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The AFL does not have competition, nor does the NRL realistically speaking.
Think bout it, when you walk into a sports store for example and look at playing singlets/jumpers what is there to compete against the AFL/NRL?
Basketball in this country is going gang busters, but there is a monster in the room when it comes to merchandise and it is called the NBA...
Yes, we love our sport, but even the NFL doesn't have huge presence in the football sense here, nor does the soccer, but they do have a presence. Yet it is nothing compared with the NBA, this is where the NBL can either learn from or shy away from...
I think LK and the NBL commission can do something, perhaps speak with the clubs and together come up with some form of cooperative NBA style or look and start flooding the market in a way it doesn't hurt individual clubs if it takes a while to catch on.
I can't imagine participation in the league would be allowed without the NBL getting some sort of rights to use trademarks, etc., otherwise the league would cease to function.