Hoops

Clash of district games and 36ers

Di's boy has done well (I won't go into the joke about his mother's ring) and I'm sure he won't have it in a knot for long.

Ok, but you get the drift.

There's a pretty big "Too Hard" basket sometimes

I have heard a figure of 20% of the crowd being associated with district basketball. There are around 600 kids playing on a Friday night, so about 120 would normally go to the game and have tickets and about 480 are sitting at home.

Now Calisto 15 reminded us that BSA would be losing $4K from "lost" court hire and parents and grandparents not rolling up because they are at church.

Using the assumption that the kids who would normally play on a Friday are roaming the streets of Unley running wild, burning down brush fences, vandalising bus stops and getting up to mischief, why wouldn't BSA and the Sixers work together.

Here's how it goes. The nosebleed section is rarely full, unless Rupert "the cartoonist" Sapwell brings along a couple of hundred kids he is babysitting at his camp, many of whom have been dropped off by busy parents looking for cheap childcare during school holidaze. The game is being televised and there is nothing worse than seeing empty stands - the guy picking his nose, or the fat chick feeding her face with a greasy hotdog really stands out then.

Why would you not make these tickets available to clubs for say $15 a pop. The club gets $5, Sixers get $5 and BSA gets $5.

Assuming that brings in an extra 50 kids + parents per club, it's a good fundraiser of say $500 to $750 per club, and BSA recoup the "lost" $4K

The situation can't occur next season

... and it's good to see BSA working well with the NBL ......

Is there any sensible reason why this round of juniors could not be rescheduled to Sunday like the last clash?