Trapani Shark Excluded from Serie A Basketball for Competitive Imbalance. Team of Valerio Antonini Fined 600,000 Euros. The decision was made by the FIP and the LBA, who cited the lack of competitive balance in the team. Trapani Shark played the last two games with few players and mostly young players, defining the games as a 'farce'. The team received a fine of 600,000 euros. The results obtained by the other teams in Serie A against Trapani will also be invalidated. This means that those who scored points with Trapani will see them deducted. The table of the Final Eight of the Coppa Italia, which includes the first eight teams in the group stage of Serie A, will also change. And there will be one team less that will be relegated to Serie A2. Trapani Shark is owned by Valerio Antonini, a cereal entrepreneur. He is a strange and controversial character; last February an article by Ultimo Uomo described him as follows: 'Roman, Lazio fan, grain magnate. Hyperactive on X, admirer of Trump and communist regimes, as well as Luigi Bisignani, seems a living contradiction'. Antonini is also the president of the city's football team, which plays in Serie C. Last season Trapani Shark played in Serie A, but did not have a good performance. The team lost many games and did not reach the playoffs. The following season Trapani Shark tried to improve, but was unable to achieve the expected results. The team lost many games and did not reach the playoffs.