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Darren Wilson

Years ago

better win WNBL this year because....

Players may choose Australia for livelyhood, standard of competition and for lifestyle.

Some players get to work i.e. supplement their match payments and contribute to their resume.Some get free rent.
Comp. standard is high.
Quality of life in Australia amoungst the highest in the world. We are a nation of friendly sociable,easy going people.

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Darren Wilson

Years ago

Libertine, suggest you read again. But let me make it totally clear.
The ABC does much to cover Womens sport and this is fully acknowldged.

"Apart from the ABC",(that means the rest of the media)There is compararitely little(woeful) coverage; although special mentionmust go to the "The 'Tizer".

Sponsorship has a strong link to numbers of consumers who are exposed to product. This may be directly through attendance or indirectly by branding through media coverage.

UNLIKE THE ABC, Privately owned media tend to cover sport at the highest levels. WNBL meets this qualification-it is world standard.

Media will also cover sport that is popular. This is the area where the ball administrators / public faces have to do the work. If there is demand, there will be supply.

ABC coverage of Womens sport is high because coverage and sponsorship by other outlets is low. I believe part of the ABC's charter is within reason to provide the public with access to information and events that have a low profile in the commercial media. The ABC is effectively non commercial.

So the point should be raised that if suitable sponsorship and media coverage was generated for Women's basketball such that it became a viable full time professional sport for its participants, then the ABC would not extend the same amount of coverage. Following this reasoning the current ABC coverage of Women's basketball is a symptom of an ailment. Is it, however, a vehicle for cure?

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Darren Wilson

Years ago

Figure if womens b'ball (sport) in OZ could find a decent sponsor and some media coverage (apart from the ABC its woeful)then all the best players in the world - read australians currently playing overseas - will play WNBL.
Note to the Newspaper that calls itself after the nation - YOUR COVERAGE OF BASKETBALL AND WOMENS SPORT IS PATHETICALLY DISGRACEFUL!

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