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Should NBL go back to 48 mins?

The number of timeouts has nothing to do with 40 vs 48 minutes.

Ah yes it was to get Ten on board.

It was the year before the Ten deal.

No, they changed because of TV broadcasters, I believe Ten/One at the time, complained that games weren't fitting into a two hour window.

I preferred 12min quarters but the NBL wanted everything FIBA orientated if memory serves me correct.
So we got stuck with 10min quarters and alas, stay with what works. When things change, it screws everyone up somehow. Players play longer, memberships go higher. ticket prices reflect that

The 90's saw a boom in popularity and stadiums started getting bigger. They were playing 48 minute games then.

The stadiums being smaller was probably a factor not to discount in comparing those figures.

48 minutes was better.

You don't get it.

That has nothing to do with it being purist.

And really, everyone ought to be used to 40 minutes by now. There's a large number of NBL fans who have never known anything else.

I always found the 'but people won't have 40-50 point games as much anymore' argument pretty silly. There's nothing magic about 40 or 50, it's the rarity that makes it special.

So? 48mins is what we are used to.

But they weren't always, and haven't been ever in almost every other basketball league in the world.

They were during the golden era. We were raised on it.

NBL games weren't always 48 minutes.

Because NBL was always 48 before.

purist = lets blindly copy the NBA

What's purist about 48-minute games?

Keep it FIBA, where the medals are.

40mins is awful. What a shocking change.

I got the impression of 48 mins being a help to 36ers this season...

Yes! Go to 48!!

Even in state leagues when it went to 40 minute games and there were scores in the 50's that's terrible should never have changed. It was done for the lazy refs

40 minutes has always been shit.

I think they should if they are serious about looking more NBA and becoming more of a breeding ground for young up and coming talent.

This isn't about records actually being viable to be broken.

This should be about delivering more value for money for those that attend games and some games (wildcats) just seem to be so quick and with the price of games increasing and it likely that we won't get new teams, it seems fair that we get 48 minute games.

Also with the NBL.tv it makes sense that they do this also.

I understand that LKG wants to make his $ back and to do that he needs a FTA tv deal and this trumps all other things I've mentioned above

If NBL ever wants to be on FTA again permanently and long term, I think they need to stay to the 2 hour broadcast package they currently have.

I think so.

Barely enough minutes for a rotation of eight players he way the league is trending.

Are rosters really shifting to 12 + devs? Going to be plenty of players getting splinters.

Will post schedule, free agents & results shortly.