Hoops

NBL of the future?

I tend to agree that in the future it may be a very different looking NBL to what it is today.

We do need to look at what other sports here have done successfully, however at the same time be mindful that basketball is a very different product and will require specific structures put in place.

@Solid Moves, quite a few think this way I think...

We can debate it, all good, but until the current owners of the NBL franchises are willing to cooperate and understand that they may be holding back the complete restructure needed, I am affraid we won't see the necessary changes any time soon!

Humble pie is not easy to eat...

TV coverage is important of course.
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/basketball/nbl-needs-to-revamp-schedule-to-net-television-dollars-and-muchneeded-exposure-20141120-11qe4k.html

I believe for the NBL to work as a national comp there needs to be some cohesion between all levels. Have an ABA setup where the clubs with the best records play off for a "relegation spot" left from the lowest ranked NBL team. This would of course mean a re-structure for the entire ABA but the purpose of it is as a feeder and I believe it's not being utilized enough.

Then you bring in financial viability, facility ranking and sorts. It's a tricky process and one that will take time and a lot of mistakes but I honestly feel it's the way we need to go.

Everyone needs to feel like they own or are a part of the NBL and at the moment it seems and exclusive boys club. Until that changes and community teams are allowed in either via relegation or something similar to the FA cup in English Soccer we won't see any change.

Tassie want a team? Then get behind the Thunder or Chargers in the SEABL, invest, support or volunteer for them. Make them a SEABL powerhouse and fight your way into the NBL as a real community team. Cairns (for example sake) don't want to spend the cap or want to tank for whatever reason then fall in real danger of being relegated to the QBL or whatever. Make every team have a real crack at winning because at the moment some NBL clubs just make up the numbers.

Then we bring in women. If a SEABL side jumps do they just have a womens in the SEABL? All that stuff needs to be worked out by people with pay packets bigger than mine. It's fine for people to say my idea won't work but we already see the improvement with Aussie soccer and the FFA cup and talk of relegation.

Adel couldn't afford a SEABL team so, no.

I like your thinking Issac. Definately need to incorporate the success of regional comps such at the SEABL and get it to co-operate with the NBL.

A soccer style FA cup would also be an interested concept, giving smaller teams a chance of being cinderella's, great sporting stories.

Also maybe with some co-operation with Japan, China and SE asia. An Asian cup style tournament as well.

So if your top tier super-club you could essentially play in three different leagues, have a playing roster of 20-25 players in order to play such a heavy schedule. Great way to max profits if your a club that has their sh*t together and not be dragged down by the minnows struggling to stay in the league.

The big market teams are?
3 teams possibly Perth, NZ and possibly United.
So why are we pandering to them?
OH that's right Marvin is in charge. So if the "Bullets" get up the NBL will own them and Marvin will effectively be in charge? Am I reading that right?

We also need to keep our young talent in the game, not lose them to other sports or have them quit because there isn't the incentive for them to stay on.

The flow on effect of expanding the NBL, at the same time reducing overheads and creating more positions, perhaps by dividing the dollars up in a different way is to distribute some of those dollars down.

A kid who shows promise turns 18-19, but can't see a future in basketball because he is good enough to play here and wants to stay and play but isn't elite enough yet to earn NBL money turns to AFL, for example, and earns $500 per game in the country leagues.

Give our young guns an incenitve to stay in the sport, restructure the competition and devlop so we can grow internally or continue the slide, that's our choice...

In order to improve, there needs to be a game changer.

You never improve by looking inside your own industry. Like Henry Ford said, "if I listened to customers I would have built a faster horse" When selling a product, you need to understand why people are buying your product, but more importantly why they are not buying your product.

Nice idea but will NEVER happen

All things are possible, we can always talk about the concept, it is the process that is the problem.

NBL of the future needs to first some to grips with a few issues, like cooperation, agreement, change and the big one, leadership...