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Kev

Years ago

Uniting BA, NBL may kill teams, reduce games

twenty four: The Tigers are getting a lot smaller crowds than the Dragons, regardless of how "proud" they are, how long their history in the league is, or what their team is doing on the court. More fans = More merch sales + More sponsorship deals = MORE CASH.

As well, it is arguable that the Dragons have a stronger financial backing from Cowan Design & Visy than the funding from Seamus McPeake and the Gaze family in the Tigers. eg Look at their willingness to offer the "We win, or you get to see our next game free" deal.

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Kev

Years ago

Tigers being 'kicked out' of the NBL could be a Rabbitohs style story.

From what I've read, the league has been pretty happy with Mark Cowan and the energy he has created at the South Dragons.

Although it was strange that the league assigned the All Star Game to the Tigers... The Dragons managed to sell 7910 tickets to the cross town derby against the Tigers on Oct 22, and 9175 people packed into Vodafone Arena on Dec 26, 2006 for the Dragon's second home derby match against the Tigers. (source)

Should have been able to get close to a sell out crowd in Vodafone for the 2007 All Star Game, I would have imagined.

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Kev

Years ago

But the Tigers, at times, struggle to fill their 3500 seat stadium - can't be too good there. The Dragons pull stronger crowds.

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Kev

Years ago

so: Adelaide have one of the strongest crowd bases in the NBL. Teams with low crowd numbers, such as Melb Tigers, Singapore, etc, would be the ones on the chopping block.

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