Basketball Australia- NBL merge

[Osmodiar]

http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23915719-23769,00.html


BASKETBALL Australia and the NBL have merged as part of a sweeping review of the sport in the country.

But the full impact of the commissioned review which is expected to usher in a revamp of the battling NBL won't be known until at least October.

The merger was a result of the review's first stage commissioned by the NBL, BA and the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and completed in November.

The second and final stage is set to be completed on June 30.

But the results won't be made public until after key stakeholders meet on October 11.

The review meeting was initially planned for July 19.

The meeting's postponement ensures the 2008-09 NBL season - which starts in September - will not include any of the review's recommendations.

The review's recommendations are expected to affect the NBL's number of teams, games played a season and a possible switch in the timing of the season.



AAP

 

[wezza]

Interesting read.
http://www.basketball.net.au/_uploads/res/1_39357.pdf
Let's hope they can sort themselves out to have a powerful basketball organisation.

 

[larrikin]

About bloody time

How BA and the flagship basketball comp remained seperate for so long astounds me.

 

[Fuzzy Wuzzy Bear]

The fact that are hardly any replies proves nobody really gives a shit about the NBL anymore. Probably need to start fixing games to make it more interesting.

 

[Raav]

The fact that are hardly any replies proves nobody really gives a shit about the NBL anymore. Probably need to start fixing games to make it more interesting.

Correct.
No FTA coverage hurts it. And the coverage it gets in the paper is buried near the death notices.
I've tried to watch it on foxtel but it is just really unappealing. Needs a fresh look.

Few very minor(and i do mean minor) things that annoy me about the NBL why do they constanly play old shit music at ear shattering levels throughout the game??
and why are the nets so damn short? looks very cheap.

 

[DoubleA]

The fact that are hardly any replies proves nobody really gives a shit about the NBL anymore. Probably need to start fixing games to make it more interesting.

Not 100% true, I care but just don't really know enough about it yet, so I havent bothered replying before this.

 

[Alex99]

Not 100% true, I care but just don't really know enough about it yet, so I havent bothered replying before this.

X 2 -

From my understanding the second phase of the review will not be complete until tomorrow (June 30th) and then a meeting involving all key stakeholders has been postponed until October 11th.

Not 100% sure what is happening but over the next few weeks the review should be leaked and then all will be revealed sometime in October.

 

[Inferno]

Correct.
No FTA coverage hurts it. And the coverage it gets in the paper is buried near the death notices.

And at this rate it will soon end up in the death notices