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Do you think the NBL will be a success?

The Breakers have done an awesome job in the pre season getting around promoting the game and the club in Auckland and New Zealand. My 2 nephews go to school on the north shore near the clubs base and rung me up fizzing at the bum on how the players had come to school and their mini ball games and spent time with them (they only know kirk penny tho lol). The result is that my sister who hates sport is now the biggest breakers fan in their house and will be taking the family to every home game. I have alot of customers at work who are not historically Bball fans who are now staunch supporters due to the way the club carry themselves in the community. Bring on thurs night.

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The timing of our league back then also assisted in attracting a better quality import. However I would argue the quality of our local talent is now far deeper than it has ever been, even if the imports are not.

I'm with Isaac and Paul on this. We have the best available on court this season. We have more talenmt on each team arguably than ever before, with deeper teams as a result of the rationalisation.
Lets get behind it and support it and ensure the league never collapses again.
Players from our league - for both Australia and New Zealand - form the basis of two national teams that are rankedn within the top 15 in the world. And these teams play predominantly with players based in the NBL most of the time. Not a bad effort at all.

Its biggest stumbling block is the lack of free to air.Also not enough CABL results in the Sunday"Wail" .But its on Foxtel and I saw a clip for it upcoming on Fox Sports.I-think-I- read-it was being radiocast on ABC.FiveAA will have The 36ers captain Tuesdays @610pm.After the match you can listen to some of the Interviews fresh after the match in the flesh up in the Apollo Room.I hope Rupe sapwell can MC ,I liked his style.If you stay after the match long enough(avoiding bumper cars in the russsian car park)the players wander out across the court.
I have a feeling the players wander about the fuss.Theyre just playing sport theyre not Hollywood.
Anyway why couldnt someone be Inventive and throw some live cam they got on Youtube for the rest of us?

Yes: People will still come to the games

No: We just don't get it.
How to promote the game that is.
20 years ago netball was MILES behind basketball and with no apparent chance of making up the gap.

Arguably now they leave us for dead.

Why? Promotion and engagement.
1. Their game is promoted better. eg TV, billboards
2. They have it on free to air.
3. And they engage with their audience.

Anyone see the netball on the weekend Aust Vs NZ from NZ?

After the game they had tables set up on the court with players from both teams signing autographs (still in their uniforms).

Like it or not some of our marquee players just project as over paid prima donnas that take out of the game more than they put in.

Their league has been refined and revamped, contracted and extended - all with a purpose of giving a market what it wants.

No off court dramas. No drug rumours.

Look at the AFL. Bigger, I know, but when negative coaching practices threatened the product, the rules have been tweaked to protect the brand.

When Brian G reduced our game to a defensive, scragging, cheating, snooze-a-thon we sat back and admired the number of championships he'd won.

Ours is POTENTIALLY a better game but we have definately dropped the ball.
Lack of focus, lack of direction.

And by what do you define "success" as?

Does anybody have any updates on this?