The bj-league's fifth season begins on Oct. 3 — with or without the Takamatsu Five Arrows.
The Shikoku team's fate is still unknown as of press time on Friday afternoon.
Previously, Sept. 18 was cited as the deadline for the team to come up with the cash it needed to play this season or make plans to suspended operations for the 2009-10 season and try to re-enter the league for the 2010-11 campaign.