Riders win against Mersey Tigers OVERTURNED! (April Fool!)
Mersey Tigers today were told by BBL officials that the result from their game yesterday against the newly crowned BBL Champions is to be overturned and they will receive their FIRST WIN of the season.
The reasons apparently given for this incredible turnaround seem to stem from a potential error in that Leicester coach Rob Paternostro, in all the madness of his team winning the game, actually came on to the court in the last few seconds, in full Leicester kit and played a pass to game MVP Connor Washington and shouted the following remarks.
“Take it Connor you beautiful Championship winning Rider! Take it to the hole, tay-take it to the hole!”
This apparently did not go down well with the referees on court, and when the paperwork was sent across to BBL HQ and comments made from the game officials about the incident, there was no other choice but to overturn the result and give Tigers the win by default.
Adolf Rapiloys, new media officer at the BBL said in a statement: “In light of the events at Knowsley yesterday evening, and the fielding of an ineligible player in coach Rob Paternostro, we have no other choice but to overturn the result and hand the victory to Mersey Tigers.
“We would like to emphasis to ALL teams that this conduct by coaches will not be tolerated. What made the matter worse was the choice of song Paternostro decided to quote – who in the name of all that is good quotes LMFAO songs?
“We have already turned down an appeal from the Riders organisation over the decision. They don’t need the points do they?”
“The BBL will not be making any further comment on the issue, other than we almost banned Paternostro for life because of the Gangnam Style moves he was reported to have tried performing. That incident instead has been passed on to the police – because that was pure criminal.”
Wow is all we here at UKAmericanSportsFans.com can say to that. At least Tigers have got that win and we can all forget about the winless streak!
(Edit: Rob Jeffries had the idea to be funny – however, he cannot dance, he has two left feet, so he cannot judge Rob Paternostro’s Gangnam Style – Leicester Riders didn’t lose their W and the BBL have sacked Mr Rapiloys with immediate effect. Hope everyone’s had a good April Fools’ morning, and if you fell for it? More fool you…)
