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Is the NBL going to be sold?

Lol NBL wasn’t making a profit before LK, hawks were struggling before LK and nothing outside of AFL NRL Cricket achieve decent broadcast deals.

People commenting on Sydney's crowds surely are not from Sydney. It's a 20,000 seat stadium in the west of the city that would otherwise be empty. They're getting a decent rental rate to use it, don't worry.

A crowd like that in Sydney for a basketball match is actually quite good. I'd worry more about Brisbane and Illawarra's tiny crowds before I worried about Sydney's viability. 17k for the Illawarra game is higher than most or similar to what NSW NRL clubs got to any of their games last year and that is the biggest code in the state.

Nothing is worth big TV money anymore, so I wouldn't read the streaming deals as a problem.

1. Is this the same LK who poured millions into DoDo and sold it for billions?
2. Is DoDo still doing well?
3. Is any-one upset over that sale?

4. Why should this be any different?

5. Only difference may be that we will have a new set of initials to criticise and ridicule.

6. Wonder if the trolling actually increases the value? They say that no publicity is bad! Certainly made LK well known. Who knew of him when he was DoDo?

7. LK will be fixing something else (and undoubtedly, laughing all the way to the bank. Half his f&*cking luck!).

Interest in netball kills the WNBL for sponsorship, attendance and TV. NBL doesn't have the same competition in that space and is flourishing.

Solution: All BBall fans must work to undermine and destroy the farce of a sport that is netball so the superior sport rises to the position it deserves!

OP raises some very good points about LK's structuring which could be for the future to help with a potential sale. WNBL not being a part of it is a good move. Last time NBL and WNBL were part of the same umbrella under BA the NBL had to subsidise it. No thanks.

I liked to watch it on the abc, enjoyed it but cuts meant the abc could not broadcast it any more. I always tried to get to a few games but lost interest when I could not get it free to air.
The annoying thing after that is the liberal government gave Foxtel $30 million for women sports but only a very small part population could watch.
I get pissed off with all the net ball that’s pumped at us and it’s a game only played in a few countries where basketball is world wide.

^ The WNBL dont get crowds because its not promoted, not even the radio stations bother reporting on the WNBL, but every time NBL has a game her in Melbourne several radio stations have the results or the pre game announcement on their stations news section throughout the day,the women get zilch. They also dont get main stream TV, one game per week is not going to do much to encourage support of the women's game, BA do nothing , Maley has done nothing to promote the league, Melbourne Boomers promote the hell out of their own club and get the results, now imagine if that same enthusiasm was given to the entire league, then they may end up with decent crowds at every gamer. You can run it at the same time as NBL1 as that would take from that level, which considering how good that was in its first season that would be a really stupid move.
They need to pair WNBL teams with NBL clubs like they have with the AFL/AWFL, run the women's game before the men, shared expenses of better venues, bigger crowds more interest and bigger sponsors, THAT is how you grow a sport.

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Yes I think he is stupid. The kings sold 17500 to watch Ball, it was always a one off, the follow up crowd was 9800 so not half empty, bottom tear was full and top tier closed. The nbl has never been better.