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Bear

Years ago

NBL the latest - Q & A with Graeme Wade

Meanwhile here on SEN the banter between Andrew Gaze, Mark Worthington and the NBL v BA disengagement shows no signs of amicable cooperation in the near future.

I for one can't see how basketball in this country can move forward without our top league having the backing of BA.

I only say this because, imagine the A-League without FFA support, the AFL run by the clubs or Cricket Australia not governing our Aussie cricket team?

Just doesn't see like the ship has a rudder to me...

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proud

Years ago

It would be interesting to see how TEN/ONE would treat teams like Newcastle and Central Coast as you'd think they would get the Townsville Crocs treatment.

Much rather see SBS retain A-league and TEN getting a reality check.

My point above was in regards to the league having extra money to spend on the advertising of the league if they aren't topping up the poorer clubs

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Anonymous

Years ago

Honestly, if that's true about Channel 10 showing interest in the A-League, then I hope the A-League has paid attention to how 10 "promoted" the NBL during the last 5 years.

I realise the A-League is a much bigger and more popular league than the NBL, however Channel 10 is a commercial network that is focused on ratings (unlike SBS). If all of a sudden the A-League isn't rating as well on Ten as they would like (and truthfully they are not invincible by any means), expect 10 to show the A-League the same treatment they did to the NBL.

On SBS, the A-League is treated in a higher regard than the AFL. They would be mad to want to leave a dedicated channel to soccer.

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swish

Years ago

Thorughly agree with Boo. Professional Sports teams in Australia try to pay their players at rates which are competitve against other competitions around the world. Recently there was a comment that the AFL needs to pay it players more, obvioasly not becaus ethe Gary Abletss etc will go and play in the US or Europe, but because there is a recognision that all apsorts are competing for the best athletes.

ALl the state based footy and Rugby compettions were really struggling until they saw what basketball did when it formed a national league and they realised they had to do the same. TV jumped on board realising these sports were part of our national culture so they poured heaps of money into the rights to telecast matches.
Soccer could get a foothold until the richest man in Australia started throwing money at it so fast it was just a blurr.
Cricket survives based on TV rights for international matches and now the razzamatazz of quick cricket.
None of these sports are financially better run than basketball - if you take away the TV rights cash.
So basketball has a few people who really love the sport enough to put millions of their own cash into it and the rest of us want to sit around an criticise how the spend their money.

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proud

Years ago

I'm going to ask what we are all thinking and hopefully someone below can give me a positive answer...

If the NBL are choosing not to help fund the Wollongong or Townsville franchises for now then does that mean they will put those monies into advertising, improving Nbl.com.au and Nbl.tv.?

I'm sure they would assist where needed if Brisbane can get up for the upcoming season.

Would seriously love a 9 team league next season!

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Anonymous

Years ago

Its better than nothing. It seems like a sign of improvement from the league that they are trying to be a bit more public about some of the issues, even if it is a puff piece and not much was gained from it.

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Slopernator

Years ago

Wouldn't mind NBL returning to Fox personally but obviously not as good for exposure as FTA.

Ideally you'd aim for an A-League or NRL model, with marquee, prime time games on FTA and remaining fixtures covered on Fox ensuring coverage for die-hards and casuals alike. If NBL.tv were a reliable commodity it could factor into things but if previous seasons are any indication, it isn't a sure thing.

Where do streaming options fit into all this?

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