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NBL considering 60-game season, 7 nights/week

Crusty , 0n an empty Bong says: Our ( Adelaide ) people cry when we have a two on a weekend schedule. The rest of the world play a mans game 4 or more games a week! Think about it , then crusiffy Crusty. How many games are played per week in the BIG League? A 60 game season for the NBL would take 53 weeks and then the crying session would begin.

We just love the setup as it is! Such great games on the weekend. Such excitment .

Crusty says::: Sydney/ Perth finals

Crusty dislikes Sydney. Crusty loves The 36ers.

Crusty is a very good predictor.

Like to see my teams stats once a week but cain't. Wouldda liked 1 game over christnas, but, after 14games everyone tooo tired

well i was speaking on the train to the wildcats game about how Perth play Adelaide on Valentine's day so it will be interesting to see if we have more than just kiss cam... and do i take my missus or my best mate who is a 36ers supporter lol.

As for 'being obsessed with the notion of being at every home game'. I have been to every home game at Perth Arena and I have come to know those around me on a first name basis and see the love and loyalty they have for their team even on Thursday night games (which for some reason both are against Cairns)and I think it will be interesting to see how the challenge of extra home games affects those around me let alone the rest of the 10k that turn up every match.

I want to make it clear that I love that we play every team at home twice... the chance to see Paddy Mills, Johnny Flynn, AJ Ogilvy, Sam Young type marquee players twice is just what puts the excitement into the league where AFL and NRL lack as you aren't always guaranteed of seeing for favourite teams play one another live!

The size of a venue in this case would be secondary to how easy it is to get to, and get out of.

I think the NBL need to consider it, but consider the motivation behind why the move would be necessary and what benefits it would bring.

I think the NBA like the MLB run a game series to maximise the exposure as well as get bums on seats. A team can fly into a city and play a few games in a row. It builds some excitement if the first games a close and the final game is a cliffhanger. It could be a way to get more bums on seats. Would a spectator go to all games? Not sure. I would be interested to see how the spectator profile fits with the NBA vs the NBL. In the NBA maybe you have 50% of spectators that see 10 games or less in a season (16%). In the NBL you may have 50% of spectators that see 5 games or less (33%). If there is an average crowd of 5,000/game (70,000/season), then does that mean there are 10,000 interested people. By having more home games, would the average crowd say drop to 3,000, but because more home games you have 90,000 visits/season? Would that extra 20,000 visitations mean more revenue, or would the seats be discounted to get attendance?

The more advertising and promotional opportunities/activities there are for a sponsor, the more corporate support there is.

I think a 60 game season could be possible, but you would need to understand why the NBA have mad it successful and would have a careful business plan to ensure it works. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Ok I'm surprised that nobody has brought this up yet... If we are going to have THIS much basketball then we will have to stay 10 minute quarters or everyone will be going to bed in the early hours of the mornings trying to watch every game regardless if its pay tv or free to air or NBL.tv.

Thanks NBL for thinking bigger and whilst I don't agree with every day of the week, I believe the teams should be vying to play Rememberance Day, Australia Day, St. Valentine's day, New Year's Eve etc. regardless of what day it falls on and really go with a theme and perhaps work with major sponsors for giveaways and make it a real outing that everyone will remember.

I'm already a little scared by this based on the fact that I spend $45/seat x 2 and 30 home games without a price hike is $1350 x 2... And you just know Perth will play finals so all of a sudden I need a high paying job that understands why I'm leaving early

The current schedule is for a 23 week regular season so if we went 25 weeks and pushed back preseason to 1st week of October (nobody watched anyway) then I'm sure 44 is possible but 60 and 1 home game for 30 weeks straight wouldn't work for so many and 2 home games a week doesn't work when Perth arena charge $90/seat for gold section...

As for players, imports are paid on a per month basis so regardless of the amount of games or training sessions in that period of time they will be paid the same, but as for local and even development players then Isaac would know better than I would

That's the plan. 12 teams, 44 games in 2016, working up to 16 teams, 60 games.

The Arena can be modified to seat 8000 or so, which might be a better option.

Season tickets should stay the same.
As I am sure the players would agree that they would rather be playing than training.
So if you are still paying them to train playing a game that counts for something would be more preferable.
The cost of a season membership would be more enticing and maybe encourage more members (those that usually work on weekends).

My wife's first reaction was "no!" when I mentioned 60-games; not a good sign!

I remember there being 33-game seasons. Don't recall anything higher.

I like the idea but teams would have to get very creative with the membership/season ticket management.

I think the 7/week thing is from looking at what the BBL is doing.

Venue availability would be a huge issue as well. I know that the Blaze always had to deal with the GCEC being booked - sometimes over a year in advance - by other groups. 6ers shouldn't be worried here but everyone else would I'm sure
60 games IMO would work best in smaller boutique venues rather than large entertainment centres. Aim for crowds of 2-3k (larger for certain target games during the season and finals) and get the product on TV screens in Prime time - whether it's FTA or pay tv or a combo of both doesn't matter just get it out there!