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Anonymous

Years ago

A-League moves to Winter

What about stadiums that are used for A league and AFL / NRL?

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Anonymous

Years ago

Soccer is made to be played in winter. The quality of the league will improve so much if they're not playing in 35C weather every week.

I don't think the crowds will suffer too much, as it's been in trouble for a few seasons anyway. Only way is up.

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proud

Years ago

Their season always goes well into winter and finishes like 2-4 months after the NBL does and after the early season buzz from football codes but their finals series are almost forgotten largely and they need to build the buzz back up... definitely a struggle and certainly don't benefit enough from the Asian Champions League exposure

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Anonymous

Years ago

Foxtel reviewing their deal as well. Good Luck.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Soccer has more grassroots players than anyone in aus by a fair margin.

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Anonymous

Years ago

Dictated entirely by Fox Sports with a reduced financial deal. Its a win for the league because it was either that or nothing by the looks of it.

They will get absolutely drowned out by the AFL and NRL so I really cant see this being a succesful move long term. Do they not look at the NBL at all when doing case studies?

Its great for the NBL though. One less competition to go up against for fan and media support when the crossover season is done and the first full winter season begins the following year

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Anonymous

Years ago

Oh good, D2.0 is here

/s

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Big Ads

Years ago

Interesting read about Russia, with the help of VTB, pumping huge amounts of money into setting up an international version of the NCAA.

Formed last September with the help of Russia's second-largest bank VTB, the International Students Basketball League (ISBL) has quickly grown into a top-notch competition, with 26 collegiate teams from the Baltics to the Far East taking part.

"We have teams from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan and even China competing," ISBL chief and VTB senior vice-president Andrei Peregudov told Reuters in an interview.

"Next season, we're adding teams from Belarus and Latvia. We hope Finland and Sweden will also take part. We also negotiating with schools from Serbia and Spain about their participation.

"Japan and South Korea have also expressed interest in joining the ISBL's division in the Far East. In all, we think 30 or 32 teams would be an optimal number."

Huge league. The VTB bank is covering all expenses of the league. Teams will only need to pay for travel.

This is quite incredible. The geographical extent of the league is huge.

I would imagine the standard would be quite high as well.

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/basketball-russian-bank-sponsor-europe-wide-students-league-140753687.html

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