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Years ago

NBL confirms: Slingers out of the league

If the NBL was in a position to give financial assistance (I assume they are or Singapore would not have asked)then they should. It was the NBL under Rick Burton that was keen to expand into the Asian market knowing full well that any team based there was going to have an unfair disadvantage in travelling costs. There should have always been some sort of compensation to both Singapore and New Zealand to help meet the travelling cost. Either that, or the schedule should favour them in minimising the amount of travel they have to do. Its all very well to get excited about breaking into the Asian market with the potential sponsorship that comes with it, but you also have to render so assistance. Its a bad sign that 3 teams have withdrawn from the league just this pre season alone. Its all happening under Chuck Harmer as well. I personally think he is killing the league. He filled the position temporarily when Burton left but someone has forgotten that he has been keeping the seat warm for far too long.

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MACDUB

Years ago

The NBL together with FIBA should DEFINITELY setup a new Asia/Australia league.
I know FIBA run a league in South America and the U.S where teams from Florida, Mexico,Puerto Rica,etc come together and play. It is quite a good league.
I think it is a good league because it is run up FIBA. FIBA know what to do-they are experts.

The idiots at the NBL offices do not have the marketing expertise nor the guts to make a new Asia/Australia league.
S.O.S FIBA!!

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Big Marty

Years ago

Main reason behind the move appears to be because they wanted the NBL to fork out the travelling expenses due to their remoteness and travel requirements.

Kind of sad considering they're dropping out in the year that looked most likely to be their biggest with a "potentially" decent fan base, considering their signings.

Oh well.

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Anonymous

Years ago

"I am a big believer in ASEAN, with its fantastic market of 600 million people. Considering the potential sponsorships and television viewership, it makes tremendous commercial sense to go in this direction and take advantage of the popularity of basketball in the region"

Isn't this the same reason why the NBL sought to enter that market?

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Jack Toft

Years ago

How nice of them to stab us in the back like that!

So, technically, they "bought" the Hunter Pirates licence, used it for a few years and are now holding that licence and not using it?

Do they loose that licence via forfeit now?

Would be good to see them in the league, but as many threads have said, "we need to revamp the league"

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Dale

Years ago

This is the 3rd thread on this topic...why did you get the ball Isaac?
; )

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