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Today's news: What will it mean?

They could start something like that though next season Isaac. Making kids free gets more adults through the door. Then, have promotions for local clubs (run by proud club volunteers) inside on game night and have deals where memberships to local clubs are at a cheap rate for the first year. We know that once kids (or adults) start playing basketball they will love the game so much parents will pay for their kids to continue. I am no marketing expert but if something like that drew even one new player its one that wasn't there earlier that day. This is only a very general idea, and clubs would have to be in agreeance so that clubs are marketing on an equal footing initially to draw more people in, I know some clubs might not like the in ya face stuff but maybe its time to start thinking about basketball as a whole, not just individual clubs???

Sounds simple doesn't it - don't have as many overheads. So they charge more for their tickets?

Are there any basketball clubs that are doing really well (NBL or local)?

Boys no point worrying about it

Look...im a Wildcats boy, born in Melbourne.....ALL my mates were Giants Members, as was I.......yes they folded, BUT......there was them the Tigers, and the Magic

There is ONLY one SA team....the Adelaide 36er's

AND i believe SOMEONE will bail them out

There has to be atleast ONE Sth Aust team in the NBL

And....if you guys go down....trust me....it will be a sad day for the NBL, and SA Basketball

Anonymous #66020. Please state the position you hold that makes you an authority on the true financial situation of BASA.

I'm surprised and even annoyed that the Government has allowed it go on for this long. The problems with the board should have been addressed years ago. When you talk about BASA, the Sixers and Fellas component of it may be business but junior basketball is not. For heaven's sake, basketball is a sport, a popular participation sport amongst children. It is the government's responsibility to provide sport and recreation to the youngsters at whatever additional cost other than those met by parents. You can't take away the opportunities for youngsters to play sports regardless of which sport it is. By the sound of the report handed down by Foley, it sounds like BASA was expected to be a business that should have been run profitably. The board may not have done a good job and therefore had to be sacked to protect basketball, but I refuse to believe it would have cost 100,000 youngsters their opportunity to play the sport. You take that away from them, you have to replace it with something else. Look at the cost to Government for drug rehabilitation (could lead kids to drugs if other recreational activities are not available), the cost of obesity in children because they don't have enough physical acitivity in their lives, the cost of crime also associated with lack of other meaningful activities. the list goes on. Basketball and sport in general is a healthy and worthwhile activity for children, its physical and promotes goal setting and organisation, 2 good qualities to acquire. In all this excitement about the front page of today's paper, don't ever assume that junior participation in basketball was ever at risk.

does this mean no district for the rest of the season