
The site contains no further information and could be a hoax. However, ominously, it has also been reported that some ARTTSL subscribers have received email notifications directing them to the HyperBall site, saying "Sick of Rebound Table Tennis?... Hyperball is coming...", which suggests ARTTSL's email lists may have been hacked, possibly by an insider.
President Bernard Elksteine has made a very short statement outside ARTTSL headquarters, which seemed to suggest ARTTSL is now taking the threat of a break-away very seriously.
Elksteine simply said "Any ARTTSL club that enters into any formal agreement with another league will be permanently excluded from ARTTSL. We expect the Second-Division championship to proceed as expected later this year and look forward to it. We will not have anything to do with any breakaway league and will not enter into any negotiations. Their negotiations will fail. As for possible hacking of our email lists, if this has happened we apologise in advance to our subscribers and will launch a full investigation to get to the bottom of it".
Elksteine refused to answer any questions from the media scrum.
More to come as matters develop. Meanwhile all sides will continue their preparation as normal for round 9 of ARTTSL first division, the third-last round before the finals.
For legal reasons we cannot post the address of the HyperBall site in this news feed.
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4 comments:
Can we have a break away league of a break away league?
Let me answer that question with a question - can we have a legal case within a legal case? The answer, sadly, is probably.
BE
can I be boss of the breakaway league 2? I'd do a better job then the others, I know David Gallop
And The Dell commented on your son's pants. I think you're more than over-qualified. I'll fund your bid if you like.
Rupert.
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