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proud

Years ago

Richmond Tigers NBL team?

I have thought about this for Collingwood or to a lesser extent South Sydney Rabbitohs and how having an affiliated NBL club could help get more $ from sponsors and if spending say $5m on an NBL team and getting that back in added sponsorship (shared with current and new Collingwood/South Sydney sponsors then you'd imagine it would be a great investment and those sponsors keep their name out there for a whole year instead of just Footy season.

Reading this it certainly asks more questions than it answer but it could be a very exciting time.

I know that Nathan Tinkler has a bad reputation but his teams and the model in which he could run with sponsors would make bringing back the Falcons a lot more attractive then somebody starting from scratch.

I'd love to see more affiliation with say the North Queensland Cowboys and the Crocs and to a lesser extent the Taipans.

I've long wondered about Geelong Cats building a multi purpose training facility and having that be shared with a Supercats organization that they also run and with Ford ending the longest sponsorship deal in the world (I think it's been since 1923) having the ability to show sponsors all year round could be just the bargaining chip needed to keep them in the upper echelon of the AFL and with their winning mentality, passing that onto an NBL team could only be beneficial for the NBL and their fans

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Anonymous

Years ago

The talks with the Tigers both teams have been mooted since Seamus's days. Nothing new at all TBH.

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Bear

Years ago

Um, well I have to say that although that would be a great idea in theory and god knows the CATS AFL club down here get so many $$$, they could afford it, I am not sure that they would be willing to participate.

I could be wrong, however the AFL club is seeking $9M or something currently, for another stadium upgrade, which is wonderful and I am sure will be backed up by our football loving council and government.

In the mean time we sadly have a lack of courts and no cooling in our stadiums for the kids who suffer in atrocious conditions with no relief and no obvious movement towards supporting basketball's development!

Maybe they can put that $9M into a new stadium for hoops and build it next to Kardinia Park, share it and we can all be happy, sure why not...

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Bear

Years ago

True, Richmond has been a basket case (pardon the pun) for a while, however they seem to have their act together in the past few years.

This is an intriguing possibility...

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Train

Years ago

I wonder if this was a way to get around United owners still owning the rights to the Melbourne Tigers brand.

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