During the World Cup in 2019, Scola expressed his support for the lifting of foreign aid restrictions in the CBA league in the interview, because under the existing system, the players knew that they would always have job opportunities, so they would be content with the current situation, slow down the pace of progress.
Scola said in the interview, like CBA and the former Argentine league, they will limit the number of foreign aid, so for domestic players, they have many job opportunities, and these players always have job opportunities, when this happens, no one pushes you to make progress. You may feel good and then be content with the status quo, but it will slow you down. If you go to a league without foreign aid restrictions, such as NBA or Spanish ACB League, you can’t do this, because once you do this, there may be players from other countries to take your place.
Scola also said that after lifting the restrictions on foreign aid in Spanish championship, an average team had only one or two Spanish local players. At that time, people thought Spain was going to be finished, because Spanish players in the league have no chance to play. But the final result was just the opposite. The Spanish national team became the strongest team in their history, and the reason why this happened was that you didn’t need 200 basketball players who played well, you only need 12 people. For these 12 players, you improve the competition level of the league. As long as they want to play, they have to improve their abilities, make continuous progress, and fight against foreign players in the league, to keep your job.
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