1v2

Of all games....

Isn't that violation of the contract?

Ten would not care less if its 1v2, or 7v8. They don't follow the ladder or team form. They probably don't care that Perth are the best rating team either. They just stick to their original schedule and if they want to bump it to nearly 24 hours later, then they will, regardless of the contest.

They wouldn't even care if the game is sold out, prompting an obvious high interest in the match (in Perth and Adelaide).

No Lachie Reid commentating as he is in Sochi. Maybe they will bring over Carfino (HA!)

What a joke

Par for the course.

Oops, Accidently posted their fax number.

CHANNEL 10 8225 1010

When I inquired about the sixers v Perth game they went on and on about the cricket not being as popular as the winter olympics. Couldnt explain why they had to have it on two channels.

Who has t.v rights for 201415 ?

Wildcat Fan,

Tim Gossage is covering for Lachie.. and he has made several bad #wheresricky jokes on twitter showing he has no interest in it.

Not a matter, I'll be at the game anyway!

Alexrad, thanks for that - I like Tim Gossage. I think he has a strong interest in the Wildcats, and may have just been stirring a bit on twitter. I much prefer him to Carfino any day of the week, so at least one good decision has been made.

Ayjay - Were they talking about the cricket or basketball? I can understand that 10 don't even know what their own product that their dumping is, so its not really surprising that they rattle on about cricket when your complaining about the basketball :)

First time I have ever heard someone say they like Tim Gossage.

Anon - personally, I find the majority of the Winter Olympics pretty boring to watch. There's very little Australian interest in most of the events and the bulk of what's been on this week has been on a par with watching synchronised swimming in the Summer Olympics. That is, I can see there's a challenge for the participants but for me it's like watching paint dry. And don't get me started on the bloody interminable torture that was the opening ceremony.

I'd much rather watch a sporting contest involving a team I support, playing a game in which I'm interested. So I feel quite happy cursing Channel 10 for ignoring their commitment to cover NBL on Friday nights.

Situation, no one/nothing is ever good enough hey; so why don't you campaign for Friday night's call? Hoops resident comedian -- your derisive quips would do fantastically on TV. I certainly wouldn't be adverse to that idea!

There were plenty of better options 10 could have taken. They could have put the NBL on Ch11 and kept it at 9:30... They could have decided to delay the broadcast on One by a few more hours and show it at 11:30pm AND replay it at 2pm the next day. Or they could have shown it live against the gate in Perth at 6:30, and live into Adelaide, and delayed it everywhere else where interest would be lower, then cross to the Olympics straight after. The Olympics would still be shown on Ten live so it wouldn't interfere much at all.

The winter olympics, with all due respect, is not exactly on the same level as the summer olympics or the World Cup. It probably rates so well because its on prime time and because its a major event in countries not including Australia.

ESPN doesn't invest much interest in Australian sport, so I doubt they'd change their tone with NBL. Still, the brand has incredible prestige so you'd take it if you could get it. Fox is a much more viable option. Even if they didn't want to air games, Fox (or ESPN for that matter) would do an NBL tv type thing much better than Perform.

"The Olympics would still be shown on Ten live so it wouldn't interfere much at all. "
You don't even need the word 'much' for that to be accurate. But then the NBL might pick up vieweres who were tuning into the Winter Olympics on One because there's nothing else on, only to realise the basketball is on instead. And that might lead to the NBL having an audience, which Ten clearly doesn't want. No idea why, though.