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Luuuc

Years ago

Perth Lynx’s future

Yikes. Ridiculous.

btw the WNBL's overall 3P% this season was less than 2% below the NBL's

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Anonymous

Years ago

After a change of ownership following the 2000/01 WNBL season, the Breakers were re-branded as the Perth Lynx. In the years up until 2010, the team did not see much success.

Many years of mediocre performances towards the bottom of the ladder, which included setting a WNBL record for the longest ever losing streak, led the team to re-evaluate its operations. Regardless of the team’s lack of on-court success, the Lynx were able to lure some star players to the program including Carly Wilson, Shelley Hammonds, Samantha Richards, Rohanee Cox and Deanna Smith.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Pay equality has only been for n.t players, like every other sport. Opals/boomers, socceroos,/matildas etc
Women are not paid the same at club level... nrlw, w league, w cricket etc etc.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Groups moan about there's no pathways for female athletes, pretty simple, go to games! As far as I know the gender balance is pretty even, why don't more females go and watch women's Sports, especially those with girls. If crowds rise then membership, ticket sales, sponsorship also rises. Instead the male sports have to subsidise them. Same feminists that complain there should be equal money for male and female athletes have probably never been to games or bought a membership. How many female basketballers are there in Perth, senior and junior? More than what go to Lynx games. Here's an idea, go to games and actually spend money instead of complaining.

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Luuuc

Years ago

Easy to spend someone else's money!

Bendat saved the Lynx and its now time to exit as they are throwing good money after bad so why should he keep running an organisation that bleeds cash?

Just because he has plenty doesn't mean he should just piss it against a wall, the Bendat family support many projects across the state and without them bball in WA wouldn't be what it is so I think we should thank them for saving the Lynx and passing the batton along rather than criticizing them from exiting the team as they could ave just walked away or said no in the beginning.

Well said.

The more I've thought about it, the more I believe that what has happened (or more to the point, not happened) to the Lynx over the past 5 years is symptomatic of a league-wide problem. It's as much, if not more, of a WNBL problem than a Lynx problem.

This league has sat here floundering while a bunch of other women's leagues have run past it, grabbing the attention of the media, the sponsors, and the public in the process. Cricket, soccer, netball, and (in certain states) AFLW, now have players and teams that are pretty well known despite not even being on the radar for the first 30 years of the WNBL's existence. Despite our national team being consistently among the best in the world for the past 20 years.

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Bored

Years ago

They won't find a better coach than Stewart so I hope they don't replace him. Might not have had the ultimate success but he is easily one of the best coaches in the country.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Bendat couldn’t spend all the money he has got even if he tried.
Why not leave a legacy and prop up a women’s sporting team with money you aren’t going to live long enough to use.
Disappointing it’s more than crowds and more than championships, granted Andy should have gone a long time ago.
It’s what it does for women and the sport

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DaHuzyBru

Years ago

step 1: no more andy

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Luuuc

Years ago

If we've still got a Perth team in the WNBL then I'll be happy.
We had a great run the last 5 years. A great brand of basketball that the public just refused to get behind. So good luck BWA, you'll need it.

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Anonymous

Years ago

https://www.foxsports.com.au/basketball/wnbl/larry-kestelman-saved-the-nbl-now-hes-open-to-doing-the-same-for-the-wnbl/news-story/649aaa39753f4db4dab846606bfec987

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DaHuzyBru

Years ago

The Wildcats were losing money like there was no tomorrow with the lynx program. The money bwa were giving the wildcats to help run the lynx will now be back in their hands.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Budget imports, local Australians and back to the bottom of the ladder is exactly what this means. First thing to do will be finding a new head coach (Petrik would seem the logical choice having been assistant for so long) but as others have said above, unless BWA can find some significant investors then don't expect much from the Lynx in the future. A sad day for women's basketball in WA

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Anonymous

Years ago

I am so disappointed in this I feel it’s going to go back to the way it used to be for the Lynx :(
Disappointed in Bendat also while I know he has sunk a lot of money into the team he has a lot of money to sink. The Perth wildcats make a lot of money and what it means to the sport for women in Perth is worth supporting.
I understand the issues but just like donating to a cause women’s sport is a cause worth supporting.
I don’t like the prospects going forward and also not being aligned with the men’s team in the state just seems disjointed, especially for such a successful club

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Anonymous

Years ago

No so sure that is a good move for the future of the team.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Just read on Eurobasket Jonny Flynn signed with the Charlotte Bobcats

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