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Under Maglione, FINA was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/2422385\/plot-kill-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposed to the creation<\/a> of the ISL in 2017, urging national federations to refuse to release athletes to the league or threaten bans against those participating.<\/p>\n<p>Very little of that came to pass thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-responds-to-lawsuit-by-athletes-isl\/\">the determination (and litigation) of top swimmers<\/a>, and FINA cleared athletes to compete in the league in 2019 for the first season. Al Musallam, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/husain-al-musallam-elected-fina-president-appoints-american-brent-nowicki-as-executive-director\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elected FINA president earlier this month<\/a>, appears set to lead the organization in a new tack with regard to the ISL and its founder, <strong>Konstantin Grigorishin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me as president of FINA, my door is open for ISL or any other commercial operation,&#8221; Al Musallam said in a conference call, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/swimming-fina-ready-to-work-with-isl-pro-series-says-new-president-2021-06-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as reported by Reuters<\/a>. &#8220;We will work with ISL if ISL would like to work with FINA. \u2026 If any entity would like to play a positive role to help the movement I will be the first one to congratulate them and shake their hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ISL completed the 2020 season in a bubble in Budapest. 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