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JCK

Years ago

New Underpinning League (ABL) for 2012

Sounds a bit like another Victorian Sports League trying to go national.

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Beantown

Years ago

Paul, are you saying that it would be better to have a set 2nd tier league of new teams, rather than trying to get existing state league teams (who may not be up to it financially) to play the boom and bust game of a promotion/ relegation league?

If so, I think I agree with you, actually. To me, the most important thing about a 2nd tier league is creating a career path for young players and giving them a stepping stone to the NBL, so it isn't such a difficult leap from the state league.

Whatever the plan, I just hope that we end up with a stable feeder league for the NBL.

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Beantown

Years ago

Cool, I hope they can make this work financially. A feeder league will be very valuable for player (and coach) development paths in basketball.

One question about the promotion/ relegation rule. Does the State league champion of (say) the QBL, replace the worst placed Qld team, or the team that finishes last (regardless of which state league they are from)?

Also, Paul, don't you think that, in time, the best players will simply choose to move to clubs in the ABL? It will create some winners and losers amongst local clubs, but I think the potential for this system to develop NBL talent can only be good for the quality of the league and, in the long term, the profile of the game.

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