There won't be, I think that it may go semi-pro in a couple of seasons.

Should the nbl perhaps look at doing a development team or a seabl all star team, so players like cj massingale, shaun bruce, mitch norton, matt Andronicos, erik burdon type players get to show what they are like and devlope young aussie talent and give imports the chance to play and potentially get a contract.

I guess the second Melbourne team is most likely. There were rumors about the Tinkler group financing a team out of Newcastle. I guess Brisbane is the one we want. It would be good to have all the major cities represented.
But the league needs stability not teams in and out of the competition. I'd love to see teams from all of the above, but we need them to be stable.
I alos wonder if there is enough Australian talent, now that we have gotten used to a higher standard of Aussies and the imports don't dominate the leause anymore. Would we need to open up to 3 imports to keep the standard up?

There might be a dozen new teams, all with salary expenditure of over $2mill each. We just have to wait til Daniel Eade starts his new rebel league.

Yes nathan tinkler's group hunter sports wants to fund a newcastle NBL team. close to another melbourne team but i really hope a brisbane team come back, i know i will be involved from a sponsorship level when they do, but from what i hear, finance is still the biggest issue.

There should be NO other teams added until they league can sort its shit out at the moment. Once all the current teams can sustain themselves financially and have a decent fan base, the league is publicised and marketed well then it is pointless. It's been proven enough over the last 10 years... Unless somebody coming in can put CASH up enough to cover the entry costs, salaries (all personnel), running costs etc etc etc, for about 2-3 years, then no person should be given a team right now. The league needs to treat this like a business more than they do, so they should expect any new team to be at a loss for 2 years. The new teams should also have sponsorship dollars commited on their proposal to the league.

League also needs to open doors for more imports and make salary cap the same for all players, so imports can earn minimum also. The points cap needs to be kicked out too, it is holding back the league so much and is out dated.

In the end, Melbourne or another NSW team are most likely, and probably the most viable, along with maybe Tasmania?

Second Melbourne team out of the 3000 seat venue out at Knox's new stadium is just about good to go backed by a computer company allegedly.

The NBls turning into a graveyard of defunct teams and it only gets worse every year. people are forgetting that the 36ers (who are a landmark team of the league) almost found themselvesout of the league earlier this season due to there own stupidity and missmanagement. no more new teams, they all try and fail. go with the league as it is for another 2 years and quit trying to bring in teams in areas just because it sounds good. Brisbane will have to wait, melbournes second team will need to wait. not til they prove they can enrich the league in some way should it even be considered.

Commercially the league needs a Brisbane team and would preferably have a second Melbourne team. They will help the league attract better TV ratings and better sponsorship deals.

They need to have sound long-term business models though, and BA needs to show leadership to iron out the politics that seems to have been hampering bids from both places.

Can anyone tell me why NBL teams struggle financially?

From the face of it, French ProA teams, Bundesliga teams and teams from other smaller leagues seem to be able to survive with competitive salaries even though they don't get extraordinarily big crowds (This is just my assumption, not sure if its reality)

Why do NBL teams struggle-- Crowd figures aren't dismal.

Is it because of the commercial side of things? Does the NBL not receive enough through sponsorship and commercial deals?
Is it because of the cost of leasing venues for games in Australia is excessively high?

MACDUB, there's more commercial sponsorship dollars available in France, Germany, Italy etc.