be better than watching the crap movies they put on tv

No...I have to work Christmas days and its a pain in the arse not being able to involve yourself in any family functions or when you do not being able to relax and have a drink. I am also paid at double time and a half...so the costs of running a game would be HUGE.
Also this is a big family day...New Years eve had small crowds as it was, Christmas day will have tiny crowds.

^ SKUD, The NBL have had great crowds on the NYE games, a couple of years ago they had record crowd numbers for any round that year on the NYE weekend.

Xmas day (Night) games would need a lot of marketing but over the next few years they could get to be a good thing... I definitely would go if there was a game here @ Perth Arena & I know a lot of other people who would also go but as Perth is so far away it would be unlikely to host any xmas games.

play xmas day.... blow it out your arse.

no way

christmas eve yes, boxing day yes.....christmas day i dont think so. players have families too that they want to spend time with. then to have the stadiums open thats more people that would need to give up their christmas day to put on a game. personally not a fan of the idea, and can understand if alot of players feel the same.

I think Heal's point wasn't big crowds but BIG TV AUDIENCE.

I agree it wouldn't be great for those who (volunteer) to put it on!

But perhaps using a smaller regional arena (as crowd would be low, but passionate).

In turn reducing staff and set up time would give it a great TV feel. Perhaps a post game function for everyone to compensate being away!

The idea of a double (Melbourne v Sydney; Perth v Adelaide) would garner plenty of interest on a sport starved day!!

This is the thinking we need to promote a game that is dying for a greater audience!!

Just trying to think o/s the box. Take the punt that: Smaller venue, less staff, less overhead + in return for playing perhaps clubs get some incentive $ from the NBL.

As it proves popular pay days come as networks, sponsors etc get on board.

Building wider community appeal - imagine in 2022 the 10th annual Sixers v Wildcats Xmas Day Battle drawing a max crowd PLUS a HUGE tv audience.

There is potential to be huge cause it monopolizes the day. NBL abandoned winter to escape football grip. Now it's time to make a stand!

I've said many times this is great product but someone has to put it on show outside the basketball fraternity.

This is a great window but keeping the curtains drawn never let's the sunshine in!

i think it would be a good idea the nba play on christmas day to sell out crowds lets face it in most places christmas day is hot so to spend a few hours in air con watching sport drinking after a big feed would be hugely popular i think

some marketing concepts are only worth a year or two before the shine wears off and numbers drop - but playing xmas day would not be anything ground breaking and piss the players etc off when they should be having family and friends time.

cant compare it to nye games etc

Stupid idea. You already have a struggling sport, with limited interest, few teams and small crowds - to even think of suggesting putting a game on what is, for most people, the busiest day of the year, is insane. Are we deliberately trying to put barriers in the way of people attending/being interested?

There are damn good reasons why none of the rich mainstream sports would play on Christmas Day. It would be ratings/attendance suicide. For a small sport? Might as well play at 3:30am Wednesday mornings in the hope you get lots of viewers watching during prime time in Europe.

Makes much more sense for all those teams - containing all those old geriatric player, who loath celebrating NYE - to be travelling for NYE games.

"Struggling...small" with low attendance. Hello!!!

You have a captive audience. It would be a tough choice between Uncle Russell's stories about his dog's gammy leg, Bing Crosby Xmas special or flicking on some hoops!

With this sort of mentality it's a wonder teams aren't riding horses to games.

Couldn't attend on xmas day and don't watch TV on the day either, personally.

Personally if there was a game of NBL on TV Xmas night or day (later in arvo maybe), I would love to watch it. Attending however would not be as easy, but I have no problems with this concept...

Boxing Day is obviously competing with cricket, but at night also no issue, would be great IMO.