Hoops

Would people watch NBL Mon, Tue Wed nights?

Shane Heal would love it. Then be could work everyday.

The one problem with 3pm on Saturday is often the NBA is on ESPN at the time. So, as an example, you can have 30-40K watching the NBL on GO, 15-20K watching on Fox, then another 30K watching the NBA. Add to that the WNBL on SBS and Fox and there's just way too much basketball competing against each other. Even just shift the NBL an hour later and I think it would work better.

So if an NBL is hiring out a venue then would they be charged less on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday because if that can be put into the equation then that could be a big carrot being dangled for clubs.

I don't care when my Wildcats play, I'll be there but running trains every 30 minutes on a Thursday night after a game is horrendous for the kids that are lucky enough to attend, fix that up and go for it.

"If you want lunch, before 12 is a bit early, after 2 is a bit late, eating at the game probably isn't ideal. Probably needs to be a brunch type situation."

Surely you could fit a feat inside your A4-sized bag?

"Saturday and Sunday are the best days for Basketball."

Mondays thru to Sundays are the best days for basketball.
After watching basketball all week on the seventh day God rested. In his sweet courtside seat at the basketball.

If you can't figure out why I made that comment, I can't help you.

LOL, all those Americans attending midweek NBA and all those Europeans who go to Euroleague and (football) Champions League during the week must be oh sooooooo tired

"Sport only on weekends in 2018 is a joke, we are still in the stone age!"

When the next day is a working day I like to get to bed at a reasonably early hour to make sure I'm fresh.

Going to a game at night would throw out my routine and probably result in a late nights sleep.

Yes. What is with Australia's aversion to being 24/7? Sport only on weekends in 2018 is a joke, we are still in the stone age!

Looking at this weekend's TV schedule, it seems the NBL has the least possible competition when playing at that time slot. I wouldn't try to force NBL prime time yet. I mean, this way it is only competing against re-runs and horse racing. I think this is the best opportunity the league has to get eye balls.

My current viewing is following live stats or via NBL TV. I'd happily follow more games or games dispersed through the week.

But whether it got crowds in stadiums is a different question, and I don't think it makes for great TV if the stadium is empty.

As somebody mentioned, it would beat the hell out of the Saturday morning games.

Inb4 koberulz says there are no Saturday morning games.

Are you really a man if you wouldn't watch sport at any available time?

Would hurt attendance but surely boost tv audience?
I'd be in, anyway.

I would say give Perth some Monday night games instead of some Saturday noon games to reduce the sooking ... except the time difference kills that plan.
The next thing Larry Kestelman should buy is daylight savings for WA (on the assumption that cancelling it for SA, Vic & NSW would be a lot more expensive)

Is there a link between fox sports Australia and the US fox sports?
Why isn’t there a fox channel dedicated to showing live basketball? Or do espn hold all the rights?

I’m bored af right now so yeah

Loved it when it was on mid week a couple of seasons ago. Should be moving to this in Summer Holidays as it keeps momentum along the lines of the Big Bash. You get to the point where you expect it to be on every night and are disappointed when there is not a game to sit down and watch.

As to predictability, they had one game on channel 506, one on 500 and the final on 503 I think. That needs work!

Not a fan of attending M-W games due to the late finish with the kids attending and school the next day.

I believe that viewers need predicatability, not a fan of the league having games on Thursday one week and not the next. There was no Saturday night game which was ridiculous last week. 3 games on a Sunday to me was overkill. A bit of consistency please.

There are 10 Monday games this year, with 6 of them outside the ratings period. I would like to see more midweek games during the school holidays, but I suspect TV wants predictable fixturing through the whole season?

I would like to have more games on, that's for sure, not so sure my family would agree!

With a 3 year deal the NBL is sure to try a few things out but I am guessing there are a lot of shows that rate well that they'd be in direct competition with at those times. Prime time is still prime time.

Great point, would love to something to watch during the gap between rounds but crowds would take a hit. Would be interesting, the NBL promote to Nine to have games on these days during summer as ratings aren't counted and most other channels just rerun movies these nights, could pull in a few more fans?

As it is I've got no interest in watching Thursday games.

There's a bit of a "spend money to make money" element to it as well, though - if midweek games helps them get a better TV deal and start to build that audience it's worth doing even if there's initially some downward movement.

Reminds me of the plan Fraser Neil had before he threw it all in. He wanted to run the NBL as a boutique league with more clubs sprinkled across the country, smaller stadiums, lower salary caps, playing every night of the week and made specifically for TV. I think it's a bit dangerous to specialize the league to TV alone while the NBL and basketball in general has never been a ratings winner. Clubs need to have a good attendance to stay affloat so generally I wouldn't put games through the early part of the working week. I think it is something to dabble with only when you can prove that the NBL has a decent TV audience, which for now, it doesn't.

They tried Mondays a year or two back, and promptly gave up on it. That probably answers the question.

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