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SA Clubs leaving Basketball SA

And looks like Norwood people don't know anything about spelling, Noorwood lol

You people dont know anthing about what we are doing here. Noorwood 4 life!!!

Hahahaha just another pointless Norwood sledge 0016 , try again !! Go West I would've said

#997 And who sits at the head of that "Basketball Adelaide" you speak of? Who has the loudest voice and beats his chest the most? Gee it wouldn't be someone so liberal that they are involved in politics? Surely you are not that naive to not know who is the major player here?

This is such a fantastic thread, a group of mostly clueless keyboard warriors absolutely guessing . At least we have been able to get a Norwood sledge in there to make us all better about ourselves.
Try this - 'basketball adelaide ' , a group supposedly representing the 10 clubs has been agitating for change for some time and since they haven't been able to get what they want from bsa they now are threatening to run the comp themselves in 2018 to force bsa to do something . This is without any costings or feasibility study - go figure !

Haha. Anon above
Bsa not giving a shit is exactly the problem & reason they are have key members who are not satisfied with the way in which the peak body conduct itself

PS I am not from Norwood but it's obvious they would not have had 100% say in the design of a multi purpose council built venue.

And so worried about BSA staff salty....I highly doubt they give a shit about you

Lol, Norwood weren't hosting junior nationals at Mars.

It is good that salty BSA staff get on here to bag a club that has done more for itself in the last few years than BASA/BSA did in a far greater time period.

Jack

You are losing touch to suggest those two clubs are firstly happy and secondly implying all others are unhappy

Yeah Norwood are so independent of everything basketball that they decided their courts needed to be smaller than regulation. Forward thinkers those Norwood people.

Noorwood made themselves independent of BSA some time ago!

"3. To suggest only two clubs support BSA is wrong"

Nah, no-one suggested that, I said "The only two clubs that SEEM HAPPY with Basketball SA are Sturt and Forestville", then the next poster suggested Sturt are not happy.

There's a big difference between supporting and not being happy, and not supporting at all.

It seems like with the departure of Mark Hubbard, now is the time for a vigorous discussion about how basketball is managed in SA so that a clear future can be chartered for the benefit of all.

Wow so much misinformation here

1. Clubs have NOT voted on running competition
2. Not all clubs are in agreement at moment
3. To suggest only two clubs support BSA is wrong

Keep speculating but maybe qualify the comments as rumour only

Sean Carlin & Kevin Fischer were both at the meeting as far as I know. I'd ask them.

Not beloved Centrals, just know the goings on there. Fact, they know nothing about this rubbish. And spoke to another high ranking committee member at another club and they know nothing about this either. When did this meeting take place where they agreed on this mutiny? Did the presidents or committees do the vote, or was there a meeting of members at all of the clubs.
I agree that the clubs do want more control, but can you come up with any facts to back this rumour up or is it just in your own head. Bsa are finding it hard enough to find courts to cater to number of teams, how is this rebel group going to find them with the biggest stadiums (unfortunately classify hillcrest/marion as part of them) ruled out. Maybe in future with st Clair, north stadiums development they may have options.
Again, logistically how is it going to work?

No way Sturt is BSA supporter, they probably complain and challenge the most.

The only two clubs that seem happy with Basketball SA are Sturt and Forestville.

What would be problematic would be the amount of revenue BSA would lose if they tried to remove those competitions.

Sturt do own and run a 50 team league on Saturday afternoons.

Southern and South do own and run an 80 team league run out of Morphettvale and Marion on Saturday afternoons.

Norwood do own and run a mini ball competition mid week and a Saturday competition.

Clubs have staff and organise and book a large number of stadiums so that wouldnt be an issue in getting people to do the work.

The only way to get BSA to work for the clubs is to pull out of their competition. To affect their financial bottom line so that the commission make better decisions.

Costs too much for arena and what happens when sixers play Friday. Starplex only give out two courts and centrals ain't part of this alleged breakaway group. Theres stadiums around eg ingle farm, Golden grove but like above poster said, too many egos, biggest lot of bs. Logistically who's going to organise schedules, hire these stadiums, supply referees etc. Clubs may not like a lot of bsa decisions, but need to find a way to come together (unlikely) and gain control and make bsa work for them not the other way around. Most of clubs won't even talk to each other, Norwood,Sturt and Forestville think they own leagues, basketball Australia won't recognize it, load of crap!!!

Can you really see all ten clubs playing nicely together especially with some of the egos in that group

Surely they would hire the stadiums as BSA would not be able to last without the hire fee.

There are also numerous other places to play games. Starplex, Mars, Adelaide Arena, Marion L&F centre.

BSA really only control half the stadiums

There was a push by a couple of clubs a few years back but majority stared clear.
If they do break away, where are they playing. Competition is desperate for stadium space Now with huge amount of teams, starplex is going to start hosting two courts on Thursdays to ease lower 16 grades.
So OP, in this rumour did you hear where the games are?

If they revolt and move (start their own competition) I hope BA (And Sport and Rec SA) recognise the new group otherwise bye bye Junior National Tournaments, funding etc

Not b4 time imo
This thread seems to be about the concept of the ten clubs in Adelaide taking back some control on how they run the top tier comp.
basketball South Australia was originally BASA but they were saved by the SA government & since then should have stayed with its mantra of being the governing body instead of trying to be everything it is not

Maybe they want to but can they? Doubt it.