Anonymous
Years ago
NBL Media
I have to say i am with Childress on the Marketing and Media this year. I was disappointed when I read the title for the Sixers Breakers game summary. 'Cardiac Sixers survive Sosa Scare' .. Cringe worthy. Then I read the article and it read poorly. A sign of Australia’s literacy and language issues. Who is writing this stuff ? Does anyone know ?
And we wonder why we are having an evolving violence issue in Australia and sport when we have MMA and advertising like the NBL that focus on the ‘fight. No wonder so many individual sports like Triathalons are becoming popular for parents to introduce their kids to. I say that with kids who are increasingly exposed to appalling behaviour and language on court by some players that is encouraged by Coaches and parents and rarely penalised by referees. Why would you as an organisation ignore the comments of international players that are encouraged to come to this league when reputation and word of mouth is important to draw more talent. Clearly the target audience is not basketball fans but those with money seeking entertainment, the odd few may have been fans for a while but I know many many fans who no longer go to games because of a change in the atmosphere and venue management.
Respect to Childress and others for speaking out. Many of us feel your pain and disappointment and when some of these players who are made out to be villains lash out through frustration it is jumped on as entertainment. Clearly there is a lack of understanding of what makes a player with a clean history get to that point. It almost always leads back to a lack of game control by refs of those players in the league who make a habit of poor sportsmanship and pushing beyond boundaries of the rules to antagonise players and teams. We all know who I am talking about !
