Friday, January 2, 2009

FIBA Organizer

Over the last few years basketballs international governing body, FIBA, has demanded that canadian basketball adopt FIBA rules at every level. I would say that this demand has been met with disdain as FIBA has rules that are very unfamiliar to North American basketball.

The question I had is what does FIBA have to offer us?

I think I have found one of the answers...The FIBA Organizer!

The FIBA Organizer is software that can be used to organize leagues and tournaments. This includes tournament draws, league schedules, standings, and all statistical categories. It includes a website to upload the schedule and statistics to.

This is excellent piece of software that can really help community basketball organizations be well prepared to run their basketball leagues each year. It's so good that it could easily be used in a professional league!

The best part is that FIBA offers this software for free. FIBA will pay for the licensing of any organization that wants to use the software. To top that off FIBA is also improving the Organizer, so any glitches or future needs will soon be fixed.

Without a doubt this is a valuable item that is simply not getting enough use. Basketball Canada and FIBA should be pushing the use of the Organizer in Canada. I suggest that any basketball organization use it.

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